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探索几何形态学的实用性,以分析史前手工笔的实用性
V Fernández Navarro1, R M Godinho2, D García Martínez3
1Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria (IIIPC), Universidad de Cantabria, Gobierno de Cantabria, Santander, Avenida de los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain. veronica.fernandezn@unican.es.
Scientific reports
|March 16, 2024
概括
适用于史前手工笔的几何形态测量 (GM) 揭示了手指的位置显著影响结果,可能会掩盖生物性别指标. 这挑战了GM分析古代手工艺的可靠性.
科学领域:
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 考古学的考古学
- 法医人类学 法医人类学
- 几何形态学 几何形态学 几何形态学
背景情况:
- 史前岩石艺术的特点是手工笔,可以追溯到公元前42,000年.
- 从这些模板上描述生物特征 (性别,年龄) 是一个挑战.
- 传统形态测量 (TM) 已被使用,但几何形态测量 (GM) 在岩石艺术研究中未得到充分利用.
研究的目的:
- 调查几何形态测量 (GM) 在分析史前手工笔时引入的适用性和潜在错误.
- 评估可变相对指位对手表现的GM分析的影响.
- 为了确定转基因生物是否可靠地区分生物特征和手工模板.
主要方法:
- 收集了70个活着的个体的2D手部扫描 (35个女性,35个男性) 在三个标准化位置 (n=210).
- 使用32个常规的二维地标进行数字化扫描.
- 使用几何形态学 (GM) 分析了手形状变化,并计算了Procrustes距离.
主要成果:
- 个人间的距离 (在同一手中不同位置的变化) 大于个人间的距离 (不同手之间的变化).
- 指的相对位置和包括所有手部的部分显著影响了形态学变化.
- 这些因素在分析中掩盖了其他变量,例如生物性别.
结论:
- 指的相对位置的高变化对在史前手笔上使用几何形态学 (GM) 提出了重大挑战.
- 转基因分析可能会被位置变化所混,可能掩盖微妙的生物学差异.
- 需要进一步的方法改进,以可靠地将转基因应用到考古学手工艺术中,以进行生物分析.
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