epd.entity-class: Class for epd.entity objects

Description Details Slots References

Description

This object stores all the information available for a particular entity in the European Pollen Database (EPD). It has some additional information (e.g., in @postbombzone or @isingiesecke slots). Other slots store handy information for simplicity (e.g., @defaultchron or @numberofchron slots). The rest of slots are the raw information as extracted from the EPD, and stored in the link[EPDr]{entity}, link[EPDr]{site}, link[EPDr]{geochron}, link[EPDr]{chron}, and link[EPDr]{samples} classes.

Details

All data in this object can be changed, but the intention of the object is to provide a copy of all the tables in the EPD with information regarding a particular entity. When an entity has no data in any particular table, the table is created empty.

Slots

e_

numeric. Number indicating the entity number (e_) of the stored entity.

postbombzone

factor. It indicates the code of the postbomb zone of the world where the entity is located. This is not used yet, but might be handy for further implementations for datations with CLAM or BACON.

numberofchron

numeric. The number of chronologies available for the data in that entity.

isingiesecke

logical. Indicating whether this entity was revised in Giesecke et al. (2013) and, hence, additional datations are available.

defaultchron

numeric. The number of the default chronology according to the EPD.

entity

entity. Entity object for the entity.

site

site. Site object for the entity.

geochron

geochron. Geochron object for the entity.

chron

chron. Chron object for the entity.

samples

samples. Samples object for the entity.

References

Giesecke, T., Davis, B., Brewer, S., Finsinger, W., Wolters, S., Blaaw, M., de Beaulieu, J.L., Binney, H., Fyfe, R.M., Gaillard, M.J., Gil-Romera, G., van der Knaap, W.O. Kunes, P., Kuhl, N., van Leeuwen, J.F.N, Leydet, M., Lotter, A.F., Ortu, E., Semmler, M., and Bradshaw, R.H.W (2013). Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 23, 75-86.


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