Geostatistical mapping of pottery variation: the northern lands of western Asia during the Middle Bronze Age
- Title
- Geostatistical mapping of pottery variation: the northern lands of western Asia during the Middle Bronze Age
- Date
- 2024
- Is Part Of
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Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 371-380
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- This paper challenges conventional mapping methods of Bronze Age ceramic variation in western Asian archaeology, which often oversimplify the complexity of cultural phenomena. Drawing on geostatistical techniques, we propose a novel approach that considers both similarities and differences in ceramic traits. By incorporating Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) and kriging interpolation techniques, our methodology aims to provide a nuanced representation of pottery distribution, moving beyond static cultural-historical mapping. We argue that this approach offers a more comprehensive understanding of archaeological landscapes by acknowledging the diversity of pottery variation. Through a case study utilising legacy pottery data – which will be published in the future according to the FAIR principles – we demonstrate the practical application and potential insights of our methodology, which seeks to advance archaeological methods and contribute to a richer interpretation of the past.
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The Northern Lands of western Asia with the sites (in pink) used for analysis -
Ceramic cultures in the Northern Lands during the Middle Bronze Age (modified from Özfirat 2001, fig. 1) -
Sample of decorative traits analysed in this paper -
Snapshots of the dataset organisation: a) site information and b) presence-absence matrix (PAM) -
Snapshot of the Jaccard dissimilarity matrix -
Plots showing the results of the first three PCoA axes -
Interpolated maps using Ordinary Kriging showing the geographic representation of the first three PCoA axes. Similar colours describe similar values in cultural variation
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