

Estimating settlement time.
Abstract
This note describes point and interval estimation of a settlement time from a collection of radiocarbon dates. An application concerning the settlement time of New Zealand is presented.
Keywords
Hominidae;Homo;Primates;relative age;case studies;Theria;Eutheria;middens;human activity;models;Mammalia;Australasia;New Zealand;archaeology;Holocene;upper Holocene;Chordata;Tetrapoda;Vertebrata;Cenozoic;Quaternary;methods;geochronology;shells