Are we creating our past?
- Urnfield Culture hilltop settlements are often associated with a predominant function in the settlement pattern. This study challenged the idea of centrality by means of density estimates and spatial inhomogeneous explanatory statistics. Reflecting on the differences in spatial trends and material culture, no conclusive evidence for a consolidation of power, economic, or cultic dominance was observed. The dataset strongly points towards the inapplicability of commonly used parametric and/or homogenous spatial algorithms in archaeology. Tracer variables as well as the methodological and theoretical limitations are critically reviewed and a methodological framework to increase the reproducibility and reusability of archaeological research is proposed.
- Višinska naselja kulture žarnih grobišč pogosto povezujemo z vodilnim položajem v vzorcu poselitve. V pričujoči študiji izpodbijamo idejo o centralnosti z uporabo ocen gostote poselitve in prostorskih nehomogenih pojasnjevalnih statističnih podatkov. Pri opazovanju razlik v prostorskih usmeritvah in materialni kulturi nismo našli nobenega prepričljivega dokaza o utrjevanju moči ter o gospodarski ali kultni prevladi. Podatkovna baza kaže na neuporabnost parametričnih in/ali homogenih prostorskih algoritmov, ki se običajno uporabljajo v arheologiji. Nudimo kritičen razmislek o sledilnih spremenljivkah ter o metodoloških in teoretičnih omejitvah, hkrati pa ponudimo metodološki okvir, s pomočjo katerega lahko povečamo ponovljivost in ponovno uporabnost arheoloških raziskav.
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| Author: | Chiara G. M. Girotto |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-576531 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.47.29 |
| ISSN: | 1854-2492 |
| ISSN: | 1408-967X |
| Parent Title (German): | Documenta Praehistorica |
| Publisher: | Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani |
| Place of publication: | Ljubljani |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/12/03 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/12/03 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2021/02/04 |
| Tag: | Urnfield Culture; central place; geospatial statistics; methodology; social theory centralni prostor; družbena teorija; geoprostorski statistični podatki; kultura žarnih grobišč; metodologija |
| Volume: | 47 |
| Page Number: | 14 |
| First Page: | 508 |
| Last Page: | 521 |
| Note: | This research was part of a Master’s thesis submitted at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Archaeological Sciences and associated with the LOEWE focal point “Prehistoric Conflict Research – Bronze Age Fortifications between Taunus and Carpathian Mountains” |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 477099823 |
| Institutes: | Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen |
