The Surface Alteration Features of Flint Artefacts as a Record of Environmental Processes

Burroni, Daniela; Donahue, Randolph E.; Pollard, A. M.; Mussi, Margherita

doi:10.1006/jasc.2001.0771

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“…The work described in (Burroni et al, 2002) for example, introduced a method to study the degree of change affecting a prehistoric context as the result of environmental processes. However, it was based on the direct examination of a representative sample of stone tool by-products, and on the identification of all surface alteration features.…”

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Documentation and Detection of Colour Changes of Bas Relieves Using Close Range Photogrammetry

Malinverni

Pierdicca

Sturari

et al. 2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:The digitization of complex buildings, findings or bas relieves can strongly facilitate the work of archaeologists, mainly for in depth analysis tasks. Notwithstanding, whether new visualization techniques ease the study phase, a classical naked-eye approach for determining changes or surface alteration could bring towards several drawbacks. The research work described in these pages is aimed at providing experts with a workflow for the evaluation of alterations (e.g. color decay or surface alterations), allowing a more rapid and objective monitoring of monuments. More in deep, a pipeline of work has been tested in order to evaluate the color variation between surfaces acquired at differentépoques. The introduction of reliable tools of change detection in the archaeological domain is needful; in fact, the most widespread practice, among archaeologists and practitioners, is to perform a traditional monitoring of surfaces that is made of three main steps: production of a hand-made map based on a subjective analysis, selection of a sub-set of regions of interest, removal of small portion of surface for in depth analysis conducted in laboratory. To overcome this risky and time consuming process, digital automatic change detection procedure represents a turning point. To do so, automatic classification has been carried out according to two approaches: a pixel-based and an object-based method. Pixel-based classification aims to identify the classes by means of the spectral information provided by each pixel belonging to the original bands. The object-based approach operates on sets of pixels (objects/regions) grouped together by means of an image segmentation technique. The methodology was tested by studying the bas-relieves of a temple located in Peru, named Huaca de la Luna. Despite the data sources were collected with unplanned surveys, the workflow proved to be a valuable solution useful to understand which are the main changes over time.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Documentation and Detection of Colour Changes of Bas Relieves Using Close Range Photogrammetry

Malinverni

Pierdicca

Sturari

et al. 2017

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…Nevertheless, there are specific case studies of flint deposits that provide evidence of the geochemical and mineralogical mechanisms at play (Burroni et al, 2002;Bustillo et al, 2009;Catt, 1986;Fernandes, 2012;Glauberman and Thorson, 2012;Hurst andKelly, 1961, Fayolle, 1979;Laignel and Meyer, 2000;Rodgers et al, 2004;Rottlander, 1975).…”

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“…A renewal of research on flint artefacts, and especially their surface features and characteristics, was initiated by analyses of their use (Arrighi and Borgia, 2009;Burroni et al, 2002;Howard, 1999;Levi-Sala, 1986). Recently, taphonomic studies of artefact deposits led to…”

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Driving forces for the weathering and alteration of silica in the regolith: Implications for studies of prehistoric flint tools

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Fernandes

Milnes

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Earth-Science Reviews

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“…66 Schmalz 1960. − Rottländer 1975 67 Burronia et al 2002Burronia et al , 1281Burronia et al -1282 68 Ackerman 1964, 386-387. -Rottländer 1983, 560-561.…”

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Genesis, Provenance and Classification of Rocks within the Chert Group in Central Europe

Brandl¹

2015

archaeologia

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Raw material determination of prehistoric stone tools is a necessary analytical process towards a fuller understanding of prehistoric resource management. However, archaeologists face a terminological predicament when analysing raw material types present within lithic assemblages. This is chiefly due to the lack of a commonly accepted classification system, further exacerbated when working on an international scale. The principle reason for this situation is the fact that SiO 2 modifications were never the main focus of earth sciences, sometimes resulting in imprecise definitions of such raw materials. The most important SiO 2 raw materials used in prehistory for the production of chipped stone tools are silicites and thus part of the Chert Group, such as chert, flint, radiolarite, etc. This paper is a revised and extended version of a classification system for rocks within the Chert Group first published in 2010. The proposed classification system is based on archaeological, mineralogical and geological needs, and is intended to function as a manageable research tool for archaeologists working with lithic materials. KeywordsChert Group, genesis, terminology, archaeology, petrography, micropalaeontology, classification system. Zusammenfassung

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The Surface Alteration Features of Flint Artefacts as a Record of Environmental Processes

Cited by 154 publications

References 22 publications

Documentation and Detection of Colour Changes of Bas Relieves Using Close Range Photogrammetry

Documentation and Detection of Colour Changes of Bas Relieves Using Close Range Photogrammetry

Driving forces for the weathering and alteration of silica in the regolith: Implications for studies of prehistoric flint tools

Genesis, Provenance and Classification of Rocks within the Chert Group in Central Europe

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