Harold J Hietala
Biographic Data
| ID | 90912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harold J Hietala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harold J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hietala |
| SIGNATURE | HIETALA H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 249 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Human Behavioral Organization in the Middle Paleolithic: Were Neanderthals Different
Interwoven with the debate regarding the biologic replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans is the question of the degree to which Neanderthals and modern foragers differed behaviorally. We consider this question through a detailed spatial analysis of artifacts and related evidence from stratified living floors within a 49-69 k.y.a. rock shelter site, Tor Faraj, in southern Jordan. The study involves a critical evaluation of living floors, the…
Tool Standardization in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic: A Closer Look (with comments)
It has been postulated that one difference between Neanderthals and anatomically modern people lies in a ‘clearer mental template’ of flaked stone tools on the part of modern people. This is thought to have been manifested in greater tool standardization during the Upper Palaeolithic than in the Middle Palaeolithic. Testing of this hypothesis, using three samples of a characteristic Upper Palaeolithic tool class — burins — from one Middle Palaeol…
Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Organization: 1993 Excavation of Tor Faraj, Southern Jordan
Excavation of a Levantine Mousterian rockshelter exposed two living floors in the upper part of a deposit more than 3.5 m thick. An intrasite study, focusing on the spatial patterns of data recovered from the two floors, complements an earlier intersite study of settlement and procurement patterns. The arrangement of hearths and the spatial distributions of artifacts and manuports indicate redundant behavioral organization for the two components.…
Thoughts on The Use of Quantitative Methods in "At The Edge": A Limited Exploration
HAROLD J. HIETALA, Thoughts on the Use of Quantitative Methods in "At the Edge": A Limited Exploration, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כב (תש"ן / 1989), pp. 41*-47
Intrasite Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
Most people recognise that their patterns of personal behaviour are defined and restricted by their living space. It is, therefore, highly likely that, as the human race evolved from its earliest form as hunters and gatherers, living together in groups in caves or open-air sites, to the urban, industrialised communities of today, changes in human space have had a profound effect on human behaviour patterns. This volume is devoted to a study of ar…
Testing hypotheses of independence on symmetrical artifacts
Symap analyses in archaeology: Intrasite assumptions and a comparison with TREND analysis
Computer‐based descriptive mapping techniques have been uncritically used in archaeological applications with varying degrees of success and acceptance. The TREND procedure, for example, has been widely advocated, while the SYMAP procedure is still little recognized. This paper shows that the SYMAP algorithm has underlying premises which are more consistent with general archaeological assumptions regarding the intrasite deposition of cultural mat…
Spatial Analysis: Multiple Procedures in Pattern Recognition Studies
The analysis of the spatial distributions of artifacts on archaeological floors has potential for the recognition and interpretation of cultural patterns represented by prehistoric remains. This study emphasizes the use of multiple procedures for the separate problems of pattern detection, estimation, and prediction. Aggregative and segregative definitions are proposed for three artifact class associational modes. Definitions are also proposed fo…
Human Behavioral Organization in the Middle Paleolithic: Were Neanderthals Different
Interwoven with the debate regarding the biologic replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans is the question of the degree to which Neanderthals and modern foragers differed behaviorally. We consider this question through a detailed spatial analysis of artifacts and related evidence from stratified living floors within a 49-69 k.y.a. rock shelter site, Tor Faraj, in southern Jordan. The study involves a critical evaluation of living floors, the…
Intrasite Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
Most people recognise that their patterns of personal behaviour are defined and restricted by their living space. It is, therefore, highly likely that, as the human race evolved from its earliest form as hunters and gatherers, living together in groups in caves or open-air sites, to the urban, industrialised communities of today, changes in human space have had a profound effect on human behaviour patterns. This volume is devoted to a study of ar…
Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Organization: 1993 Excavation of Tor Faraj, Southern Jordan
