Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social
scientific urban morphological map** method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Map**. Its …

In this paper, a new approach to a numeric definition of reliability for archaeological
reconstruction models is proposed, based on fuzzy logic. This approach allows to introduce …

Three-dimensional digitization technologies have been proved as reliable methods for
detailed and accurate spatial data collection from existing cultural heritage. In addition, the …

The conservation and protection of painted rock shelters is an important issue. Throughout
the world, if unprotected, they are vulnerable to vandalism or to industrial activities such as …

Cluster analysis is widely used in archaeological data analysis. Fuzzy clustering is a more
modern technique than methods normally used by archaeologists and has not been much …

The paper addresses the issue of documenting and communicating the reliability of
evidence interpretation in archaeology and, in general, in heritage science. It is proposed to …

The paper introduces a method that links environment to landscape. The environment-
landscape divide appears because of epistemological differences: since studying the …

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics
in an approachable text. The author outlines the structure and main tasks of systematics …

For archaeology, the “study of the past”, time is a foundational concept. As it happens with
many such concepts, they are often used in what mathematicians would call a “naïve” way …

Vagueness is an intriguing topic, especially in the humanities. It has been treated as a
problem that contaminates information and makes research harder, but also as an …