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Analysis of Spatial Gradients in Radiocarbon Dates

v1.1 · Oct 9, 2022 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Inspired by space-time regressions often performed to assess the expansion of the Neolithic from the Near East to Europe (Pinhasi et al. 2005 <doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030410>). Test for significant correlations between the (earliest) radiocarbon dates of archaeological sites and their respective distances from a hypothetical center of origin. Both ordinary least squares (OLS) and reduced major axis (RMA) methods are supported (Russell et al. 2014 <doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087854>). It is also possible to iterate over many sites to identify the most likely origin.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies rcarbon data.table dplyr ggplot2 raster smatr viridisLite magrittr rlang sp gstat spDates

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new 1.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.1 ← 1.0 diff Oct 8, 2022
new 1.0 Oct 7, 2020