Episode 2: Statistical sampling in archaeology
Update: 2014-07-04
Description
In this episode we interviewed Alison Atkin from the University of Sheffield about her work as an archaeology PhD student, and how she uses statistical sampling to gather data about victims of the plague.
Some interesting links:
- Alison's Blog
- Alison’s research page and PhD abstract
- The Black Death on Wikipedia
- Population structure, at GCSE Bitesize Geography
- Sampling, at Revision World
- Stride length calculations, from the Open University
Puzzle:
A field is 6 metres square. Your sampling methodology dictates you should excavate 30% of the field. What would be the side length of a square trench which covers 30% of the area?
Solution:
The area of a field 6 metres square would be 6 x 6 = 36 square metres. 30% of this
area would be 36 x 0.3 = 10.8 square metres, which would be covered by a square
trench whose side length is the square root of 10.8. This is approximately 3.29 metres
(to the nearest centimetre).
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