Wasting time examining the waste? The Early Bronze Age waste from the Hosty settlement (Czech Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Wasting time examining the waste? The Early Bronze Age waste from the Hosty settlement (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The primary focus of settlement archaeology often revolves around the examination of refuse. This comprises qualitatively and quantitatively transformed material remnants of past activities within a given settlement. Hosty settlement represents a typical prehistoric Central European dry site, notable for its exceptional preservation of cultural layers. The prevailing finds predominantly consist of fragmented pottery. A thorough investigation of this significant Early Bronze Age site, which evidences long-distance trade, metallurgy, and warfare, necessitates an exploration of non-typological aspects of the pottery. We have designed a method employing scanning and image analysis within the ImageJ Fiji environment, which efficiently measures various parameters of individual pottery fragments, such as area, maximum length, and shape regularity. Given the substantial volume of finds (approximately 200,000 sherds), operational efficiency is paramount. We contend that these data will facilitate a comprehensive examination of the transformational history of each find assemblage, crucial for elucidating their chronology and depositional context. Simultaneously, these data allow scrutinizing the waste area itself as a distinct archaeological source. Are we acquiring adequate information through this approach?
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů