IA: Indice di Allungamento

In tipom: Automated measure-based classification for flint tools

Description

This basic function returns a ratio between length and width of an artefact, to be used for defining the elongation.

It is expected that the values are provided in millimeters (mm): if your original data use other units, please convert them to millimeters beforehand.

Usage

IA(length, width)

Arguments

length
width

Value

The function returns the Elongation Index (Indice di Allungamento), an absolute ratio between length and width.

Author(s)

Stefano Costa <[e-mail]>

Examples

## The function is currently defined as
function(length, width) {
ia <- length / width
ia
  }

tipom documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:28 p.m.