Calibration and Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates

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Documentation for package ‘rcarbon’ version 1.5.1

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rcarbon-package	rcarbon:Calibration and analysis of radiocarbon dates
as.CalDates	Convert to a CalDates object
as.CalGrid	Convert data to class CalGrid.
as.UncalGrid	Convert data to class UncalGrid.
barCodes	Plot the median values of calibrated radiocarbon dates or bins
BCADtoBP	Convert BC/AD dates to BP format
binMed	Computes the median date of each bin
binPrep	Binning function of radiocarbon dates.
binsense	Bin sensitivity Plot
BPtoBCAD	Convert BP dates to BC/AD format
calibrate	Calibrate radiocarbon dates
calibrate.default	Calibrate radiocarbon dates
calibrate.UncalGrid	Calibrate radiocarbon dates
ckde	Composite Kernel Density Estimates of Radiocarbon Dates
combine	Combine multiple CalDates Class Objects into one.
emedyd	Radiocarbon dates for the Eastern Mediterranean around the Younger Dryas
euroevol	Radiocarbon dates from the EUROEVOL database
ewdates	Subset of EUROEVOL radiocarbon dates from Great Britain
ewowin	Polygonal window of England and Wales
gaussW	Gaussian weighting of dates relative to
hpdi	Computes the highest posterior density interval (HPDI) for calibrated dates
medCal	Computes the median date of calibrated dates
mixCurves	Creates mixed calibration curves.
modelTest	Monte-Carlo simulation test for SPDs
multiplot	Plot multiple dates
p2pTest	Point to point test of SPD
permTest	Random mark permutation test for SPDs
plot.CalDates	Plot calibrated dates
plot.CalGrid	Plot a summed probability distribution (from a CalGrid object)
plot.CalSPD	Plot a summed probability distribution
plot.compositeKDE	Plots a Composite Kernel Density Estimate of sampled radiocarbon dates.
plot.spatialTest	Plot results of the local spatial permutation test of summed probability distributions.
plot.SpdModelTest	Plot result of Monte-Carlo simulation of observed versus modelled SPDs
plot.SpdPermTest	Plot result of mark permutation test of SPDs
plot.spdRC	Plot 'spdRC' class objects
plot.stackCalSPD	Plot a stack of SPDs
plot.stKde	Plot map(s) of the spatio-temporal intensity of radiocarbon dates.
poolDates	Combine radiocarbon ages from the same event.
qCal	Computes the quantile date of calibrated dates
rcarbon	rcarbon:Calibration and analysis of radiocarbon dates
reScale	Rescale a numeric vector to a specified minimum and maximum
runMean	Calculate a running mean from a numeric vector.
sampleDates	Sample random calendar dates
smoothGauss	Smooth a numeric vector using a Gaussian window
spd	Summed probability distributions (SPD) of radiocarbon dates.
spd2rc	Computes rates of change from SPDs
spkde	Map the spatial intensity of a set of radiocarbon dates for a given focal year.
sptest	Spatial Permutation Test of summed probability distributions.
stackspd	Stacked Summed Probability Distribution
stkde	Map the spatio-temporal intensity of a set of radiocarbon dates
subset.CalDates	Subsetting calibrated dates
summary.CalDates	Summarise a 'CalDates' class object
summary.SpdModelTest	Summarise a 'SpdModelTest' class object
summary.SpdPermTest	Summarise a 'SpdPermTest' class object
thinDates	Sampling function to select a maximum number of dates per site, bin or phase.
transformSPD	Apply taphonomic corrections or other transformations to an SPD.
uncalibrate	Uncalibrate (back-calibrate) a calibrated radiocarbon date (or summed probability distribution).
uncalibrate.CalGrid	Uncalibrate (back-calibrate) a calibrated radiocarbon date (or summed probability distribution).
uncalibrate.default	Uncalibrate (back-calibrate) a calibrated radiocarbon date (or summed probability distribution).
which.CalDates	Which indices for calibrated dates