From: zxmrh01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Joachim Rehmet)
Subject: New Version of BASP available
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 10:18:18 GMT



Prof. Scollar has asked me to forward the following letter to
various lists. I am posting this on ARCH-L, ANTHRO-L and
sci.archaeology. Sorry if you receive it more than one time.
If you are interested, please contact him (NOT me) directly at
                  al001@rrz.uni-koeln.de

Please note : The previous version of the Bonn Package (version 4.1
without correspondence analysis) is available at the Arch-L Server, if
you want to try out first. You can obtain a list of  the available files
by sending  an "INDEX ARCH-L"  command to LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1

More  information  on  ListEARN  commands   can  be  found  in  the
"General Introduction  guide", which  you can  retrieve  by sending  an
"INFO  GENINTRO" command to LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1

If you are on the Internet it is possible to replace LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1
with LISTSERV@ibm.gwdg.de

With all best wishes
Joachim Rehmet M.A.
Institut fuer Vor und Fruehgeschichte, Tuebingen University, Germany.
rehmet@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de

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               The Unkelbach Valley Software Works
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In der Au 9,  D 5480 Remagen 4, West Germany. Tel. (0049) 2642 23734
                 E-mail: al001@rrz.uni.koeln-de      

                       September 25, 1992




Dear Colleague,

Version 4.5 of the Bonn Archaeological Statistics package is ready. It 
represents a very major revision, with many new features and 
modifications, as described below. 

The handbook has been completely revised and is now up to 362 pages.  
There is a vast bibliography covering all the subjects in the package as 
well as theoretical introductions for both mathematically and non-
mathematically inclined users in addition to detailed program descriptions 
and screen pictures. A detailed index is also provided. Please print, cut, fill 
out and mail the form at the end of this letter with your checque to get 
your handbook and programs. If your address has changed, please correct 
it. 

Payment and Shipment:

The package will be sent via air mail outside Europe immediately upon 
receipt of payment. The pro-forma invoice at the top of the appended form 
is included for the convenience of institutional users so that they may 
obtain the required banker's order cheque from their adminstration.  If it 
is not good enough, send an E-mail with the required full address, and a 
paper copy will be sent air mail.

Please fill out the blanks in the Pro Forma if you need it. Your cheque 
must be included with the stub at the bottom of the enclosed form so that 
we can identify you as the source of the funds.  Please make sure that you 
or your administration have told your bank that you will carry all bank 
charges. We will have to return cheques which are not for the full amount 
shown. Currencies other than DM unfortunately can no longer be 
accepted. 

E-mail delivery:

If you have an Internet E-mail address, you may obtain an additional 
discount of DM 12.00 on the normal price.  In this case, the programs will 
be sent to your E-mail address and the printed manual sent separately by 
airmail.  The discount is possible because we can use book rate instead of 
package postal rate since no diskettes are included. Before taking 
advantage of this arrangement, first make sure that your E-mail server can 
accept 10 files of up to 500KB each, and that you have facilities for 
downloading these to your PC. Then send an E-mail letter to the above 
address, and we will send you a trial file to see if the transfer can be made. 
This service is only available for the Internet for the moment.



                           Cordially,



                          Irwin Scollar 




               The Bonn Archaeological Statistics 
                                                             
                             Package 
                                                             
                           Version 4.5 
                                                             
               The Unkelbach Valley Software Works 
             In der Au 9, D 5480 Remagen 4, Germany 
                                                             
                                                             
          Featuring 
                                                                     
          *Correspondence Analysis* 
                                                                     
          Correspondence & Principal Component Analysis with 
          up to 14 components. Optional Ter Braak Detrending.  
                                                                     
          Color graphics with up to 1024x768 resolution and 
          mouse support. Variable size 'zoom in zoom' windows.  
                                                                     
          Color flagging of units with special types or high inertial 
          types or units. Color marking of phases. Output to 
          plotter or plot simulator (included) with 16 symbols.  
                                                                     
          *Seriation* 
                                                                     
          Presence - absence data: grave goods, or any kind of 
          closed finds.  Social status anlaysis of cemeteries with 
          ranked finds or type diversity criteria.  Abundance data: 
          sherd or flint or other find counts from pits, strata or 
          ditches or finds from short-lived sites 
                                                                     
          *Clustering * 
                                                                     
          Shared near neighbour clustering of closed finds or types 
          for classification and typology with dendrogram or table 
          output. Clustering of sites or site features with 
          abundance data for classification of activity areas or 
          phases of development with dendrogram output.  
                                                                     
          Shared near neighbour geographic clustering of pre- 
          sence/absence or abundance data for studying cemetery 
          phase geometry, regional growth of sites or site features 
          or work areas with map output.  
                                                                     
          K-Means clustering for physical measurement data with 
          scatter plot or table output.  
                                                                     
          *Mapping * 
                                                                     
          Mapping of geographic clustering results 
          Mapping of types and special types 
          Mapping of object counts 
                                                                      
          *Harris Matrix Analysis* 
                                                                     
          Analysis of complex stratigraphy using an automated 
          Harris diagram with output to printer or HPGL plotter 
                                                                     
          *Hardware Requirements* 
                                                                     
          IBM compatible PC only, with at least 512KB Memory.  
          The full package needs about 5MB of hard disk space.  
          If a coprocessor is installed, it will be used automaticall 
          A mouse and EGA, VGA, Super VGA or Extended 
          VGA display are advantageous, but not mandatory.  
                                                                     
