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Quantifying ship shape in archaeology: evaluating 3D geometric morphometrics

Quantifying ship shape in archaeology: evaluating 3D geometric morphometrics
Quantifying ship shape in archaeology: evaluating 3D geometric morphometrics
The analysis of the archaeological remains of ships and boats, in particular hull shapes, have been central to wider analysis of performance, function, and significance within past societies. This article reviews established methods of quantifying shape in ship and boat archaeology—linear measurement ratios and form coefficients—and evaluates the utility of 3D geometric morphometrics (GM). The 3D shape of 30 vessels from north‐west Europe dating between 325 BC and AD 1915 are quantified to study how hull shape relates to a vessel's function and intended operating environment. A comparison of the three methods highlights the importance of analysing the complexity of a hull in a holistic manner and demonstrates that 3D GM outperforms the traditional methods.
Geometric Morphometrics, hull shape variation, ships
1057-2414
49-64
Dhoop, Thomas
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Stark, Sarah Yeager
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Olaberria, Juan Pablo
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Whitewright, Julian
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Dhoop, Thomas
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Stark, Sarah Yeager
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Olaberria, Juan Pablo
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Dhoop, Thomas, Stark, Sarah Yeager, Olaberria, Juan Pablo and Whitewright, Julian (2020) Quantifying ship shape in archaeology: evaluating 3D geometric morphometrics. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 49 (1), 49-64. (doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12413).

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The analysis of the archaeological remains of ships and boats, in particular hull shapes, have been central to wider analysis of performance, function, and significance within past societies. This article reviews established methods of quantifying shape in ship and boat archaeology—linear measurement ratios and form coefficients—and evaluates the utility of 3D geometric morphometrics (GM). The 3D shape of 30 vessels from north‐west Europe dating between 325 BC and AD 1915 are quantified to study how hull shape relates to a vessel's function and intended operating environment. A comparison of the three methods highlights the importance of analysing the complexity of a hull in a holistic manner and demonstrates that 3D GM outperforms the traditional methods.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 19 March 2020
Published date: March 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: Tim Astrop of the University of Bath and Fraser Sturt of the University of Southampton provided useful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. The comments of the peer reviewers and editor were much appreciated and improved the overall quality of the article. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology © 2020 The Nautical Archaeology Society.
Keywords: Geometric Morphometrics, hull shape variation, ships

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Local EPrints ID: 441658
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441658
ISSN: 1057-2414
PURE UUID: 3ee59ca8-0c4a-4fcd-b510-ba6564cde918
ORCID for Julian Whitewright: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-0978

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:54

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Author: Thomas Dhoop
Author: Sarah Yeager Stark
Author: Juan Pablo Olaberria

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