
01477nas a2200157   4500008004100000245008900041210006900130260001200199300001300211490000700224520094500231100001701176700002301193700002501216856007801241       2022                        eng d00aThe Monongahela tradition in “real time”: Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates0 aMonongahela tradition in real time Bayesian analysis of radiocar  c10.2022  ae02760140 v173 a<p>Despite advances in techniques, methods, and theory, northeastern North American archaeologists continue to use early to mid-twentieth century culture historical taxa as units of analysis and narrative. There is a distinct need to move away from this archaeological practice to enable fuller understandings of past human lives. One tool that enables such a move is Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates, which provides a means of constructing continuous chronologies. A large dataset of radiocarbon dates for late prehistoric (ca AD 900/1000–1650) sites in the lower upper Ohio River basin in southwestern Pennsylvania and adjacent portions of Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia is used here as an example. The results allow a preliminary assessment of how the settlement plans of contemporaneous villages varied considerably, reflecting decisions of the village occupants how to structure built environments to meet their needs.</p>
1 aHart, J., P.1 aMeans, Bernard, K.1 aGimatzidis, Stefanos  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276014