This paper proposes a new methodology for modelling chronological data in archaeology. We introduce the concept of “chronological network”, a flexible model for representing chronological entities, synchronisms between them, and other chronological constraints such as termini post/ante quem and duration bounds. We propose a procedure for checking the consistency of a chronological network and for refining dating estimates from the available synchronisms and constraints. We introduce ChronoLog, a chronology software application that allows users to build a chronological network interactively. The software automatically checks the consistency of the network and computes the tightest possible chronological range for each entity, within seconds. ChronoLog is freely available online at http://chrono.ulb.be.

本文提出了一种在考古学中对年代数据建模的新方法。我们介绍了“时序网络”的概念，这是一个用于表示时序实体，它们之间的同步以及其他时序约束（例如终点后/前队列和持续时间界限）的灵活模型。我们提出了一种程序，用于检查时间序列网络的一致性，并根据可用的同步和约束条件细化约会估计。我们介绍了ChronoLog，这是一个时序软件应用程序，它允许用户交互地建立时序网络。该软件会自动检查网络的一致性，并在几秒钟内为每个实体计算最紧密的时间范围。ChronoLog可从http://chrono.ulb.be免费在线获得。