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Some Applications of Geometric Morphometrics to Archaeology

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Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians

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This work explores some aspects of the application of geometric morphometric techniques in archeology, with a focus on lithic artifacts. We show that Elliptic Fourier Analysis and landmark/semi-landmark based methods can easily generate quantitative useful information relative to outline variation in lithic artifacts. This information can be used latter as raw data into univariate, multivariate analysis to explore mayor trends of morphological variation as well as relations between metric and morphological variation.

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Acknowledgments

I specially want to thank Judith Charlin, Carola Castiñeira and Federico Scartascini, they allowed me to use information of our previous and current investigations. I also want to thank Luis Alberto Borrero and Roberto Pappalardo who provided valuable comments that improved this paper. This research was made with support of CONICET (Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)

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Cardillo, M. (2010). Some Applications of Geometric Morphometrics to Archaeology. In: Elewa, A. (eds) Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95853-6_15

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