Why Seriation in Archaeology?

Seriation is a standard method of dating in archaeology. It can be used to date stone tools, pottery fragments, and other artifacts. In Europe, it has been used frequently to reconstruct the chronological sequence of graves in a cemetery (e.g. Jørgensen 1992; Müssemeier, Nieveler et al. 2003).

Who invented seriation in Archaeology?

Sir Flinders Petrie [51] is generally credited with inventing seriation. Working with predynastic Egyptian materials, Petrie used ceramics found in graves to develop a chronology.

What is seriation analysis?

Seriation is an exploratory combinatorial data analysis technique to reorder objects into a sequence along a one-dimensional continuum so that it best reveals regularity and patterning among the whole series.

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