id
	16339
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/16339
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Methods for the Descriptive Analysis of Archaeological Material
Creator
	Gardin, J. C.
Date
	1967
Language
	eng
Abstract
	Most studies on the use of punched cards and computers in archaeology seem to take for granted that scientific standards exist to express the data upon which algorithms are to be performed, for retrieval or classification purposes. The author's view is different; examples are given of descriptive codes which have been designed under his direction since 1955 for the storage of archaeological data (artifacts, abstract or figured representations, buildings, etc.) on punched cards of various kinds (marginal, peek-a-boo, IBM, etc.). In order to obviate the shortcomings of natural language, three categories of rules are required: orientation, segmentation, differentiation. The concluding remarks concern the relation of the descriptive languages which are thus obtained to scientific language in general; differences are stressed, as well as reasons for postulating a continuum from the former to the latter.
Is Part Of
	American Antiquity
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.2307/278775
Issn
	0002-7316, 2325-5064
Issue
	1
Pages
	13-30
Uri
	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/abs/methods-for-the-descriptive-analysis-of-archaeological-material/68B602467655AF34537E13EB966BEB0C
Volume
	32
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/AHDAYX43item-list

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