Quantifying diversity in archaeology
Robert D Leonard; George Thomas Jones
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
- viii, 160 p.
Contents : Preface; Part I. The diversity concept: 1. The concept of diversity: an introduction George T. Jones and Robert D. Leonard; 2. The theory and mechanics of ecological diversity in archaeology Peter T. Bobrowsky and Bruce F. Ball; 3. Diversity, variation and selection David Rindos; Part II. Components of diversity: richness, evenness and factors influencing their assessment: 4. Sample size, significance and measures of diversity Keith W. Kintigh; 5. Formation processes of Broken K Pueblo: some hypotheses Michael B. Schiffer; 6. Structure and diversity in intrasite spatial analysis Jan F. Simek; 7. Measures of diversity and expedient lithic technologies George T. Jones, Charlotte Beck and Donald K. Grayson; 8. Sample size and relative abundance in archaeological analysis: illustrations from spiral fractures and seriation Donald K. Grayson; Part III. Assessments of archaeological diversity: 9. Diversity in hunter-gatherer cultural geography David Hurst Thomas; 10. The effect of urbanisation on faunal diversity: a comparison between New York City and St Augustine, Florida, in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries Nan A. Rothschild; 11. Changing strategies of Anasazi lithic procurement on Black Mesa, Arizona Robert D. Leonard, F. E. Smiley and Catherine M. Cameron; 12. Ceramic diversity, production and use Prudence M. Rice; 13. The use of diversity in stylistic analysis Margaret W. Conkey; Part IV. Commentary: 14. The concept of diversity in archaeological theory George L. Cowgill; 15. Diversity in archaeology: a group of measures in search of application? Robert C. Dunnell; References; Index