Analysis of Archaeological Mortality Data
Halley band of the mortality profile of a skeletal population
Checks if a variable is of class mortaar_life_table or mortaar_life_ta...
Calculates a life table
Calculates a corrected life table from a mortAAR life table
Generates indices from a mortAAR life table for use in other functions
Calculates population size from a mortAAR life table or numeric values
Checks the representativity of the non-adult age groups in a mortAAR l...
Calculates reproduction indices from a mortAAR life table
Calculate masculinity index and maternal mortality from a mortAAR life...
mortaar_life_table and mortaar_life_table_list
Plots a coordinate system for proportion of deaths dx for a single lif...
Plots proportion of deaths dx for a single life table.
Plots a coordinate system for life expectancy ex for a single life tab...
Plots the life expectancy ex for a single life table.
Plots a coordinate system for survivorship lx for a single life table.
Plots the survivorship lx for a single life table.
Plots a coordinate system for probability of death qx for a single lif...
Plots the probability of death qx for a single life table.
Plots a coordinate system for mortality rate rel_popx for a single lif...
Plots the mortality rate rel_popx for a single life table.
Calculates the x axis (age) for mortaar life table plots
mortAAR: Analysis of Archaeological Mortality Data
Plot a mortaar_life_table or a mortaar_life_table_list
Simulation of a population of adults with Gompertz distribution
Creates the input for the function life.table
Encode and print a mortaar_life_table or a mortaar_life_table_list
Generation of random age ranges
A collection of functions for the analysis of archaeological mortality data (on the topic see e.g. Chamberlain 2006 <https://books.google.de/books?id=nG5FoO_becAC&lpg=PA27&ots=LG0b_xrx6O&dq=life%20table%20archaeology&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false>). It takes demographic data in different formats and displays the result in a standard life table as well as plots the relevant indices (percentage of deaths, survivorship, probability of death, life expectancy, percentage of population). It also checks for possible biases in the age structure and applies corrections to life tables.
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