Some experiments in the numerical analysis of archaeological data
Some experiments in the numerical analysis of archaeological data
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考古数据数值分析的一些实验
DOI：
10.1093/biomet/53.3-4.311
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发表时间：
1966
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
J. Doran
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作者：
F. Hodson;P. Sneath;J. Doran
对现有的几种数值分类方法的考古价值进行了探讨。选择来自瑞士（mininsingen）铁器时代遗址的胸针进行分析有两个原因：它们在典型的广泛属性中表现出变化，以及它们的考古背景，在水平分层的墓地中丰富的联系，为检查任何拟议分类的重要性提供了独立的证据。专业考古学家对胸针的“直观”分类提供了对结果的进一步控制。通过定量和定性特征对胸针进行数值描述，并计算出每对胸针之间的相似系数。然后将这些系数提交给两种形式的聚类分析（单链接和平均链接）和多维标度程序。发现平均联系，而不是单一联系，聚类分析和多维标度程序产生的分类具有明显的考古意义。
The value for archaeology of some available methods of numerical classification was investigated. Brooches from an Iron Age site in Switzerland (Miinsingen) were chosen for analysis for two reasons: they show variation over a typically wide range of attributes, and their archaeological context, in rich associations in a horizontally stratified cemetery, provides independent evidence to check the significance of any proposed classifications. A further control on results was provided by an 'intuitive' classification of the brooches by professional archaeologists. The brooches were described numerically by quantitative and qualitative characters, and a similarity coefficient was computed between each pair. These coefficients were then submitted to two forms of cluster analysis (singleand average-link) and to a multi-dimensional scaling procedure. The average-link, but not the single-link, cluster analysis and the multi-dimensional scaling procedure were found to produce classifications of demonstrable archaeological significance.