Connectivity Between Northern Iberia and Western France (2900–1100 cal bc)

The Flux of Metalwork in the Bay of Biscay Modelled by Multivariate Clustering

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ID7989131
AuthorsJuan Latorre Ruiz (0000-0002-2163-1309, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume27
Issue2
Pages129-148
Publication date2023-11-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/eaa.2023.41
OpenAlexW4388974855
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Connections between northern Iberia and western France around the Bay of Biscay during the Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age, and Middle Bronze Age are addressed in this article through a multivariate cluster analysis of a dataset of 1273 metal finds, comprising 4554 metal artefacts grouped into five multiregional clusters with distinctive distributions, chronologies, content, and contexts. Changes in distribution and chronology show that metalwork from faraway regions was deposited in similar ways, reflecting changing patterns of interregional connectivity. Changes in context and content suggest social transformations. The clustering method known as Latent Class Analysis is presented here in the hope that it will be applicable to other datasets elsewhere in the world

Archaeology · Bay · Bronze · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Chronology · Cluster (spacecraft · Cluster analysis · Context (archaeology · Correspondence analysis · Geography · Multivariate statistics · Physical geography · Statistics · Western europe · Computer Science · Mathematics

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