Academic Article

A New Method Using Graph and Lattice Theory to Discover Spatially Cohesive Sets of Artifacts and Areas of Organized Activity in Archaeological Sites

Title
A New Method Using Graph and Lattice Theory to Discover Spatially Cohesive Sets of Artifacts and Areas of Organized Activity in Archaeological Sites
Creator(s)
Merrill, Michael
Read, Dwight
Date
2010
Is Part Of
American Antiquity
Volume
75
Issue
3
Pages
419-451
Language
eng
ISSN
0002-7316
URI
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25766210
Zotero BiDiAr
https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/UILHSI3Q/item-list
Abstract
We propose a new method to analyze spatially cohesive sets of artifacts and relate them to intrasite activity areas using the spatial similarity and cohesion of artifact types. This method can handle heterogeneous data and is able to reveal and deconstruct overlapping areas into their constituent elements. Application to a Mousterian habitation site from the Levant as a case study enables us to distinguish three spatially cohesive yet overlapping sets ("tool kits") of artifact and ecofact types within the boundaries of an excavated 50 m² sub-area of the site. Proponemos un método nuevo para el analizar de conjuntos cohesivos de artefactos, para relacionarlos a zonas de actividades por el medir de la similitud espacial y indice de coherencia de tipos de artefactos. Puede manejar tal método datos heterogéneos y puede separar zonas de actividades superpuesto hasta sus elementos particulares. Una prueba del método con un sitio doméstico Musteriense del Próximo Oriente nos permite distinguir tres conjuntos diferentes de herramientas y 'ecofactos' dentro de una área excavada del sitio de 50 m².

Linked resources

The spatial interactions between remains in large dwelling spaces
Academic Article

Export

Position: 10089 (10 views)