Morphometry - A new Method in Roman Brick Stamp Comparison

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Morphometry - A new Method in Roman Brick Stamp Comparison

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Research of building terracotta has great importance in understanding of Roman building activity. Not only on Roman camps, but also on civil buildings, stamped bricks often give us the only information about dating of various building phases. Current dating is based mostly on epigraphic analyses which are not accurate in most cases. Thanks to the uniqueness of every die used for stamping, stratigraphically dated finds can enable identification of material also from different locations. Since use of epigraphical analyses is not suitable in this case, new system was developed, based on computer application. The system is derived from morphometric analyses, which use is not common in archaeology. Data are collected and measured from vertical photos of stamps. The system is based on extracting of coordinates from the photos and subsequent mathematical comparison of the data. The analysis examines the shape of edge of stamp impression and then it compares its exact dimensions. Comparative criteria were developed precisely for the Roman stamped brick material. Analyses on finds from Mušov-Burgstall and Vindobona have even proven that current typological sorting can be incorrect. In fact, stamps separated into several types proved to come from one die. High accuracy of this method also enabled identification of the fragmentary stamps. The comparison system is more complicated in this case, because the proportions and position of every preserved letter is taken into consideration. The advantage of this system is, that three preserved letters are sufficient to reconstruct the rest of the stamp.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Morphometry - A new Method in Roman Brick Stamp Comparison

Popis výsledku anglicky

Research of building terracotta has great importance in understanding of Roman building activity. Not only on Roman camps, but also on civil buildings, stamped bricks often give us the only information about dating of various building phases. Current dating is based mostly on epigraphic analyses which are not accurate in most cases. Thanks to the uniqueness of every die used for stamping, stratigraphically dated finds can enable identification of material also from different locations. Since use of epigraphical analyses is not suitable in this case, new system was developed, based on computer application. The system is derived from morphometric analyses, which use is not common in archaeology. Data are collected and measured from vertical photos of stamps. The system is based on extracting of coordinates from the photos and subsequent mathematical comparison of the data. The analysis examines the shape of edge of stamp impression and then it compares its exact dimensions. Comparative criteria were developed precisely for the Roman stamped brick material. Analyses on finds from Mušov-Burgstall and Vindobona have even proven that current typological sorting can be incorrect. In fact, stamps separated into several types proved to come from one die. High accuracy of this method also enabled identification of the fragmentary stamps. The comparison system is more complicated in this case, because the proportions and position of every preserved letter is taken into consideration. The advantage of this system is, that three preserved letters are sufficient to reconstruct the rest of the stamp.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Limes XXIII

ISBN

978-3-96176-050-3

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

570-575

Název nakladatele

Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag &amp; Media GmbH

Místo vydání

Mainz

Místo konání akce

Ingolstadt

Datum konání akce

12. 9. 2015

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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