Analysis of Archaeological Phases using the CRAN Package RChronoModel

Anne Philippe (1, 2) , Marie-Anne Vibet (1, 2)

1 ANJA - ANJA
2 LMJL - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray

We propose new statistical tools to analyze and to estimate archeological phases from the posterior distribution of a sequence of dates. All the functions are implemented in the R package RChronoModel. The required inputs are simulated samples from the posterior distribution of the dates. Such MCMC samples are provided, for instance, by ChronoModel or Oxcal, two softwares build for the chronological modeling of archeological dates. We give a practical introduction to the package RChronoModel using published data and comment the statistical results.

Mots clés: Bayesian modeling; Gap interval; Gap test; MCMC samples; Tempo plot; Time range; Transition interval

Domaines: Statistiques [math.ST]

Anne Philippe, Marie-Anne Vibet. Analysis of Archaeological Phases using the CRAN Package RChronoModel. 2017. ⟨hal-01347895v2⟩