STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF A CAREENED VESSEL (BRONZE AGE) USING 3D SCANNER LASER
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New technologies provide available tools to archaeological research. In this work a scanner laser 3D is used to obtain virtual models with objects of small size that allow us to model an argaric vessel from the Hoya del Conquín settlement. Due to the problems to measure with accuracy different quantitative values from a single measures, using statistical methods have been obtained reliable estimations of quantitative parameters as height, diameter of the edge, diameter of the body, angle of the careening and angle in the border. These values have been estimated by means of random samples of several points in the vessel, and different statistical test of punctual estimation have been applied in addition to the analysis of variation. A virtual 3D is proposed also. The results point out the great skill of the Bronze Age pottery artisans as well as an important knowledge of basic metric and geometry concepts, showing a basic mathematical knowledge possibly obtained by means of the experience.