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Estimating Settlement Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Andrew R. Solow*
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
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Abstract

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This note describes point and interval estimation of a settlement time from a collection of radiocarbon dates. An application concerning the settlement time of New Zealand is presented.

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