Ceramic Compositional Analysis in Archaeological Perspective
Ceramic Compositional Analysis in Archaeological Perspective
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DOI：
10.2172/6614078
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发表时间：
1980
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通讯作者：
R. Bishop;R. Rands;George R. Holley
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作者：
R. Bishop;R. Rands;George R. Holley
考古学中成分分析的主要意义在于空间维度，区分当地或区域群体制造的产品。如果成分分析要超越相似性和差异性的描述性记录，那么资源采购区（及其与推断的制造地点的地理关系）就是一个基本的操作概念（Rands 和 Bishop 1980）。陶器的情况清楚地表明了区域概念，陶器通常源自原材料、粘土和回火，而这些原材料的采购地不一定一致。此外，根据地貌和地球化学变量，这些材料可能在相当大的区域内表现出相当大的同质性。另一方面，除非在资源开发方面存在强有力的选择性模式，否则受限制区域内的巨大异质性可能会导致采购区域分散，难以与特定制造中心的产品等同。然而，在有利的情况下，成分分析方法似乎正在接近可以识别有限地理范围的微区域并指定启发式有用边界的程度。
The primary significance of compositional analysis in archaeology lies on the spatial dimension, in distinguishing products made by locally or regionally-based groups. If compositional analysis is to be carried beyond the descriptive recording of similarities and differences, the resource procurement zone (and its geographical relationship to inferred places of manufacture) is a basic operational concept (Rands and Bishop 1980). A zonal concept is clearly indicated in the case of pottery, which frequently is derived from raw materials, clay and temper, that do not necessarily coincide in their place of procurement. Moreover, depending on geomorphological and geochemical variables, these materials may show considerable homogeneity over a fairly extended area. On the other hand, unless there is strong, selective patterning in the exploitation of resources, great heterogeneity within a restricted region may result in fragmented procurement zones that are difficult to equate with the products of specific manufacturing centers. Under favorable circumstances, however, it appears that methods of compositional analysis are approaching the point at which microzones of limited geographical extent can be recognized and assigned heuristically useful boundaries.