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The Non-Diagnostic Sherd Problem

Lessons From Jeddito Yellow Ware Typology

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ID5982679
AuthorsWesley Bernardini (University of Redlands, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume79
Issue2
Pages205-227
Publication date2013-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueKIVA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-1940 • E-ISSN: 2051-6177
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/0023194014z.00000000020
OpenAlexW2088286859
LanguageEN
References cited6

Although ceramic types are applied most commonly to sherds (simply because of their abundance), most typologies have been derived at least in part from patterns of attribute covariation on whole vessels. As a result, one typological concern is the “non-diagnostic sherd problem,” where only a fraction of the sherds deriving from a whole vessel share all of the attributes of that vessel. This paper assesses the severity of the non-diagnostic sherd problem for Jeddito Yellow Ware polychrome sherds, demonstrating that it may cause up to half of the sherds from some polychrome vessels to be incorrectly typed. Implications for chronology and social dynamics are discussed, and a preliminary correction for the non-diagnostic sherd problem is offered.\nA pesar de que las clases cerámicas frecuentemente se aplican a tiestos (sobre todo por razón de su abundancia), la mayoría de las tipologías se derivan en parte de atributos concurrentes en vasijas enteras. Así queda la cuestión de “el problema de tiestos no-diagnósticos”, en lo cual sólo una minoría de los tiestos de una vasija manifiestan todos los atributos de la vasija. El presente artículo valora la gravedad de “el problema de tiestos no-diagnósticos” acerca de los tiestos polícromos de Jeddito Yellow Ware, y demuestra que el problema ya mencionado resulta en una clasificación equivocada de hasta la mitad de las piezas polícromas. Las consecuencias en fechar la cerámica son tratadas y propone una corrección preliminar

Archaeology · Chronology · Geography · Polychrome · Typology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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