A conceptual framework for a computer-assisted, morphometric-based phytolith analysis and classification system

Evett, Rand R.; Cuthrell, Rob Q.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.09.003

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“…These advances include the development of computer‐assisted phytolith identification systems as well as a better integration of phytolith analysis with micromorphology and morphometric approaches to soil analysis (Ball et al. ; Evett and Cuthrell ).…”

Section: Collaborations In Archaeological Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

Halperin

2017

American Anthropologist

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Ideas of collaboration and cooperation are often implicit, taken-for-granted elements in archaeological models and theorizing. Overshadowed by a growing archaeological preoccupation with warfare, violence, conflict, and crisis, cooperative acts and collaborative dispositions appear to lack the same emotional resonance and changestimulating properties that attract archaeological attention. Nonetheless, many archaeological publications in 2016 directly take on notions of collaboration in thinking about the past and our roles as archaeologists and as citizens of the future. This review underscores the significance of thinking about collaboration and cooperation as ambiguous, ambivalent, multiscalar, and dynamic. At issue is not just the creation of community but also of getting things done and, of course, celebrating, revising, or reworking the intended or unintended consequences of those actions over the generations. [archaeology, collaboration, cooperation] RESUMEN Las ideas de colaboración y cooperación son a menudo elementos implícitos, que se dan por sentados en los modelos y teorización arqueológicos. Opacados por una creciente preocupación arqueológica por la guerra, la violencia, el conflicto, y la crisis, a los actos cooperativos y disposiciones colaborativas parecen faltarles la misma resonancia emocional y propiedades estimulantes de cambio que atraen la atención arqueológica. No obstante, muchas publicaciones arqueológicas en 2016 empiezan directamente a tratar las nociones de colaboración, reflexionando acerca del pasado y nuestros roles como arqueólogos y como ciudadanos del futuro. Esta revisión enfatiza la importancia de considerar la colaboración y cooperación como ambiguas, ambivalentes, de múltiples escalas, y dinámicas. En cuestión no sólo está la creación de comunidad, sino también el lograr que se hagan las cosas, y por supuesto, celebrar, revisar, o rehacer las consecuencias planeadas o no planeadas de esas acciones sobre generaciones. [arqueología, colaboración, cooperación]

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Section: Collaborations In Archaeological Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

Halperin

2017

American Anthropologist

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“…Os estudos fitolíticos, principalmente quando associados a outros indicadores (análise multiproxy), são úteis para a interpretação de condições paleobiogeoclimáticas (Yost et al, 2018;Neumann et al, 2017;Ball et al, 2016;Evett et al, 2016;Field et al, 2016;Hart, 2016;Hodson, 2016;Pearsall, 2016;Zurro et al, 2016;Albert et al, 2015;Vrydaghs et al, 2015;McCune et al, 2015;Power et al, 2014;Hyland et al, 2013;Watling et al 2013). No Brasil, estudos recentes foram realizados por Coe et al (2018), Babot et al (2017), Calegari et al (2017aCalegari et al ( , 2017b, , Parolin et al (2017), Santos (2017), Chueng (2016), Paisani et al (2016), Silva et al (2016), Santos et al (2015), Luz et al (2015), Calegari et al (2015) Coe et al (2015), Coe et al (2014), Calegari et al (2013), Coe et al (2013).…”

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Reconstituição Paleoambiental da Área Arqueológica de Serra Negra, Face Leste do Espinhaço Meridional (Minas Gerais), através da Análise de Fitólitos (Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Archaeological Area of Serra Negra, East Face of the Southern Espinhaço (Minas Gerais), through Phytolith Analysis)

