A Method for Attributing Non-Refitting Fragments to a Single Artifact: The Case of Bronze Age Flat Figurines

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
K. A. Kolobova ◽  
P. V. Chistyakov ◽  
N. V. Basova ◽  
A. V. Postnov ◽  
L. V. Zotkina
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
3D Modeling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
3D Models ◽  
New Method ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Confidence Limits ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Archaeological Artifacts ◽  
The Bronze Age

In recent decades, several new methods for studying archaeological artifacts, mostly based on digital technologies, have been developed. One of the most promising trends is 3D modeling, allowing researchers to deal with an exact virtual copy of the artifact, which can be manipulated in every way. We propose a new method for determining whether non-applicable fragments belong to one artifact, based on 3D modeling and mathematical statistics. After applying it to two (and possibly more) fragments, one gets an unambiguous answer as to whether the application is statistically reliable (i.e., falls within 95 % confidence limits). Precise computerized measurements on 3D models, following a single algorithm, allow us to verify the results. This method was tested on non-refitting fragments of figurines from the Bronze Age cemetery Tourist-2. Two anthropomorphic figurines from the same cemetery were used to verify the conclusions and elaborate the algorithm.

scholarly journals DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND 3D-MODELING OF URBAN PLANNING (THE TOMSK CASE STUDY)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 70-82
Author(s):  
V. I. Korenev
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
3D Modeling ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Planning Problems

The paper studies the use of digital technologies and 3D models of cities in solving urban planning problems. The experience in creating the information system for ensuring urban planning and internet sites in Tomsk is demonstrated and the possibilities are shown for their use in graphic-analytic research. The 3D model of the Tomsk-city is proposed to design and explore the flood processes, land use non-observances, architectural design and modeling of the urban environment, and requirements for the architectural heritage preservation.

scholarly journals Modelling Physical and Digital Replication: Bridging the Gap Between Experimentation and Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Dolfini ◽  
Rob Collins
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Hadrian's Wall ◽  
The Bronze Age

Abstract The replication of objects lies at the heart of material culture research in archaeology. In particular, replication plays a key role in a number of core activities in our discipline including teaching, research, and public engagement. Despite its being fundamental to the archaeological process, however, replication comes across as an under-theorised field of artefact research. The problem is compounded by the recent development of digital technologies, which add a new layer of challenges as well as opportunities to the long-established practice of making and using physical copies of objects. The paper discusses a number of issues with artefact replication including aims, design, and methodology, from the standpoint of two research projects currently coordinated by the authors: the Bronze Age Combat project, which explores prehistoric fighting techniques through field experiments and wear analysis (Dolfini); and the NU Digital Heritage project, which centres upon the digital capture and modelling of Roman material culture from Hadrian’s Wall (Collins). Both projects have actively created replicas in physical or digital media, and direct comparison of the two projects provide a number of useful lessons regarding the role, uses, and limits of artefact replication in archaeology. Bronze Age Combat project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/cias/research/bronzeagecombat/ NU Digital Heritage project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/cias/research/nudigitalheritage/

scholarly journals LETHAL HEAD TRAUMAS OF THE BRONZE AGE (NEW METHODS OF STUDY)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.Б. Медникова
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Mass Grave ◽  
3D Reconstructions ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Middle Volga ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Archaeological Cultures ◽  
Estimate Form ◽  
The Bronze Age

Современные методы радиологии и визуализации сегодня вносят существенный вклад в изучение смертельных ранений у представителей разных археологических культур. В эпоху бронзы самым грозным оружием стал боевой топор. Настоящая статья посвящена применению метода микротомографии в описании некоторых впервые найденных травм на черепах из Пепкинского коллективного захоронения (абашевская археологическая культура, Среднее Поволжье). Наши данные позволяют оценить некоторые последствия применения боевых топоров и их тип. Трехмерные виртуальные реконструкции несквозных повреждений свода черепа, причиненных боевыми топорами, позволяют определить форму ударного края, которая имеет диагностическую ценность. Одновременно производились эксперименты по использованию боевого топора абашевского типа. Получены отпечатки в пластике ударов под разными углами. После микротомографии сопоставлялись 3D-виртуальные изображения ударного края оружия и травм черепа. Главный вывод данной работы заключается в констатации гибели пепкинских мужчин под ударами абашевских боевых топоров. Это означает существование возможного внутриплеменного конфликта в этой культурной общности. Today modern radiological and visualization techniques make great impact on the study of lethal wounds among representatives of different archaeological cultures. Battle axes became the most dangerous weapon of the Bronze Age. The current paper is devoted to description of some newly discovered cranial injuries from Pepkino mass grave (Abashevo archaeological culture, the Middle Volga area) with use of microtomography. Our data help to evaluate some consequences of battle axes use and evaluate its type. 3D reconstructions of some non exit wounds caused by axes allow estimate form of striking edge, which seems to be diagnostic. At the same time we experimented using the battle axe of the Abashevo type. Impressions of the strikes made at different angles were obtained on the plastic. After microCT were made scanning 3D virtual images of the weapon striking edge and the skull traumas were compared. The main conclusion of the analysis is that the Pepkino males were killed by Abashevo battle axes. This implies a possible conflict within the population group of this archaeological culture.

scholarly journals DIFERENTES PAISAJES Y ANÁLOGAS REPRESENTACIONES. INTERPRETACIÓN ARQUEOLÓGICA CON TECNOLOGÍAS DE INGENIERÍA INVERSA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xosefina Otero ◽  
Mercedes Farjas ◽  
Manuel Santos ◽  
Jorge Angás
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Ophiolite Complex ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
Rock Fragments ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Semail Ophiolite ◽  
The Bronze Age

In this paper we present new methods of the documentation and registration of the petroglyphs of the exceptional archaeological site located on Khor Fakkan, emirate of Sharjah, on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates along the Gulf of Oman, and coordinates 24º59'06.06'' N - 56º20'36.70'' E. The engravings on the surface of the serpentine rock fragments, of the Semail ophiolite complex that was generated when the Saudí plate was introduced under the Iran-Zagros, in the Cretaceous, are made with the technique and striped characteristic of the Bronze Age and Iron Age. We conducted the study respecting its conservation without any intervention on them, using the latest available technologies and performing aerial, terrestrial and near object digital photogrammetry and applying at the same time the methodology of Landscape Archaeology.http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/CIGeo2017.2017.6593

scholarly journals Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 150645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Graça da Silva ◽  
Jamshid J. Tehrani
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Geographical Distances ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Devil ◽  
The Bronze Age

Ancient population expansions and dispersals often leave enduring signatures in the cultural traditions of their descendants, as well as in their genes and languages. The international folktale record has long been regarded as a rich context in which to explore these legacies. To date, investigations in this area have been complicated by a lack of historical data and the impact of more recent waves of diffusion. In this study, we introduce new methods for tackling these problems by applying comparative phylogenetic methods and autologistic modelling to analyse the relationships between folktales, population histories and geographical distances in Indo-European-speaking societies. We find strong correlations between the distributions of a number of folktales and phylogenetic, but not spatial, associations among populations that are consistent with vertical processes of cultural inheritance. Moreover, we show that these oral traditions probably originated long before the emergence of the literary record, and find evidence that one tale (‘The Smith and the Devil’) can be traced back to the Bronze Age. On a broader level, the kinds of stories told in ancestral societies can provide important insights into their culture, furnishing new perspectives on linguistic, genetic and archaeological reconstructions of human prehistory.

scholarly journals Digital technologies for creating a virtual reconstruction of the historical landscape and urban development of Bely Gorod (17th – 18th centuries)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Borodkin ◽  
D. Zherebyatyev ◽  
A. Entin ◽  
O. Kim ◽  
S. Chernov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
3D Modeling ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Historical Landscape ◽  
Interdisciplinary Project ◽  
Virtual Reconstruction ◽  
Historical Objects

The article is devoted to the issues of methodology and methods of virtual reconstruction of the historical landscape of cities with a long history. This is one of the developing areas of modern historical urban studies, methodological basis of which includes 3D modeling technologies and three-dimensional GIS. The article describes an interdisciplinary project for creating a virtual reconstruction of the landscape of Bely Gorod of the 16th – 18th centuries – a historical area in the center of Moscow. On the basis of generated source base, a virtual reconstruction of the dominant historical objects of Bely Gorod is built, the 3D models of which are "embedded" into historical landscape restored using a three-dimensional GIS

Cultural stratigraphy of the Bronze Age settlement of Olair in the Bashkir Trans-Urals

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10-4) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Ilshat Bakhshiev
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
General Sequence ◽  
The Bronze Age

The article is based on observations of the cultural stratigraphy of Olair settlement, one of the most important sites in Bashkir Transurals in Late Bronze Age. Application of methods of mathematical statistics in the analyses of distribution of ceramics in cultural stratums of the site allowed to determine the general sequence of settling the platform of the settlement. There is a conclusion about the contemporaneous accretion of ceramics of Alacul, developed stage of Srubna, Srubna-Alacul, Alacul, Fedor-Chercaskul and Early Alacul types in cultural sratum wich is based on the obtained data of mutually occurrence of various cultural groups of ceramics.

Investigating Burnt Mounds in Clydesdale during Motorway Construction

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
John A Atkinson ◽  
Camilla Dickson ◽  
Jane Downes ◽  
Paul Robins ◽  
David Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Short Account ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Bronze Age

Summary Two small burnt mounds were excavated as part of the programme to mitigate the impact of motorway construction in the Crawford area. The excavations followed a research strategy designed to address questions of date and function. This paper surveys the various competing theories about burnt mounds and how the archaeological evidence was evaluated against those theories. Both sites produced radiocarbon dates from the Bronze Age and evidence to suggest that they were cooking places. In addition, a short account is presented of two further burnt mounds discovered during the construction of the motorway in Annandale.

A Neolithic Structure and Bronze Age Activity at West Flank Road, Drumchapel, Glasgow

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-128
Author(s):  
Gavin Macgregor ◽  
Irene Cullen ◽  
Diane Alldritt ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
Jennifer Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Research Division ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Age Features ◽  
The Bronze Age

Summary A programme of archaeological work was undertaken by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) at West Flank Road, Drumchapel, in close proximity to the site of the prehistoric cemetery of Knappers. This paper considers the results of excavation of a range of negative features, including earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age pits and postholes. The earlier Neolithic features date to c. 3500–3000 BC and are interpreted as the partial remains of a subrectangular structure. The Bronze Age features may relate to ceremonial activities in the wider area. The significance of these remains is considered in relation to the site of Knappers and wider traditions during the fourth to second millennia BC.

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