Contextual Analysis of Fragmentation of the Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Late Neolithic Site of Selevac

Bibliographic Data

ID14713837
AuthorsMarko Porčić (0000-0002-6697-8621, University of Belgrade, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume7
Issue3
Pages809-827
Publication date2012-09-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801
PublisherUniversity of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21301/eap.v7i3.11
OpenAlexW2188700524
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited2

The biographical approach to material culture and the hypothesis of deliberate fragmentation of anthropomorphic figurines are used in this paper to deduce a hypothesis that there should be an association between particular fragmentation categories and context types in the archaeological record of the Late Neolithic settlements in Central Balkans. This hypothesis is tested using published data from the site of Selevac by performing correspondence analysis and chi-square test on a contingency table in which categories of fragmentation are cross-tabulated with context types. The results are statistically significant, suggesting that complete figurines are associated with houses while transversely broken figurines are associated with pits. There is also evidence that figurines were broken differentially in respect to their original size

Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Contingency table · Fragmentation (computing · Geography · Statistics · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Ecology · History · Mathematics · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts