Sistemi digitali di documentazione e analisi archeologica. Verso quale direzione?

Title

Sistemi digitali di documentazione e analisi archeologica. Verso quale direzione?

Creator(s)

Bertoldi, Stefano

Fronza, Vittorio

Valenti, Marco

Date

2015

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

26

Pages

233–243

Language

ita

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

URI

http://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/id.php?id=794

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/334GCFWX/item-list

Abstract

This paper explores some issues related to recording and analyzing archaeological datasets. After making our (neo-)processualist approach clear, some key digital technologies (relational databases) and methodologies (conceptual modelling) are discussed as examples to assess the actual state of archaeological information systems and reflect upon possible future directions. This brings us also to define the limits of quantitative (and especially predictive) analyses. Variability of parameters and, above all, the extensive lack of reality tests are heavy hindering factors. Precisely defining the variables and attractors based on specific questions can help us to relativize complex systems, bending the analyses to our needs.