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One of the enduring aims of archaeological research has been to explain why human material culture is so diverse, both across the world and through history. Recognising that diversity exists is not, however, to explain it nor to measure it effectively. The aim of the contributors to Quantifying Diversity in Archaeology is therefore to examine what we mean by diversity, to review the methods of measurement and formulae we an apply and assess the pitfalls that exist. Richness and evenness, the two main components of diversity measures developed in the biological sciences are considered, as are the value of diversity measures in the study of style, ecology, cultural geography and faunal, lithic and spatial analysis. Subsequent papers consider critically why the archaeological remains of particular cultures vary so markedly between sites, localities and regions.

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• Full title: Quantifying Diversity in Archaeology
• Author: Robert D. LeonardGeorge T. Jones
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• EAN: 9780521108508
• ISBN: 0521108500
• ID: 02022044
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 416 g
• Dimensions: 279 × 210 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. April 2009

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