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University of Pittsburgh
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Comparative Archaeology 5
Neighborhood and District Integration in the Andes and Mesoamerica
Integración de Barrios y Distritos en los Andes y Mesoamérica
edited by Gabriela Cervantes Quequezana and John P. Walden
Tables for the calculations of Gini coefficients carried out on the domestic structures of the Upper Grijalva Basin Dataset, alongside corresponsing Lorenz Curves, Univariate Plots, f' and f" Acceleration Charts.
by Kyle Shaw-Müller and John P. Walden
2023-24 “Gateways” Undergrad Research in Archaeology
Over the 2023-24 academic year, the CCA “Gateways” program sponsored five undergrads to digitize residental architecture at pre-Columbian Andean hillfort setlements, and digitize drawings of ancient African stone tools.