          *Capacity and Speed* 
                                                                     
          All programs use dynamic storage with variable matrix 
          size. Large numbers of types and features/graves can be 
          entered limited only by physical memory. A typical CA 
          maximum with DOS 5.0 & QEMM386 is: 5000 features 
          or graves, 500 types and 10000 incidences. Seriation 
          maximum is much larger 
                                                                     
          CA: two components with 722 graves with 251 types and 
          3119 incidences were computed in 18 seconds (33Mhz 
          486).  1500 graves 500 types and 4500 objects required 30 
          seconds for seriation to complete stability 
                                                                     
          Harris Matrix analysis can take up to 3000 layers and 
          12000 relations. Harris Matrix of 1000 layers with 7000 
          relations required 45 minutes for generation of the 
          diagram on 20 Mhz 386.  
                                                                     
          *Version 4.5 New Features* 
                                                                     
          Correspondence Analysis with full color graphics, mouse 
          and plotter or plot simulator support.  Indexed on-line 
          help manual.  
                                                                     
          Swapping BS shell with CUA screen support and 
          indexed on-line help manual.  
                                                                     
          New full screen data entry programs.  
                                                                     
          E-mail support for registered users. You get regular updates
          during the life of the version when bugs reported and fixed 
          without charge.
                                                                      
          ***Functions*** 
                                                                      
          *Correspondence Analysis* 
                                                                     
          Correspondence Analysis or Principal Components 
          Analysis with up to 14 components.  
          Correspondence Analysis with Ter Braak detrending 
          Select plot symbols and plot labels 
          Select graphic symbols and assign color attributes to 
          units and types 
          Select color markers for units containing special types 
          singly or in combination 
          Select color markers for units or types having high 
          inertias 
          Display or plot units, types or both on axes or grid 
          Display colored symbols, points or either with names of 
          units or types 
          Choose full screen or square windows 
          Rotate or flip components to all possible positions 
          Display any pair of computed components in any 
          position 
          Zoom with variable window size. Zoom in zoom 
          Automatic support for color or monochrome displays 
          Change background colors, name, and symbol display 
          Make plot file with full diagram or zoomed window 
          Plot simulator for most printers including PostScript 
          Mark phases in display or plot with colors or symbols 
          Make character print file for full diagram 
          Make lists of components sorted by names, input order 
          or component order 
          Convert any pair of components to seriation compatible 
          file for scatter diagram 
          Change display resolution, mouse cursors & mouse 
          speed, or supress mouse 
          Change plotter characteristics, pens, colors, paper size 
          Change symbols used in character printing 
                                                                     
          *Seriation* 
                                                                     
          Enter presence/absence or abundance data 
          Merge types, Split types 
          Select graves or features 
          Eliminate type subset 
          Sort variously entered data, elementary statistics 
          Recursive elimination of irrelevant types and units 
          Comparison plot of two seriations or with input data 
          Compare seriations from multiple runs 
          Control of printout for seriation and comparison 
          Prepare data for multi-swath printout 
          Multiswath printout with symbol options 
          Reverse seriation order 
                                                                      
          *Simulation* 
                                                                      
          Simulation of presence/absence or abundance data with 
          optional coordinates for site or cemetery models.  
          Comparison of simulated with seriated results.  
                                                                      
          *Social status analysis* 
                                                                      
          Using type ranks or type diversity or a mixture of both, 
          assign social status to graves.  
                                                                      
          *Harris Matrix analysis* 
                                                                      
          Strata names and labels 
          Adding & chaining relations 
          Erasing relationships 
          Deleting, splitting, merging strata 
          Changing names, labels of strata 
          Show strata above, below, contemporary, equal 
          Show strata without above/below links 
          Test if above/below 
          Show unrelated strata 
          Create printable list of strata 
          Calculate connected components 
          Check for illogical links (cycles) 
          Eliminate redundant links 
          Erase bad contemporary relations 
          Check for conflicting contemporary relations 
          Show strata at same depth as chosen stratum 
          Show strata at common depth 
          Show matrix section on screen 
          Lay out Harris diagram manually or automatically 
          Manipulate depth of strata in diagram 
          Make file for printer 
          Make file for HPGL plotter 
                                                                       
          *Clustering * 
                                                                       
          K-means clustering for measured data 
          Scatter plot or table output for K-means results 
          Shared near neighbour clustering 
          Interactive coordinate entry for geographic data 
          Shared near neighbour clustering with mixed geographic 
          and type data 
          Dendrogram and mapped output for clustering 
          Cluster type statistics 
                                                                       
          *Utilities* 
                                                                      
          Conversion of data from dBase, SPSS, BMDP etc.  
          Test data after conversion or editing 
          Screen photography alignment & exposure aid.  
          Split-screen dual file browser 
          Full screen browser 
          Replacement for DOS Sort with international character set 
          collating sequence and start/end key pointers.  
          Batch file utilities: get multiple choices, get disk 
          characteristics and free space.  
          Map available memory.  
          Rename a directory.  
          Selectively delete files.  
          Sort directory with output redirection.  
          Change date & time of file(s).  
          Unix-like Grep utility.  
          Get environment space 
          Compress files and make them self-extracting 
          Encode binary files for E-mail transmission 
          Test for Super and Extended VGA display type 




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     In der Au 9,  D 5480 Remagen 4, Germany. Tel. (0049) 2642 23734



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