Dates-as-Data

Landscape Taphonomy Predictably Complicates Demographic Reconstruction
We illustrate the way in which landscape taphonomy predictably complicates “dates-as-data” approaches, propose and demonstrate a new method of empirically based correction, and explore the interpretive ramifications of ignoring or correcting for taphonomic bias.
Daniel A. Contreras, Brian F. Codding
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Landscape Taphonomy Predictably Complicates Demographic Reconstruction
Estudios Paleodemográficos Basados En Conjuntos de Dataciones Radiométricas. Una Revisión Crítica
Daniel A. Contreras, John Meadows
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Summed Radiocarbon Calibrations as a Population Proxy: A Critical Evaluation Using a Realistic Simulation Approach
The logic of using summed radiocarbon (14C) calibrations (cumulative probability density functions for large numbers of calibrated 14C …
Daniel A. Contreras, John Meadows
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