Carbonised macro-remains from a Germanic settlement in Jevišovka–Nová. A contribution to current archaeobotanical knowledge of the Roman period

0583566 - ARÚB 2024 CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Apiar, Peter - Apiar, Jana
Evaluation of sampled volume, number of samples and obtained macro-remains from Jevišovka site through statistical models.
Carbonised macro-remains from a Germanic settlement in Jevišovka–Nová. A contribution to current archaeobotanical knowledge of the Roman period. Brno: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Brno, 2022 - (Apiar, J.), s. 105-108. Spisy Archeologického ústavu AV ČR, Brno, 73. ISBN 978-80-7524-055-2
Institutional support: RVO:68081758
Keywords : statistical models * Generalised additive models * archaeobotanical sampling * Roman period * Germanic settlement * plant macro-remains
OECD category: Archaeology

The volume of sediment collected from archaeological features and contexts has, by its very nature, a specific (fluctuating) effect on the number of macro-remains obtained. This conclusion is based on the assumption that the analysed dataset from the Jevišovka site comes from several collected samples of different volumes, at least some containing carbonised macro-remains (a more or less common result of non-systematic sampling). Above all, these results are important regarding the interpretation of the archaeobotanical assemblage and its inclusion in the archaeological interpretation. It is necessary to consider the representativeness of plant species from Jevišovka, and the resulting plant production, subsequently reflected in the economic-ecological background of the site, is primarily conditioned by the sampling method.
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