Excavation of a Levantine Mousterian rockshelter exposed two living floors in the upper part of a deposit more than 3.5 m thick. An intrasite study, focusing on the spatial patterns of data recovered from the two floors, complements an earlier intersite study of settlement and procurement patterns. The arrangement of hearths and the spatial distributions of artifacts and manuports indicate redundant behavioral organization for the two components.…
Tool Standardization in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic: A Closer Look (with comments)
It has been postulated that one difference between Neanderthals and anatomically modern people lies in a ‘clearer mental template’ of flaked stone tools on the part of modern people. This is thought to have been manifested in greater tool standardization during the Upper Palaeolithic than in the Middle Palaeolithic. Testing of this hypothesis, using three samples of a characteristic Upper Palaeolithic tool class — burins — from one Middle Palaeol…
Spatial Analysis: Multiple Procedures in Pattern Recognition Studies
The analysis of the spatial distributions of artifacts on archaeological floors has potential for the recognition and interpretation of cultural patterns represented by prehistoric remains. This study emphasizes the use of multiple procedures for the separate problems of pattern detection, estimation, and prediction. Aggregative and segregative definitions are proposed for three artifact class associational modes. Definitions are also proposed fo…
Spatial Analysis: Multiple Procedures in Pattern Recognition Studies
The analysis of the spatial distributions of artifacts on archaeological floors has potential for the recognition and interpretation of cultural patterns represented by prehistoric remains. This study emphasizes the use of multiple procedures for the separate problems of pattern detection, estimation, and prediction. Aggregative and segregative definitions are proposed for three artifact class associational modes. Definitions are also proposed fo…
Testing hypotheses of independence on symmetrical artifacts
Symap analyses in archaeology: Intrasite assumptions and a comparison with TREND analysis
Computer‐based descriptive mapping techniques have been uncritically used in archaeological applications with varying degrees of success and acceptance. The TREND procedure, for example, has been widely advocated, while the SYMAP procedure is still little recognized. This paper shows that the SYMAP algorithm has underlying premises which are more consistent with general archaeological assumptions regarding the intrasite deposition of cultural mat…
Intrasite Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
Most people recognise that their patterns of personal behaviour are defined and restricted by their living space. It is, therefore, highly likely that, as the human race evolved from its earliest form as hunters and gatherers, living together in groups in caves or open-air sites, to the urban, industrialised communities of today, changes in human space have had a profound effect on human behaviour patterns. This volume is devoted to a study of ar…
Thoughts on The Use of Quantitative Methods in "At The Edge": A Limited Exploration
HAROLD J. HIETALA, Thoughts on the Use of Quantitative Methods in "At the Edge": A Limited Exploration, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כב (תש"ן / 1989), pp. 41*-47
Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Organization: 1993 Excavation of Tor Faraj, Southern Jordan
Excavation of a Levantine Mousterian rockshelter exposed two living floors in the upper part of a deposit more than 3.5 m thick. An intrasite study, focusing on the spatial patterns of data recovered from the two floors, complements an earlier intersite study of settlement and procurement patterns. The arrangement of hearths and the spatial distributions of artifacts and manuports indicate redundant behavioral organization for the two components.…
Tool Standardization in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic: A Closer Look (with comments)
It has been postulated that one difference between Neanderthals and anatomically modern people lies in a ‘clearer mental template’ of flaked stone tools on the part of modern people. This is thought to have been manifested in greater tool standardization during the Upper Palaeolithic than in the Middle Palaeolithic. Testing of this hypothesis, using three samples of a characteristic Upper Palaeolithic tool class — burins — from one Middle Palaeol…
Human Behavioral Organization in the Middle Paleolithic: Were Neanderthals Different
Interwoven with the debate regarding the biologic replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans is the question of the degree to which Neanderthals and modern foragers differed behaviorally. We consider this question through a detailed spatial analysis of artifacts and related evidence from stratified living floors within a 49-69 k.y.a. rock shelter site, Tor Faraj, in southern Jordan. The study involves a critical evaluation of living floors, the…
Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Biology (2 works)