ABSTRACT Archaeological approaches to “finding the individual” have been applied through various material avenues. Pottery production has been considered an effective avenue to identify idiosyncratic variation, but there has been little work to evaluate fundamental assumptions of attribution studies. This paper addresses how differences in decorative techniques can influence our ability to identify the actions of an individual. In an experimental study, participants applied decoration by incising and linear stamping techniques. Element size, element width, and gap width were evaluated through principal component analysis to identify possible patterning. The author had considerably more success identifying individual variation in linear stamping compared to variation caused by incising techniques. The author argues the stamping technique is more recognizably individualized due to the higher number of actions that can be related to measurable variables used to identify individual variation. The results indicate that idiosyncratic variation among potters will be more effectively recognized when potters apply certain decorative techniques.

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寻找潜力陶艺：林地陶艺装饰工艺实验分析

摘要 “寻找个体”的考古方法已通过各种物质途径得到应用。陶器生产被认为是识别特殊变异的有效途径，但几乎没有工作来评估归因研究的基本假设。本文讨论了装饰技术的差异如何影响我们识别个人行为的能力。在一项实验研究中，参与者通过切割和线性冲压技术应用装饰。通过主成分分析评估元素大小、元素宽度和间隙宽度，以确定可能的图案。与切割技术引起的变异相比，作者在识别线性冲压中的个体变异方面取得了更大的成功。作者认为，由于与用于识别个体变异的可测量变量相关的动作数量较多，因此冲压技术更容易识别个性化。结果表明，当陶艺家应用某些装饰技术时，陶艺家之间的特质差异会得到更有效的识别。