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Path Graph

The path graph plots selected items (items can be excluded in the Artifacts/Assemblages table) with their computed distance along the vertical axis and their computed date along the horizontal axis. If the user has chosen Use Input Dates, and entered Earliest and/or Latest dates for an item, the interval between those dates will be represented by a horizontal blue line for the item or a blue dot if Earliest equals Latest. A computed date that falls outside the user input range will be dark magenta. A plot that falls along the diagonal indicates a steady rate of stylistic change. Right clicking anywhere on the graph will bring up a popup menu that gives a range of options for manipulating the graph.

Path Graph Popup Menu

There are four items on the path graph popup menu.

Hide Graph will close the window containing the path graph.

Show/Hide Diagonal will show (hide) the ascending diagonal of the graph. In a seriation with a steady rate of stylistic change, the data points will lie along the diagonal.

Set Axis Labels allows the user to set the axis labels. The default value for the X axis is Computed Date and for the Y axis is Computed Distance.

Save Graph saves the graph to a separate graphics file. The graph can be saved as a graphics file in a variety of formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, EMF).