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A Column-Wise Approach to Seriation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael Ester
Michael Ester*
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Archaeological Research Program, Douglass College, Hutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08904
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Abstract

This paper presents a method called column-wise seriation, which is founded on inherent properties of the sequencing problem. Although nearly all previous approaches have focused on the permutation of units, hypothetical examples illustrate that certain relationships between types must likewise exist to achieve an ideal arrangement. Further examination and exploitation of these relationships furnish a new perspective on the seriation process, and lead to a strategy which is simple in concept and practice. A computer implementation of column-wise seriation is applied to archaeological data.

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American Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 496 - 512
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1981

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