c14_spd: Summed Probability Distributions

In ananke: Quantitative Chronology in Archaeology

Summed Probability Distributions

Description

Computes summed probability distributions (SPD) of radiocarbon dates.

Usage

c14_spd(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'CalibratedAges'
c14_spd(object, normalize_date = FALSE, normalize_spd = FALSE)

Arguments

object	A CalibratedAges object.
...	Currently not used.
normalize_date	A logical scalar: should the total probability mass of the calibrated dates be normalised (to sum to unity within the time-span of analysis)?
normalize_spd	A logical scalar: should the total probability mass of the SPD be normalised (to sum to unity)?

Details

Summed probability distributions (SPD) are not statistically valid estimators of the calendar age of a potential future sample. They should not be used in any dates-as-data approach to provide a population proxy.

Value

A CalibratedSPD object.

Author(s)

N. Frerebeau

See Also

Other radiocarbon tools: F14C, c14_calibrate(), c14_combine(), c14_curve(), c14_ensemble(), c14_plot, c14_sample(), c14_uncalibrate(), rec_plot

Examples

## Radiocarbon data from Bosch et al. 2015
data("ksarakil")

## Calibrate
cal <- c14_calibrate(
  values = ksarakil$date,
  errors = ksarakil$error,
  names = ksarakil$code,
  curves = "marine13",
  reservoir_offsets = 53,
  reservoir_errors = 43,
  from = 50000, to = 0
)
plot(cal, level = 0.68)

## SPD
s <- c14_spd(cal)
plot(s)

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