Quantitative measures of the uniformity of ceramics

Karasik, Avshalom, Bitton, Liora, Gilboa, Ayelet, Sharon, Ilan and Smilansky, Uzy 2004. Quantitative measures of the uniformity of ceramics. Presented at: Computers Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Beyond the Artifact: Digital Interpretation of the Past (32nd CAA Conference 2004), Prato, Italy, 13-17 April 2004.

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Abstract: The introduction of computerized recording and measurement of archaeological ceramic vessels opens new channels of research, some of which we introduce and discuss in the present contribution. In particular, we show that the accurate measurements of wheel produced pottery provide information on the deviations from the ideal cylindrical symmetry which are due to faults in various stages of the production process. We present a systematic method to quantify two kinds of deviations from perfect symmetry: the uniformity of the profiles of cross-sections and the deformations of horizontal sections. We propose that they may be considered as indicators of the technological skill of the producers, in a way which was not possible hitherto in archaeological research.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Mathematics
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology Q Science > QA Mathematics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pottery; uniformity; curvature analysis; Fourier transform
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/24461

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