Building Tools for Identifying Local Variability and Cultural Patterns: A Digital Ceramic Attribute Analysis

Autor:	Angela M. Labrador
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Structure (mathematical logic) Archeology Computer science Process (engineering) Relational database Archaeology Data science Field (computer science) language.human_language Dilemma Knowledge extraction Agency (sociology) language Algonquin
Zdroj:	North American Archaeologist. 29:287-296
ISSN:	1541-3543 0197-6931
DOI:	10.2190/na.29.3-4.e
Popis:	Recent studies of Northeast Algonquin cultures emphasize variation on the local level and position individuals as agents operating within—but not inescapably constrained by—a worldview. This welcome theoretical focus in Northeast studies presents a particular dilemma to the treatment of archaeological datasets. How can archaeologists structure and quantify data in ways that remain sensitive to local change and agency while simultaneously allowing for recognition of cultural tradition across space and time? This article documents the process of building a digital model and Web-based tool for archiving and analyzing ceramic attribute datasets using current theories in the field of Knowledge Discovery. Modeling and automating a manual laboratory process offers many lessons in the limits of statistical tools, the challenges of relational data schemas, and the continuing potential for computerized tools in archaeology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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