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During the past few years, a complex model of history and relations of Roman brick and tile production in south-west Germany has been developed by archaeologists. However, open questions remain concerning the brickyard of Frankfurt-Nied. From the statistical point of view the set of bricks and tiles of this location is divided into two clusters. These clusters can be confirmed by cluster validation. As a result of these validations, archaeologists can now modify and consolidate their ideas about the internal structures of Roman brick and tile making in Frankfurt-Nied.
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Dolata, J., Mucha, HJ., Bartel, HG. (2007). Uncovering the Internal Structure of the Roman Brick and Tile Making in Frankfurt-Nied by Cluster Validation. In: Decker, R., Lenz, H.J. (eds) Advances in Data Analysis. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70981-7_76
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