Notes on the statistical analysis of some loomweights from Pompeii
- Title
- Notes on the statistical analysis of some loomweights from Pompeii
- Creator(s)
- Baxter, Michael J.
- Cool, Hilary E.M.
- Date
- 2008
- Is Part Of
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Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 19
- Pages
- 239–256
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- Recent work, in the field, on the dimensions and weights of loomweights from excavations in Insula VI.I, Pompeii suggested that there was structure in the form of evidence of bi-modality in the weights. The paper has two purposes. One is to illustrate a variety of statistical methods that were used to confirm the validity of our observations. The other is to discuss what the archaeological implications of this might be. A more general point is that if more attention is given to what are often regarded as “uninteresting” artefacts some interesting results may emerge - specifically, it can be asked whether loomweights have chronological significance for interpreting archaeological sites (at Pompeii at least).
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