Drennan. A Refinement of Chronological Seriation Using Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling

American Antiquity, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), 290-302.A method of chronological seriation and a system of collecting data for it were devised to cope with certain practical and theoretical inadequacies of other methods. The method and collecting system are described in the context of solving problems encountered in the course of a particular archaeological study. It is believed that the method described here will be of use to others. Finally, some implications of this kind of seriation for the way in which ceramics change are discussed.