---
title: "Examples"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
%\VignetteIndexEntry{ChronochRt_examples}
%\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
%\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
---
```{r, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
collapse = TRUE,
comment = "#>"
)
options(rmarkdown.html_vignette.check_title = FALSE)
library(chronochrt)
library(knitr)
```
To execute the examples shown in this vignette, load the package:
```{r setup, eval=FALSE}
library(chronochrt)
```
## Examples
This vignette demonstrates examples of chronological datasets which have been compiled from the literature. They are included in the package (see first example) or alternatively can be downloaded [here](https://gitlab.com/archaeothommy/chronochrt/tree/master/inst/extdata).
### Examples 1: Chonological table
This example illustrates the main purpose of the package: facilitating the hassle free drawing of chronological tables.
Many archaeological cultures have competing chronological systems or temporal shifts in their sub-groups and/or spatial distributions. This example highlights regional chronological differences of the Urnfield Culture and the phases are an extract of a table presented by St. Knöpke (2009, p. 15).
First, loading of the data:
If the file is already in your current working directory, use
```{r Example_UK, echo=TRUE, eval=FALSE}
# Data from St. Knöpke, Der urnenfelderzeitliche Männerfriedhof von Neckarsulm.
# Konrad Theiss Verlag (Stuttgart 2009), p. 15.
UC_Chronology <- import_chron(path = "ex_urnfield_periods.xlsx",
"Region", "Name", "Start", "End", "Level")
```
To access it directly from the package, use
```{r Example_UK_hidden, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE}
UC_Chronology <- import_chron(path = system.file("extdata/ex_urnfield_periods.xlsx", package = 'chronochrt'),
"Region", "Name", "Start", "End", "Level")
```
Then, create the chronological chart by:
```{r Example_UK_plot, eval=FALSE, echo=TRUE}
plot_chronochrt(UC_Chronology,
axis_title = "BCE",
size_text = 4,
line_break = 22,
filename = "UC-Chronology.png", plot_dim = c(16, 10, "cm"))
```
And that's it! Because a file name as well as physical dimensions were provided, the chart would be saved right away as "UC-Chronology.png" in your working directory, with the specified size of 16x10 cm when running the code. It would look like this:
```{r Example_UK_plot2, fig.align='center', fig.width=10, message=FALSE, out.width="100%"}
plot_chronochrt(UC_Chronology,
axis_title = "BCE",
size_text = 4,
line_break = 22)
```
### Example 2: Occupation phases and other data
Additionally, the package can be used to display any kind of temporal information. The following example ‒ whilst being very circumstantial in connections of the data ‒ highlights how different types of temporal data can be merged. This dataset is partially based on the cemetery data of the Wellcome Osteological Research Database (https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections/other-collection-databases-and-libraries/centre-human-bioarchaeology/osteological-database) as well as general information for the labels.
According to place of burial - during this time a partial indicator of socio-economic status - some cemeteries were placed in groups (the _region_). Their occupation phases were entered through the _start_ and _end_ arguments. Further, the death numbers of major plague events were added as a separate region.
Again, the first step is to load the chronological dataset:
```{r Example_London_hidden, echo=FALSE}
London_cemeteries <- import_chron(path = system.file("extdata/ex_London_cem.xlsx", package = 'chronochrt'),
"Region", "Name", "Start", "End", "Level")
```
```{r Example_London, eval=FALSE, echo = TRUE}
London_cemeteries <- import_chron(path = "ex_London_cem.xlsx", package = 'ChronochRt'),
"Region", "Name", "Start", "End", "Level")
```
Then add some labels, e.g. '12.04.1665 - The "Great Plague of London" begins' as well as some numbers from London's plague mortality bills and other interesting facts via the following code in different parts of the plot:
```{r Example_London_labels, echo=TRUE}
London_labels <-add_label_text(region = "low socio-economic status",
year = 1665,
label = "12.04.1665:\n The \"Great Plague of London\"\n begins",
position = 1.98,
new = TRUE) %>%
add_label_text(region = "urban",
year = c(1559, 1660, 1670),
label = c("1559: Coronation of Elizabeth I ", "1664: Sighting of a bright comet", "1666: Great Fire of London"),
position = 1.98,
new = FALSE) %>%
add_label_text(region = "plague death toll",
year = c(1350, 1563, 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636, 1647, 1665),
label = c( "1346-1353: ~62,000","1563-1564: 20 136" , "1593: 15 003","1603: 33 347", "1625: 41,313", "1636: 10 000", "1647: 3,597" ,"1665: 68 596"),
position = 0.75,
new = FALSE)
```
And now, create the graph:
```{r Example_London_plot, echo=TRUE, fig.align='center', fig.width=10, fig.height=6, message=FALSE, out.width="100%"}
plot_chronochrt(data = London_cemeteries,
labels_text = London_labels,
size_text = 3,
line_break = 25,
color_line = "grey55")
```