Kevin C. Nolan, Ph.D.This is your 2nd last Saturday to see St. Clair's Defeat Revisited #travelingexhibit at the @fwhistorycenter. I am here recruiting visitors. #nativeamericanhistory #NEHFunded #archaeology #LearnWorkDiscover https://bit.ly/StClairsDefeatRevisited
It's #OneBallStateDay! We are raising $ to support our student employees, and lowering barriers to fieldwork participation. Please support our field gear lending library! Any amount helps students to #LearnWorkDiscover #archaeology #anthropology and more. #OBSD #OneBallState
An article about the "Beyond the Battlefield" event AAL staff participated in organized by the Fort Recovery State Museum and Fort Recovery Historical Society. It was a fantastic event and this is a good presentation of the significance of that event.
https://www.wyso.org/2023-08-24/citizens-of-indigenous-ohio-nations-give-fuller-picture-of-state-history #nativeamericanhistory #archaeology #communityengagement #LearnWorkDiscover
https://www.wyso.org/2023-08-24/citizens-of-indigenous-ohio-nations-give-fuller-picture-of-state-history #nativeamericanhistory #archaeology #communityengagement #LearnWorkDiscover
A new COADS #publication is now available online. Dr. Shott and colleagues examine the life history of Early Archaic Kirk points with the application of #geometricmorphometric analysis of 2D images from private collections in Central Ohio. #archaeology #publicationday #allometry #LearnWorkDiscover #NSFfunded #ChertChert
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-023-09612-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-023-09612-x
Original Design and Allometric Variation in Kirk Points of the Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
The Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey (COADS) documented large samples of prehistoric artifacts, notably points, held by private collectors in south-central Ohio, USA. COADS captured two-dimensional images of over 10,000 points and several hundred three-dimensional images. Many were processed for landmark-based geometric morphometric (LGM) analysis using two standard protocols, for entire points and for stems only. This case study tests for resharpening allometry—the possibility that preferential resharpening of blades caused change in shape with change in size of points—and related LGM concepts of modularity and integration. It justifies allometric tests as logical preconditions to typological and other studies of original design. To date, most LGM studies of this nature in North America involve Paleoindian fluted points. We test for allometry in COADS Kirk points, an Archaic type, using LGM and complementary reduction measures. MorphoJ and limited gmshiny analysis suggest a strong allometric signal with fairly high modularity; blade shape much more than stem shape varies with size, corroborated by independent measures. Separate analysis of stems alone indicates no allometry, as expected since stems vary little in resharpening. Allometry must be considered before attributing variation in whole-object shape to adaptation, drift, or other mechanisms.
A lovely, slightly chilly day to be doing some #archaeology #Geophysics #fieldwork. #LearnWorkDiscover #ChertChert
