Tools for Constructing Chronologies : Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries /
Tools for Constructing Chronologies focuses on ways of getting more out of existing chronological data by careful analysis. It surveys a range of cutting edge methods in chronology construction and seeks to enable cross-disciplinary fertilisation of ideas. The specially invited papers cover a range...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Springer London,
2004.
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| Series: | Lecture notes in statistics (Springer-Verlag) ;
177. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Tools for Constructing Chronologies focuses on ways of getting more out of existing chronological data by careful analysis. It surveys a range of cutting edge methods in chronology construction and seeks to enable cross-disciplinary fertilisation of ideas. The specially invited papers cover a range of timescales, from the perspectives of a number of disciplines. The methods used range from complex statistical treatments, to (non-statistical) considerations of how to systematically represent relative dating information. Each chapter can be read alone, but they are also carefully cross-referenced. The editors' introductory essay provides a cross-disciplinary overview of the state of chronology construction methods, and highlights the links between them. This book will appeal to a wide range of researchers, scientists and graduate students using chronologies in their work; from applied statisticians to archaeologists, geologists and paleontologists, to those working in bioinformatics and chronometry. From the reviews: "Here's a good book on 'dating' that, luckily, won't find its way to the self-help section of your local bookstore!" Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2005. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 260 pages 54 illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781447102311 (electronic bk.) 1447102312 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0930-0325 ; |