Abstract A new method for automated construction of 14C-based archaeological chronologies, called Barcode Seriation (BS), is introduced. The application of BS is demonstrated for medium-sized (N~50 sites) datasets of the early Neolithic cultures Starcevo/Koros/Cris, LBK-I, and Vinca A. The BS-method is easy to apply, but nevertheless allows construction of 14C-chronologies at comparatively high dating precision. The key to BS is a new timing discriminator (TD), designed for leading/trailing edge shape-analysis of summed probability distributions of 14C-ages (SPDs). In functional terms, the TD works as an Analog-to-Digital Converter. The SPD signal digitisation, in turn, supports large-scale 14C-database analysis on different levels of data confinement (e.g. by sites, periods, periods, cultures, phases) as well as on large geographic scales (regional-continental). Due to the compactness of the chosen graphic-output topology, the combined BS/TD-technology supports ordination and plotting of very large 14C-datasets, but leaving room in graphic representation for the chronology to be shown in context with other records e.g. from palaeoenvironmental, archaeobiological, and palaeaoclimatological studies. The feasibility of routine application of the new method is demonstrated by case-comparisons at high dating-resolution for the sites of Pityerdomb (Hungary), Vrable (Slowakia), Versend-Gilencsa (Hungary), Vinca-Belo-Brdo (Serbia), and at two LBK-sites (‘Lusse’ and ‘Unteres Feld’) both located in the Ammer Valley near Tubingen (Germany). The new methodology is complemented with studies towards the application of Gauge Theory in support of archaeological 14C-analysis.

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条码系列和规范理论的概念。Starčevo、LBK 和早期 Vinča 的 14C 年表

摘要 介绍了一种自动构建基于 14C 的考古年表的新方法，称为条码序列 (BS)。BS 的应用在新石器时代早期文化 Starcevo/Koros/Cris、LBK-I 和 Vinca A 的中等规模（N~50 个站点）数据集上得到了证明。 BS 方法易于应用，但仍然允许构建14C-年表，测年精度相对较高。BS 的关键是一个新的时序鉴别器 (TD)，设计用于对 14C 时代 (SPD) 的总概率分布进行前沿/后沿形状分析。在功能方面，TD 作为模数转换器工作。反过来，SPD 信号数字化支持对不同级别的数据限制（例如按地点、时期、时期、文化、阶段）以及大的地理范围（区域-大陆）。由于所选图形输出拓扑结构的紧凑性，组合的 BS/TD 技术支持非常大的 14C 数据集的排序和绘图，但在图形表示中留有空间，以便在与其他记录（例如来自古环境的记录）的上下文中显示、考古生物学和古气候学研究。通过对 Pityerdomb（匈牙利）、Vrable（斯洛瓦基亚）、Versend-Gilencsa（匈牙利）、Vinca-Belo-Brdo（塞尔维亚）、和两个 LBK 站点（'Lusse' 和 'Unteres Feld'）都位于图宾根（德国）附近的 Ammer 山谷。