Archaeology: Ceramics Wind Mountain is an archaeological study area located in southwestern New Mexico. Pot sherds are broken pieces of prehistoric Native American clay vessels. One type of painted ceramic vessel is called Mimbres classic black-on-white. At three different sites, the number of such sherds was counted in local dwelling excavations (Source: Based on information from Mimbres Mogollon Archaeology by A. I. Woosley and A. J. McIntyre, University of New Mexico Press).

Site I Site II Site III 61 25 12 34 18 36 25 54 69 12 67 27 79 18 55 14 20 Shall we reject or not reject the claim that there is no difference in population mean Mimbres classic blackon-

white sherd counts for the three sites? Use a 1%

level of significance.

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