MS: Modulo di Scheggiatura

In tipom: Automated measure-based classification for flint tools

Description

This basic function returns a sum of the length and the width of an artefact, to be used for defining the overall size.

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

MS(length, width)

Arguments

length
width

Value

This function returns the Modulo di Scheggiatura, a single number expressing the overall size of the flint tool by summing its length and width.

Author(s)

Stefano Costa <[e-mail]>

Examples

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

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