====== TODO ======

  * complete Digging Numbers exercises <progress=80> 
  * kmeans and the ''spatstat'' **''R''** package
  * spatial statistics and analysis with GRASS, R (huge topic, maybe split into smaller tasks)
  * **neural networks**
    * R ''nnet'' library
    * R ''AMORE'' library
    * other software
  * generic introduction to basic principles of statistics (the four levels of data, ..)
  * generic introduction to GRASS
  * scripting in GRASS<progress=10> 
  * generic introduction to R
  * GRASS and R using spGrass6 library
  * investigate OpenOffice.org Calc as a soft mean for using free software in quantitative analysis
  * generic introduction to the ''spgrass6'' R package
  * example with full tutorial: archaeological sites direction and solar irradiation (GRASS + R) <progress=30> 
  * [[seriation]] (e.g. applied to graveyards) <progress=10> 
  * applications to **archaeometry**
    * [[archaeometry:cluster_analysis|cluster analysis]]
    * compositional variation matrix (M. A. Cau)
    * PCA
    * three free datasets are available at http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/ : [[http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/xrf-results-of-british-school-at-rome-stamped-bricks-traces/|XRF (traces)]], [[http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/xrf-results-of-british-school-at-rome-stamped-bricks/|XRF]] and [[http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/xrd-results-of-british-school-at-rome-stamped-bricks/|XRD]]
  * quantitative **pottery** studies
  * **archaeozoology** and **palaeoanthropology** (morphometric analysis, etc..)
  * **archaeobotany**