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Bayes versus pragmatism: a debate about dating Hawaiian temples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

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Extract

This important discussion about the use of radiocarbon to set up a narrative of temple construction on Hawai‘i arises from a recent paper published in Antiquity (2011: 927–41). It compares Bayesian and non-Bayesian solutions, and has implications that reach far beyond the Pacific.

Keywords

PacificHawai‘iradiocarbonBayesian analysis
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Research article
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Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 334 , December 2012 , pp. 1202
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2012

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