Evaluating the effectiveness of three spatial cluster analysis methods on Palaeolithic site location distributions in Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula

被引：7

作者：

Diaz-Rodriguez, Mikel ^{[1
]}

Fabregas-Valcarce, Ramon ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Santiago De Compostela, Grp Estudos Prehist Noroeste Iber Arqueoloxia Ant, Dept Hist, Praza Univ 1, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain

来源：

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS | 2022年 / 41卷

关键词：

Spatial clustering; Cluster analysis; Palaeolithic; Spatial point distributions; Iberian Peninsula; Europe; POINT PATTERNS; COVA EIROS; SETTLEMENT; ASSEMBLAGE; INTENSITY; NORTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103323

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

The present paper aims to offer an evaluation of the cluster method analysis to settlement distribution of archaeological sites (k-means, DBSCAN, percolation analysis) and to show the potentiality of such methods on a regional scale. We analyse the distribution of Palaeolithic sites in Galician territory (NW Iberia) in order to identify the clustering areas and verify if these areas correspond with the traditional research zones. The results showed that the percolation analysis and, to a lesser extent, DBSCAN, worked best. We observe that the traditionally researched areas on the Galician Palaeolithic actually fit with the cluster pattern of points employing a 6-8 km threshold.

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