殡葬实践中的量化模式——因子分析和聚类分析在陶寺遗址数据中的应用

IF 0.9 3区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Yang Bai
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摘要

摘要在中国太平间研究中,过于依赖传统的定性类型学分析,忽视了太平间实践数据的定量属性。本研究考察了陶寺墓地——中国新石器时代著名的墓地之一(公元前2300–1900年),探讨了类型学和数字化方法的优缺点。现有的定性研究将陶寺墓葬分为六个垂直的类别,代表了一个金字塔形的社会等级。然而,这种方法完全依赖于劳动力支出原则,其结果非常主观,难以验证。本研究采用多变量分析。因子分析用于调查太平间数据中的相关性。统计因子得分量化了不同坟墓中埋葬物组合之间的差异,并允许通过聚类分析进行澄清,以调查其不同的社会意义。研究结果揭示了陶寺墓地的两个轴向划分:基于等级的纵向分层和基于社会类别/身份的横向分化。与简单的类型学描述相比,这种定量方法更清楚地揭示了每个类别的特征,明确了分类标准,并提取了关于社会及其太平间实践的更详细的信息。
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Quantifying Patterns in Mortuary Practices: An Application of Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis to Data From the Taosi Site, China
Abstract In Chinese mortuary research, too much reliance on traditional qualitative typological analysis renders quantitative attributes of mortuary practice data ignored. Examining the Taosi cemetery one of the famous cemeteries of Neolithic China (2300–1900 BC), this study discusses the advantages and disadvantages of typology and digital methods. Extant qualitative research has classified the Taosi burials into six vertical categories, representing a pyramidal social hierarchy. However, this approach solely relied on the labor expenditure principle, whose outcome was highly subjective and difficult to verify. This study applies a multivariant analysis. Factor analysis is used to investigate the correlations within the mortuary data. The statistical factor scores quantify the differences between the combination of burial objects in different tombs and allow clarification by cluster analysis to investigate their different social meanings. The results reveal two-axial divisions in the Taosi cemetery: vertical stratification based on hierarchy and horizontal differentiation based on social categories/identities. Compared with the simplistic typological description, such a quantitative method reveals the characteristics of each category more clearly, clarifies the classification criteria, and extracts more detailed information about the society and its mortuary practices.
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Open Archaeology
Open Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-
CiteScore
1.70
自引率
12.50%
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38
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10 weeks
期刊介绍: Open Archaeology is a forum of novel approaches to archaeological theory, methodology and practice, and an international medium for the dissemination of research data and interdisciplinary projects. Scope of the journal includes, but is not restricted to: World Archaeology - discoveries and research Archaeological science Theory and interpretation in archaeology Archaeological heritage preservation and management.
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