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Title: | Fuzzy Typological (Re)arrangement: a Prototype of Rethinking the Typology of Roman Tablewares from Sagalassos, Southwest Anatolia | Authors: | KAFETZAKI, Danai Poblome, Jeroen AERTS, Jan |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | SPRINGER | Source: | JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY, | Status: | Early view | Abstract: | Organizing archaeological artefacts under a conceptual system is part and parcel of archaeological research. As an abundant material category, pottery artefacts classified in an effective typological model provide a rich source of information for the discipline. However, building a typological model from scratch, as well as maintaining it, often represents a challenge. To support archaeological research, automated methods are increasingly utilized in sustaining classification models. Yet, there is potential for advancement in creating, rethinking, and updating typological arrangements by means of digital, label-driven, or data-driven algorithmic approaches. In this paper, we take a step towards fulfilling this potential while highlighting the fuzziness involved in typological arrangements. We present a complete research pipeline of pottery form quantification, fuzzy-type description, and fuzzy-type definition which is in principle applicable to any typological model. The methodological pipeline is implemented, first, in rim segments to algorithmically construct polythetic rim descriptors; second, in complete profiles to algorithmically connect the global form with the attributed functional class; and third, in types to investigate within-class form variation and its chronological relevance. This paper provides tools to formalize the ambivalence of typological classification using fuzzy logic and revisit the theoretical model to investigate the vagueness of belonging to a class based on morphological aspects of pottery profiles. | Notes: | Kafetzaki, D (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Sagalassos Archaeol Res Project, Leuven, Belgium.; Kafetzaki, D (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Data Sci Inst, Ctr Stat, Diepenbeek, Belgium. danai.kafetzaki@kuleuven.be |
Keywords: | Fuzzy logic;Algorithmic typology;Geometric morphology;Shape analysis;Visual analytics;Roman pottery | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40817 | ISSN: | 1072-5369 | e-ISSN: | 1573-7764 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10816-023-09614-9 | ISI #: | 001051484900001 | Rights: | The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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