NEWS.md

In diversityArch: Computes Diversity Indices for Archaeological Data

diversityArch 0.4.0

Reference article updated

• The reference to the published article has been updated.

Distribution of frequencies are allowed

• Distribution of frequencies of species are allowed as input for the functions computing the indices.

diversityArch 0.3.0

Bootstrap confidence intervals added

• Bootstrap confidence intervals added for Shannon's diversity index with fragmentary evidence.

Minor bugs fixed

diversityArch 0.2.0

Bootstrap confidence intervals added

• Bootstrap confidence intervals added for all the indicators and decompositions.

Data update

• It has been updated to 7 occupation levels (previously there were 5).
• The few remains associated with carnivores have been discarded so as not to distort what is properly an anthropogenic signal.

Minor bugs fixed

diversityArch documentation built on June 13, 2026, 5:07 p.m.