The broken past: Fractals in archaeology

被引：32
作者：
Brown, CT
Witschey, WRT
Liebovitch, LS
机构：
[1] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Anthropol, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA
[2] Sci Museum Virginia, Richmond, VA USA
[3] Florida Atlantic Univ, Ctr Complex Syst & Brain Sci, Ctr Mol Biol & Biotechnol, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA
[4] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Psychol, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY | 2005年 / 12卷 / 01期
关键词：
fractals; nonlinear dynamics; chaos; self-organized criticality;
D O I：
10.1007/s10816-005-2396-6
中图分类号：
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
030303 ;
摘要：
Man), archaeological patterns are fractal. Fractal analysis, therefore, has much to contribute to archaeology. This article offers an introduction to fractal analysis for archaeologists. We explain what fractals are, describe the essential methods of fractal analysis, anti present archaeological examples. Some examples have been published previously, while others are presented here for the first time. We also explain the connection between fractal geometry and nonlinear dynamical systems. Fractals are the geometry of complex nonlinear systems. Therefore, fractal analysis is an indispensable method in our efforts to understand nonlinearities in past cultural dynamics.
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页码：37 / 78
页数：42
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