illustrate_allen_relations {ArchaeoPhases}

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Data for an illustrative graphic

Description

Create a dataframe that can be used as input for an illustrative plot. Useful for describing the Allen operators: illustrate the full set of Allen relations, concurrent Allen relations, and relations with distinct endpoints. Also, useful for describing the chronological domains of stratification, branching, transformation, and reticulation.

Usage

illustrate_allen_relations(relations = "basic")

Arguments

relations

One of 'basic', 'concurrent', 'distinct', 'stratigraphic', 'branching', 'transformation', 'reticulation', 'sequence', 'branch', 'transform', or 'reticulate'.

Details

The illustrative graphics include:

basic

the 13 basic Allen relations (default);

concurrent

concurrent relations;

distinct

relations with distinct endpoints;

stratigraphic

basic relations established by an observation of superposition;

branching

basic branching relations;

transformation

basic relations of transformation;

reticulation

basic relations of reticulation;

sequence

composite relations in a stratigraphic sequence;

branch

composite relations of branching;

transform

composite relations of transformation; or

reticulate

composite relations of reticulation.

Value

A dataframe for input to allen_plot

Author(s)

Thomas S. Dye

References

Harris, E. Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy. Second edition. London: Academic Press.

Lyman, R. Lee and Michael J. O'Brien. Seriation and cladistics: The difference between anagenetic and cladogenetic evolution. Chapter 5 in Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Approaches in Anthropology and Prehistory. New Brunswick: AldineTransaction.

Viola, Tullio. Peirce on the Uses of History. Berlin: de Gruyter. See chapter 3, Historicity as Process, especially p. 83–88.

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