Intra-site Spatial Analysis in Ethnoarchaeology
| Autor: | Joan Negre Pérez, Francesco Carrer, Jonas Alcaina-Mateos, Carla Lancelotti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology Ethnoarchaeology History 060102 archaeology Spatial statistics Archaeological record 06 humanities and the arts Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 01 natural sciences Data science Archaeology Identification (information) Activity areas 0601 history and archaeology Statistical analysis Geostatistics Spatial analysis Quantitative methods 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| Popis: | The interpretative power of quantitative intra-site spatial analysis has long been recognised by archaeologists. On the contrary, very few ethnoarchaeological works have engaged with the statistical analysis of intra-site pattern of artefacts and ecofacts. Nonetheless, ethnoarchaeology is uniquely placed to guide and assist in the identification of sound techniques and in the development of the methodology of analysis. The possibility to directly connect the distribution of the proxies under study with the activity that generated such distribution, provide the means of fine-tuning the tools we use for identifying these patterns in the archaeological record. As a consequence, archaeological methodology and interpretation both benefit from the application of improved methodologies. In this paper we review some of the most common techniques used to analyse activity areas and we provide examples of the application of such techniques to ethnoarchaeological contexts. The aim is to assess how archaeology can benefit from the intra-site spatial analysis of ethnoarchaeological contexts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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