Chueng

Coe

Fagundes

et al. 2019

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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A Serra do Espinhaço Meridional (SdEM) tem sido intensamente pesquisada por arqueólogos, produzindo um conhecimento significativo sobre a história indígena regional. Entretanto, também é necessário conhecer as condições paleoclimáticas e o contexto ambiental em que essas ocupações ocorreram. Este trabalho pretende contribuir com pesquisas já desenvolvidas pelo Laboratório de Arqueologia e Estudo da Paisagem da UFVJM na Área Arqueológica de Serra Negra, na face leste da SdEM, entre as bacias dos rios Jequitinhonha e Doce. O objetivo deste trabalho é a reconstituição paleoambiental desta região utilizando como indicadores os fitólitos, partículas de sílica que se depositam no interior das células das plantas e que permitem inferir a vegetação de onde se originaram. Em Felício dos Santos, foram coletados sedimentos do Sítio Arqueológico Cabeças 4, que foi ocupado em uma faixa cronológica entre 7225 anos AP e 480 anos cal AP. Além disso, coletou-se uma amostra em cada horizonte de um perfil de Organossolo próximo ao Sítio Arqueológico. Nas amostras do Sítio Arqueológico Cabeças 4 predominam fitólitos de gramíneas e palmeiras. Estes resultados foram corroborados com os do perfil de solo, que se apresentam preservados e distribuídos de forma homogênea. As análises de fitólitos se mostraram promissoras para inferências de variações climáticas e um maior conhecimento do ambiente em que se processou a ocupação arqueológica regional. Palavras-chave: sítio arqueológico; organossolo; variações climáticas. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Archaeological Area of Serra Negra, East Face of the Southern Espinhaço (Minas Gerais), through Phytolith Analysis A B S T R A C TThe Southern Espinhaço Mountain Range (SdEM) has been intensively studied by archaeologists, producing significant knowledge on the regional indigenous history. However, it is also necessary to know the paleoclimatic conditions and environmental context in which such occupations occurred. This work intends to contribute to research developed by the Archeology and Landscape Studies Laboratory of UFVJM in the Archaeological Area of Serra Negra, located on the eastern side of the SdEM, between the Jequitinhonha and Doce river basins. The objective of this work is paleoenvironmental reconstruction of this region using phytoliths, silica particles deposited inside plant cells, enabling inference of the vegetation from which they originated. Sediments were collected from the Cabeças 4 Archaeological Site, in Felício dos Santos, which was occupied during a chronological period between 7225 and 480 years cal BP. In addition, a sample was collected from each horizon of an organosol profile near the Archaeological Site. Phytoliths from grasses and palm trees predominate in the samples from the Cabeças 4 Archaeological Site. These results were corroborated with the types found in the soil profile, which are preserved and homogeneously distributed in the profile. Therefore, the phytolith analyses were promising for inferences of climatic variations and for improving k...

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“…In our previous study, we built a quantitative and easily operated model (the municipal administrative area spatial zoning model, M-MSZ model) for MAA spatial zoning, based on the existing spatial equilibrium model for regional development [65]. The obtained model was optimized with combination of the neural network and expert public decision analysis methods [66][67][68], and it is compared with the existing spatial zoning models (including the urban structure zoning model, UGB model and major function-oriented zoning model) using the same factors. Moreover, three representative cities in China were modeled empirically using this model, and the results were compared with those obtained using the existing models.…”

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Application and Validation of a Municipal Administrative Area Spatial Zoning Model in Village-Town System Planning

Zhao

Sun

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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The overall planning of urban and rural areas is the focus of municipal administrative area (MAA) planning in the process of economic globalization, and village-town system planning is the key to the overall planning of urban and rural areas. Based on the theory of spatial equilibrium and economic logic, an objective municipal administrative area spatial zoning model (M-MSZ) was constructed in our previous study. The M-MSZ model can provide guidance in the planning of a village-town system. This paper takes a city in the south of Heilongjiang Province in China as an example and compares the M-MSZ model with six traditional MAA spatial zoning models (the urban growth boundary model, land use planning model, spatial governance zoning model, major MAA location, layout and planning model, development timing-order and zoning model, and scale and function zoning model) to verify the value and superiority of the M-MSZ model in the planning of a village-town system. The consistency Kappa values were 78.2%, 83.3%, 82.3%, 79.8%, 75.7%, and 83.9%, respectively, which means that the M-MSZ model was highly consistent with those comparison models. Meanwhile, the regression coefficient R2 is higher than that of the traditional spatial zoning models, which means that the objectivity of the M-MSZ model is higher than that of traditional models. The superiority of the M-MSZ model over the traditional MAA spatial zoning model lies not only in its capacity to grasp the core content of village-town system planning, but also in its capacity to unify the decentralized urban system planning models that are used for village-town system planning, while realizing the objectivity of a weight assignment. Its unified model structure, objective integrated model system, and high accuracy make the M-MSZ model capable of solving the key problems associated with village-town system planning, with many advantages, such as easy operation, high efficiency, good inheritance, low cost, and greater objectivity, detail, and accuracy. In addition, it can provide a reference for the development model of a MAA village-town system.

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A conceptual framework for a computer-assisted, morphometric-based phytolith analysis and classification system

Cited by 22 publications

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Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

Anthropological Archaeology in 2016: Cooperation and Collaborations in Archaeological Research and Practice

Application and Validation of a Municipal Administrative Area Spatial Zoning Model in Village-Town System Planning

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