Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Central European Neolithic. Proceedings of the ‘Theory and Method in Archaeology of the Neolithic (7th - 3rd millennium BC)’ conference held in Mikulov, Czech Republic, 26th – 28th of October 2010. BAR International Series 2325., 2012
The application of typological methods is a well-known means to find regularities within an archa... more The application of typological methods is a well-known means to find regularities within an archaeological assemblage. A formalized approach is needed when dealing with larger sets of data to eliminate bias arising from defining types a priori and searching for structures which we already expect to exist. By creating a quantitative descriptive system and using multivariate statistic methods we are able to identify similarities and dissimilarities between single artefacts as well as between individual find complexes. These similarities (or factors) represent chronological and cultural relationships as well as post-deposition transformations. We can further sort find complexes using seriation (e.g. correspondence analysis) to elaborate a chronological sequence. This paper presents an application of a formalized typological and chronological method on graves and their inventories from the Lengyel Culture settlement in Svodín (Southwest Slovakia) using multivariate statistical analysis.
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Source data: https://maps.geop.sazp.sk:443/geoserver/wfs
The dataset was created by correcting the information about archaeological dating (culture) and creating individual records for each dating, to enable filtering by era and culture. The language of the dataset is Slovak.
Conference venue: Department of Archaeology, Gondova 2, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Keynote speaker: Prof. Stephen Shennan
We cordially invite you to the 3rd Central European Archaeology Group meeting of the theoretical research group internationally known as TAG. Originally founded in Great Britain in 1979, this group will be meeting in Slovakia for the first time. Central European archaeology is still struggling with its „Materialschlacht“ and „Theoriefeindlichkeit“. We feel that the only way to overcome this is to reveal the positive aspects of theory as it has been systematically developed through research. We are aware of the rapid progress in this field over the last four decades; however the known issues relating to the incommensurabilities of scientific theories (paradigms) remind us that it is necessary to look for common ground in order to move forward. This is especially the case when the older, more traditional approach is still prevalent in Central Europe.
Freely accessible until June 8, 2016 @ http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SvD815SlTZPiG
Supplementary data available @ http://bit.ly/1N2DouD
Sociálne vzťahy, prejavujúce sa vo variabilite pohrebného rítu, sú v tejto štúdii skúmané za pomoci multivariantných štatistických metód. Nálezová situácia na sídlisku lengyelskej kultúry vo Svodíne umožňuje zistenie štatisticky relevantných vzťahov medzi hrobovými inventármi a určitými sociálnymi skupinami. Na základe výnimočnosti inventára sú identifikované hroby jedincov so špecifickým sociálnym statusom a atribúty predstavujúce symboly statusu. Nové poznatky o sociálnej stratifikácii mladoneolitického spoločenstva sú konfrontované s výsledkami existujúcich štúdií zaoberajúcich sa statusom a prestížou."