Abstract
The frequency distributions of counts within the quadrats of a grid may be tested for randomness or nonrandomness by comparing them to a Poisson distribution. However, this approach to spatial analysis ignores the existence of larger scales of pattern, which may be expected to exist in many cases. Dimensional analysis of variance, on the other hand, searches for nonrandom spatial distribution at different scales, and even at multiple scales, by testing for the tendency of items to concentrate in areas of different sizes. With due caution and attention to potential problems, therefore, dimensional analysis of variance can be used successfully as the first step in the spatial analysis of archaeological materials that have been collected or excavated in grid squares over an occupation area. The pattern of relationships, nonetheless, strongly suggests a spatial association on this occupation floor of all the materials related to hunting and butchering of animals, assumed to be men’s activities.
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