LOS AJUARES CERÁMICOS DE LA NECRÓPOLIS ARGÁRICA DE LA CUESTA DEL NEGRO (PURULLENA, GRANADA). AVANCE AL ESTUDIO ANALÍTICO Y ESTADÍSTICO

Abstract

As a first part of the study of the Cuesta del Negro Argaric necropolis (Purullena, province of Granada, Spain), we present the analysis of the pottery items and the statistical and analytic method used for their classification. The first stage is a study of the morphometric variables of the pottery by application of multivariant analysis (Cluster Analysis and Principal Components Analysis). A study is then made of the pottery's typology by means of the analysis of technological variables. Finally, a hypothesis is suggested for the social significance of the funerary goods to which the pottery items belonged.