Quantifying diversity in archaeology

Abstract

Preface Part I. The diversity concept: 1. The concept of diversity: an introduction George T. Jones and Robert D. Leonard 2. The theory and mechanics of ecological diversity in archaeology Peter T. Bobrowsky and Bruce F. Ball 3. Diversity, variation and selection David Rindos Part II. Components of diversity: richness, evenness and factors influencing their assessment: 4. Sample size, significance and measures of diversity Keith W. Kintigh 5. Formation processes of Broken K Pueblo: some hypotheses Michael B. Schiffer 6. Structure and diversity in intrasite spatial analysis Jan F. Simek 7. Measures of diversity and expedient lithic technologies George T. Jones, Charlotte Beck and Donald K. Grayson 8. Sample size and relative abundance in archaeological analysis: illustrations from spiral fractures and seriation Donald K. Grayson Part III. Assessments of archaeological diversity: 9. Diversity in hunter-gatherer cultural geography David Hurst Thomas 10. The effect of urbanisation on faunal diversity: a comparison between New York City and St Augustine, Florida, in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries Nan A. Rothschild 11. Changing strategies of Anasazi lithic procurement on Black Mesa, Arizona Robert D. Leonard, F. E. Smiley and Catherine M. Cameron 12. Ceramic diversity, production and use Prudence M. Rice 13. The use of diversity in stylistic analysis Margaret W. Conkey Part IV. Commentary: 14. The concept of diversity in archaeological theory George L. Cowgill 15. Diversity in archaeology: a group of measures in search of application? Robert C. Dunnell References Index.