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Title Of Article Chaper
A fractal technique for the classification of projectile point shapes
Title Of Journal Book
Geoarchaeology
Volume
3
Issue
4
Pages
297-301
Collation
2 figs, 1 table
Reference Bibliography
refs
ISSN
0883-6353
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Certain cultural information is expressed in the morphology of projectile points. The present paper presents a technique that can extract a large amount of information in the shape of these points. Using a concept from fractal geometry, the degree of shape irregularity is quantified. This technique can be used to document variability in shape of individual points within a point type, or among point types. In this study, the shapes are segmented into two components (structural and textural), and points of similar characteristics plot closely in bivariate plots of these components. If necessary, the method can be modified to provide information at more than two scales.
Keywords
classification;shape;projectile points;fractal geometry; visualization; imaging
pub_id
35182