39484
Accession Number
10839
Author
Fleller, N.; O'Neill, S.
Title Of Article Chaper
Orientations of Bronze Age houses: statistical analysis of directional data
Title Of Journal Book
Computer Applications in Archaeology
Pages
172-181
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This paper discusses the analysis of directional data (where measurements are on a circular scale). As an example, Bronze Age settlement patterns in the Plym Valley, Dartmoor, are examined in terms of door orientations. Various types of graphical display for orientation data, including wrapped and circular histograms, are presented; and a formal analysis is outlined. Ignoring the circularity of such data can be grossly misleading. -- AATA
pub_id
39484