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A first use for this measure of order , information and complexity is to judge how
significant are similarities of shape between different figures . ... These are the
kind of loose shapes that are ubiquitous to rock - art , whatever its time and place
.
A first use for this measure of order , information and complexity is to judge how
significant are similarities of shape between different figures . ... These are the
kind of loose shapes that are ubiquitous to rock - art , whatever its time and place
.
Page 154
A simulation method with a random element demonstrates that a number of horn
- shapes with good geometric order will arise ... We can start with Figure 1B , a
halberd , ' identifiable because it is the same shape as the physical object .
A simulation method with a random element demonstrates that a number of horn
- shapes with good geometric order will arise ... We can start with Figure 1B , a
halberd , ' identifiable because it is the same shape as the physical object .
Page 156
Instead of the plough - shaft and ard there is a different shape , a set of lines
parallel to the yoke , and joined to it by a pair of diverging , converging , or
parallel lines . Applying the same logic as was used for the plough , we may
deduce that it ...
Instead of the plough - shaft and ard there is a different shape , a set of lines
parallel to the yoke , and joined to it by a pair of diverging , converging , or
parallel lines . Applying the same logic as was used for the plough , we may
deduce that it ...
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| Title | Archaeological review from Cambridge, Volume 4, Issue 2 Archaeological review from Cambridge |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2007 |
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