Quantifier les processus archéologiques
- Title
- Quantifier les processus archéologiques
- Creator(s)
- Djindjian, François
- Date
- 2010
- Is Part Of
-
Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 21
- Pages
- 233–247
- Language
- fra
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- Since 1950, in the history of Quantitative Archaeology, the data approach has been the essence of the mathematical and statistical applications in Archaeology. In the present paper, it is proposed to focus on the process approach and to point out new fields of mathematical applications in Archaeology. Several archaeological processes are shown, for example, archaeological business process, stratigraphy process, post-depositional process, taphonomic process, technological (manufacturing) process, building process, intersite spatial process (landscape archaeology), exchange process, cultural change process. The list is not exhaustive and has only the purpose of illustrating the interest of such an approach. Several examples of applications are given, which show the differences between the data approach and the process approach. The mathematical techniques, which are used, are mainly the description and the quantification of the processes, elementary statistics, data analysis, stochastic models and the simulation by multi-agent systems.
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