Perception, Cognition (Other Keyword)
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Plain Ware and Polychrome: Quantifying Perceptual Differences in Ceramic Classification (2018)
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In the course of the NEXUS1492 project in the Caribbean we are interested in potential differences in the perception of archaeological ceramic sherds. A pilot study was conducted across four states in the US Southwest, to explore how different groups of peoples cognitively sift experiential information of ceramic sherds. In different sorting exercises, participants of the study were asked to arrange the sherds according to their perceived similarity based on standardized questions. The spatial...