Mesolithic {archdata} | R Documentation |
British Mesolithic assemblages
Description
Counts of 5 different stone artifact types from 33 Mesolithic sites in Britain.
Usage
data("Mesolithic")
Format
A data frame with 33 observations on the following 5 variables.
Microliths
Number of microliths
Scrapers
Number of scrapers
Burins
Number of burins
Axes
Number of axes
Saws
Number of saws
Details
Data on 33 Mesolithic (9000 - 4000 BCE) assemblages are a subset Pitts (1979) extracted from a set published by Mellars (1976). The data were scanned from Table A3 (Appendix A) in Baxter (1994).
Source
Baxter, M. J. 1994. Exploratory Multivariate Analysis in Archaeology. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh.
Mellars, P. 1976. Settlement Patterns and Industrial Variability in the British Mesolithic. In Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology, edited by Sieveking, G de G., I. H. Longworth, and K. E. Wilson, pp 375-99. Duckworth, London.
Pitts, M. W. 1979. Hides and Antlers: A New Look at the Gatherer-Hunter Site at Star Carr, North Yorkshire, England. World Archaeology 11: 32-44.
Examples
data(Mesolithic)
Mesolithic.pct <- prop.table(as.matrix(Mesolithic), 1)*100
apply(Mesolithic.pct, 2, quantile)
cor(Mesolithic.pct)