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Laser-aided profile measurement and cluster analysis of ceramic shapes
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SYSNO ASEP 0567586 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Laser-aided profile measurement and cluster analysis of ceramic shapes Author(s) Demján, Peter (ARU-G) SAI, ORCID, RID
Pavúk, P. (SK)
Roosevelt, C. H. (TR)Number of authors 3 Source Title Journal of Field Archaeology - ISSN 0093-4690
Roč. 48, č. 1 (2023), s. 1-18Number of pages 18 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords digital recording ; computational ceramic classification ; unsupervised machine-learning ; automated shape matching ; Kaymakçı ; western Anatolia Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology Method of publishing Open access Institutional support ARU-G - RVO:67985912 UT WOS 000865657600001 EID SCOPUS 85139822443 DOI 10.1080/00934690.2022.2128549 Annotation Ceramics are one of the commonest sources of archaeological information, yet their abundance often confounds documentation and analysis. This article presents a new method of documenting and analyzing ceramics that includes laser-aided profile measurement to capture ceramic shape and other information quickly and accurately, resulting in digital outputs suitable for both publication and morphometric analysis. Linked software and database solutions enable unsupervised machine learning to cluster shapes based on similarity, eventually assisting typological analysis. Following an overview of current practices in ceramic recording and both standard and computational shape classification analyses, the new approach is discussed in full as a documentary and analytical tool. A case study from the Middle and Late Bronze Age site of Kaymakçı in western Anatolia demonstrates the benefits of the recording method and helps show that a combination of automated and manual shape clustering techniques currently remains the best practice in ceramic shape classification. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Prague) Contact Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00934690.2022.2128549
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