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BaSkePro  

Bayesian Model to Archaeological Faunal Skeletal Profiles
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library("remotes")
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library("remotes")
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Maintained by
Marco Vidal-Cordasco
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First Published: 2022-02-17
Latest Update: 2024-01-10
Description:
Tool to perform Bayesian inference of carcass processing/transport strategy and bone attrition from archaeofaunal skeletal profiles characterized by percentages of MAU (Minimum Anatomical Units). The approach is based on a generative model for skeletal profiles that replicates the two phases of formation of any faunal assemblage: initial accumulation as a function of human transport strategies and subsequent attrition.Two parameters define this model: 1) the transport preference (alpha), which can take any value between - 1 (mostly axial contribution) and 1 (mostly appendicular contribution) following strategies constructed as a function of butchering efficiency of different anatomical elements and the results of ethnographic studies, and 2) degree of attrition (beta), which can vary between 0 (no attrition) and 10 (maximum attrition) and relates the survivorship of bone elements to their maximum bone density. Starting from uniform prior probability distribution functions of alpha and beta, a Monte Carlo Markov Chain sampling based on a random walk Metropolis-Hasting algorithm is adopted to derive the posterior probability distribution functions, which are then available for interpretation. During this process, the likelihood of obtaining the observed percentages of MAU given a pair of parameter values is estimated by the inverse of the Chi2 statistic, multiplied by the proportion of elements within a 1 percent of the observed value. See Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, David Ocio (2018)..
How to cite:
Marco Vidal-Cordasco (2022). BaSkePro: Bayesian Model to Archaeological Faunal Skeletal Profiles. R package version 1.1.1, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BaSkePro
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0.1.0 (2022-02-17 20:42)
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