The recognition of multiple spatial patterns: a case study from the French upper paleolithic |
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Authors: | Jan F Simek Roy R Larick |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A pattern recognition approach to spatial analysis is applied to artifact distributions from the Magdalenian site of Pincevent, Section 36. Patterning is investigated using a κ-means cluster analysis that permits iterative mapping of artifact distributions at several scales of spatial complexity. Multiple scales of patterning are recognized in the Pincevent distributions. These patterns are assessed in terms of those discovered by the excavators through intensive visual inspection of the materials. Basic concordance is seen between these two approaches. Finally, the analysis detects more detailed patterning. A relationship between artifact abundance and location seems to hold constant throughout the site. |
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Keywords: | Spatial analysis mathematical pattern recognition ?-means cluster analysis France Paris Basin Pincevent upper paleolithic Madalenian living floor open-air site stone artifacts bone artifacts |
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