Using Statistics to Analyze Anthropological/Religious Issues from the Distant Past

Abstract

Bill observed that well-placed arrows could be more lethal than gunshot wounds for several reasons. First, almost all the wounded he treated had wounds from more than one arrow due to the high rate of fire from their opponents. Second, while bullets would bruise tissue, their heat in flight would tend to cauterize tissue and slow bleeding, arrowheads would cut blood vessels and lead to more blood loss and a higher risk of infection (without antibiotics, of course). Thus, Native

Rate Distortion Theory for Descriptive Statistics

“…We will not go into a discussion of the integrity of the data, but at the end of this section, we shortly compare the results with results from a newer version of the database. A statistical analysis of these data has previously been performed and discussed in [ 44 , 45 ].…”