Bias and Archaeological Classification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2575881 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Beck (Hamilton College, corresponding author), George T Jones (Hamilton College) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 244-262 |
| Publication date | 1989-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/281706 |
| OpenAlex | W2005136528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 16 |
Archaeologists increasingly have become aware of the effects of bias and have made strides to identify and correct for error introduced in such areas as sampling and recovery techniques. Much less attention has been paid to the significance of bias introduced during artifact analysis. The potential for analyst-induced error is discussed in terms of: (1) the explicitness of class definitions, (2) differences in perception among analysts, and (3) changes in a single analyst's perception over time. Using a regression-based approach, sources of possible analytic error are detected in an archaeological data set recovered from Steens Mountain, Oregon
Archaeology · Artifact (error) · Class (philosophy) · Computer vision · Epistemology · Observational error · Perception · Sampling (signal processing) · Sampling error · Set (abstract data type) · Statistics · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Mathematics · Philosophy
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The Accuracy and Adequacy of In-Field Artifact Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,03 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |