Abstract
This paper explores the potential contribution that the use of simulated data can make in evaluating applications of multivariate analytic technqiues. Production of simulated data and evaluation of analytic techniques is shown to requiredevelopment of archaeological theory. Several models of cultural formation processes, an undeveloped branch of archaeological theory, are presented which indicate that under certain conditions factor analysis may be a useful technique for isolating sets of artifacts used in the same activity area. One of these models is positively tested on simulated secondary refuse data. The results demonstrate the utility of coupling discussions of analytic techniques with explicit archaeological theory and testing one’s models on simulated data.
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