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- Title
„Massendinghaltung" oder „Big Data"?
- Authors
Schulte, Lothar
- Abstract
The tenor of the conference „Massendinghaltung in der Archäologie" held in Berlin from 23rd to 25th May 2013 shows that many archaeologists, especially those with a theoretical orientation, are very negative towards large collections of objects and their evaluation. This was taken as an opportunity to present five examples from the Roman Period, based on the author's own data collection, which cannot be meaningfully processed without large collections of material. First of all, there are copper-plated iron objects, in which two already known belt boxes are joined by an Almgren group VII-fibula and a small bucket-shaped necklace pendant. They show that copper plating was also possible in germanic fine forges. A discovery of petrified sea urchins (echinites) shows that such quite rare find objects have not been worked on so far, as they seem to be of little value and the research effort for these objects might be considered too high. As a third example, vessels with button-handels (Knopfhenkelgefäße) were selectet. A type of vessel that has already been worked on. With the help of a database-supported recording of meanwhile more than 28,500 grave inventories as well as further literature research, the existing find image can be checked, supplemented and, if necessary, extended. As a fourth example the frequently occurring amber finds are presented. Apart from Tempelmann-Mączyńskas's work on pearls, no attempt has yet been made to deal with this object category on a supra-regional level. Due to their work, one had a rather tolerable impression of the occurrence of this find category, especially concerning Germany. The repeatedly expressed opinion that amber could not be found in cremations, because it would have been burnt, is a topos. A clear focus in the Elbe-Saale area shows a region that either appears early as a customer or even as a middleman for the period from the 3rd century onwards. Finally, thanks to a large number of settlement and especially cemetery publications, statistical analyses of population sizes and demographic changes are now possible, as can be illustrated by the two examples of eastern Holstein and the Altmark. De nombreuses publications de recueils de données sont désormais omniprésentes dans l'archéologie. Outre les musées qui rendent accessibles au public une partie de leurs collections, de nombreuses bases de données spécialisées, par exemple sur les terra sigillata ou les pièces de monnaie, sont également disponibles en ligne. Dans certains pays, comme la Norvège, une grande partie des découvertes archéologiques sont systématiquement publiées dans une base de données en ligne pour une exploitation ultérieure. L'évaluation automatisée de grands ensembles de données non triées, qui est associée à l'expression „Big data", a déjà été utilisée de manière judicieuse à plusieurs reprises, comme le montre le projet NEOMINE ou le projet „ancient places" d'Alphabet Inc. Un rejet global de grandes collections d'objets et de données reste incompréhensible au vu des possibilités et surtout des méthodes déjà établies dans les sciences naturelles et devrait être reconsidéré en faveur d'une vision plus objective et, bien sûr, non dépourvue d'esprit critique des nouvelles méthodes de recherche.
- Subjects
NORWAY; BERLIN (Germany); COPPER plating; POPULATION statistics; SEA urchins; DEMOGRAPHIC change; BIG data; CREMATION
- Publication
Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2021, Vol 96, Issue 1, p206
- ISSN
0079-4848
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/pz-2020-0030