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Analyzing Trends in Material Culture Evolution—a Case Study of Gravettian Points from Lower Austria and Moravia
Maier, Andreas; John, Robin; Linsel, Florian et al.
2023In Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 6 (1)
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Abstract :
[en] AbstractIdentifying, analyzing, and explaining trends in the development of material culture is one of the major concerns in prehistoric archaeology. The traditional recording of data in typologies, however, is not optimal for answering the question of diachronic change because typological data capture variability poorly and are often incompatible with multivariate statistics. To overcome these problems, we present PyREnArA (Python-R-Environment for Artifact Analysis), a trait-based tool that allows for a systematic recording of diversity and variability in a way that is applicable to quantitative analysis and multivariate statistics. Using Gravettian assemblages from Lower Austria and Moravia as a case study, we analyze changes in the morphology as well as the design of lithic projectiles and statistically determine the amount of variation that correlates with the progression of time. We identify a slow trend towards slenderer and more pointed projectiles and a shift from laterally to latero-frontally hafted implements. Most of the analyzed traits, however, appear not to experience selective pressure and seem to be unrelated to the passage of time. We discuss these results with regard to different scales of selection, in particular individual choice vs. macroevolutionary group selection over longer periods of time and thus beyond the realm of individual intend, and we raise questions for future research.
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Maier, Andreas 
John, Robin 
Linsel, Florian
Roth, Georg
Antl-Weiser, Walpurga
Bauer, Lisa
Buchinger, Norbert
Cavak, Levin
Hoffmann, Helen
Puschmann, Janos
Schemmel, Marcel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > TraceoLab
Schmid, Viola C.
Simon, Ulrich 
Thomas, Roswitha
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Language :
English
Title :
Analyzing Trends in Material Culture Evolution—a Case Study of Gravettian Points from Lower Austria and Moravia
Publication date :
16 May 2023
Journal title :
Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
eISSN :
2520-8217
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume :
6
Issue :
1
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Universität zu Köln
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