Representativity of the Midwestern Paleoindian Sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9394451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Shott (0000-0002-6592-4904, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, corresponding author), Michael J Shott |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-212 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | North American Archaeologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/rc4y-5t2e-4l7x-22fb |
| OpenAlex | W2053175263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 16 |
Knowing Midwestern Paleoindians from archaeological evidence requires due regard for the record's quality as a sample. How big is it? How much of it do we have? How representative is this sample by size and composition? Estimating Cowgill's “physical-finds population” partly from the existing sample, I gauge “representativity” of the Midwestern Paleoindian record. Yes, the sample is small and biased, but representativity is no counsel of despair that available evidence is hopelessly corrupted. Instead, it identifies better data-collection methods and is a necessary prelude to intelligent synthesis
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Data collection · Geography · Population · Sample (material · Sample size determination · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Mathematics · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Citations per year | 0.79 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |