4 research outputs found

    El manejo de la informaci贸n espacial en estudios de tafonom铆a humana en la escala de sitio: ejemplos de aplicaci贸n

    Get PDF
    Actualmente existe una creciente conciencia acerca de la importancia de los estudios tafon贸micos para la resoluci贸n de diferentes problemas arqueol贸gicos en general y bioarqueol贸gicos en particular. Tales estudios generan informaci贸n con contenido espacial que, sin embargo, no siempre se analiza con la suficiente profundidad. En este trabajo, se presentan y discuten diversas herramientas de an谩lisis y modelado espacial (i.e. an谩lisis de patrones de puntos, generaci贸n de superficies continuas por interpolaci贸n), disponibles en diferentes sistemas de informaci贸n geogr谩fica (SIG). El uso de tales herramientas permitir铆a complementar las actuales aproximaciones al estudio tafon贸mico de restos humanos en la escala local o de sitio. En los diferentes ejemplos, se utilizaron datos simulados y reales, en el 煤ltimo caso procedentes del sitio R铆o Salado-Coronda II (Santo Tom茅, provincia de Santa Fe, Rep煤blica Argentina).There is an increasing awareness about the importance of taphonomic studies for solving various archaeological and bioarchaeological problems. Such studies produce abundant information with spatial content which is seldom analyzed deeply enough. In this paper we present and discuss a variety of tools for spatial analysis and modeling (i.e. point pattern analysis, generation of continuous surfaces by interpolation), available in different geographic information systems (GIS). The incorporation of such tools can complement current approaches to the taphonomic study of human remains at the local or site level. For the different examples both simulated and real data were used, in the latter case coming from the Rio Salado-Coronda II site (Santo Tom茅, Santa Fe, Argentina).Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnica

    El manejo de la informaci贸n espacial en estudios de tafonom铆a humana en la escala de sitio: ejemplos de aplicaci贸n

    Get PDF
    Actualmente existe una creciente conciencia acerca de la importancia de los estudios tafon贸micos para la resoluci贸n de diferentes problemas arqueol贸gicos en general y bioarqueol贸gicos en particular. Tales estudios generan informaci贸n con contenido espacial que, sin embargo, no siempre se analiza con la suficiente profundidad. En este trabajo, se presentan y discuten diversas herramientas de an谩lisis y modelado espacial (i.e. an谩lisis de patrones de puntos, generaci贸n de superficies continuas por interpolaci贸n), disponibles en diferentes sistemas de informaci贸n geogr谩fica (SIG). El uso de tales herramientas permitir铆a complementar las actuales aproximaciones al estudio tafon贸mico de restos humanos en la escala local o de sitio. En los diferentes ejemplos, se utilizaron datos simulados y reales, en el 煤ltimo caso procedentes del sitio R铆o Salado-Coronda II (Santo Tom茅, provincia de Santa Fe, Rep煤blica Argentina).There is an increasing awareness about the importance of taphonomic studies for solving various archaeological and bioarchaeological problems. Such studies produce abundant information with spatial content which is seldom analyzed deeply enough. In this paper we present and discuss a variety of tools for spatial analysis and modeling (i.e. point pattern analysis, generation of continuous surfaces by interpolation), available in different geographic information systems (GIS). The incorporation of such tools can complement current approaches to the taphonomic study of human remains at the local or site level. For the different examples both simulated and real data were used, in the latter case coming from the Rio Salado-Coronda II site (Santo Tom茅, Santa Fe, Argentina).Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnica

    El manejo de la informaci贸n espacial en estudios de tafonom铆a humana en la escala de sitio : ejemplos de aplicaci贸n

    Get PDF
    Fil: Galligani, Paula Elisabet. Divisi贸n Antropolog铆a. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Divisi贸n Antropolog铆a. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentin

    Deconstructing Decapitation in Late Roman Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, UK

    Get PDF
    The Roman conquest in Britain (AD 43) led to significant changes in indigenous settlements and agricultural systems, population diversity, social organization, economic activities, and funerary traditions. Archaeological investigations of burials from the first to fifth centuries AD in Britain have revealed a complex array of burial treatments and attitudes toward the dead, including decapitation burials, which are the most common form of differential burial represented in this period. Traditional interpretations of these burials have included infanticide, punitive execution, trophy taking, fear of the dead, and veneration practices. This project investigates a sample of decapitation burials from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire dating to the Late Roman Period (3rd-5th c. AD) using quantitative and qualitative comparisons of skeletal remains, grave goods and other associated materials. The multi-scalar analysis of bioarchaeological and mortuary treatments demonstrated that no specific variable automatically distinguished a decapitated individual as an outlier or social deviant, reinforcing the need for the systematic application of contextual analysis, including osteological profiles, in our methodological assessments of lived experiences and the expression of identity in Late Romano-British society. This project contributes to the growing cross-disciplinary literature on how ancient populations utilized the body as an instrument in the performance of ritual violence, allowing a more nuanced interpretation of the culturally constructed body as a salient material object category in the Roman Iron Age
    corecore