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		Probabilistic Decomposition of Archaeological Palimpsests //
		Probabilistic framework for the analysis of archaeological
		palimpsests based on the Stratigraphic Entanglement Field
		(SEF). Integrates spatial proximity, stratigraphic depth,
		chronological overlap, and cultural similarity to estimate
		latent depositional phases via diagonal Gaussian mixture
		Expectation-Maximisation (EM). Provides the Stratigraphic
		Entanglement Index (SEI), Excavation Stratigraphic Energy
		(ESE), and Palimpsest Dissolution Index (PDI) for quantifying
		depositional coherence, detecting intrusive finds, and
		measuring palimpsest formation. Includes simulation,
		diagnostics, phase-count selection, publication-quality plots,
		and Geographic Information System (GIS) export via 'sf'.
		Methods are described in Cocca (2026)
		https://github.com/enzococca/palimpsestr.
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