palimpsestr - 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>.