To play the devil’s avocado … if Stephen is correct that we don’t want to add categorical assertions, then these seem like clear instances of that type of assertion.
Personally, these seem extremely useful … along with many other categorical assertions! Rob From: Crm-sig <crm-sig-boun...@ics.forth.gr> on behalf of Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 11:38 AM To: crm-sig <Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr> Subject: [Crm-sig] My HW Issue 294: appears in etc. Dear all, Here my reworking of the scope notes: appears in Domain: E55 Type Range: E4 Period Subproperty: appears in Quantification: many-to-many Old Scope Note: This property connects a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55 Type) to an instance of E4 Period in order to indicate that this kind of object is found in archaeological contexts related to this period. This property makes a weak statement with regards to the distribution of the class of object in the archaeological record. The statement would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the discovery of an instance of this type of object in an archaeological context would indicate that a number of instances of E4 Period, in which the type of object is known to appear, may have extended over the area of archaeological observation in question. Stronger claims can be made using ‘typical for’ and ‘restricted to’ properties. New Scope Note: This property associates a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55) to an instance of E4 Period for indicating that objects of this kind have been generated within this period. The generation of such objects may be the result of human, biological, geological or other processes. This property makes a weak statement with regards to the distribution of the class of object in the archaeological record, but also in geological or paleontological observations: If the genesis of an object of this type can plausibly be assumed to fall within the genesis of the context in which it was found, then the statement made with this property would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the genesis period of the find context forms part of or overlaps with one of the instance of E4 Period in which the respective object type has appeared. Stronger claims can be made using ‘typical for’ and ‘restricted to’ properties. restricted to Domain: E55 Type Range: E4 Period Subproperty: appears in Quantification: many-to-one Old Scope Note: This property connects a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55) to an instance of E4 Period to indicate that this kind of object is exclusively generated in contexts – archaeological, biological, geological –in this period. This property makes a strong statement with regards to the distribution of the class of object in the archaeological record. The statement would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the discovery of an instance of this type of object in a context would be indicative of the extension of an instance of the related instance of E4 Period over the area of archaeological observation. Weaker claims can be made using ‘typical for’ and ‘appears in’. New Scope Note: This property associates a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55) to an instance of E4 Period for indicating that objects of this kind have exclusively been generated in this period. This property makes a strong statement concerning the distribution of the kind of object in the observation record: If the genesis of an object of this type can plausibly be assumed to fall within the genesis of the context in which it was found, then the statement made with this property would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the genesis period of the find context actually forms part of the related instance of E4 Period, or at least overlaps with it. In contrast, objects from previous periods may appear in a context because they are still in use, and objects from later periods may have been pushed into an older context. Weaker claims can be made using the properties ‘typical for’ and ‘appears in’. typical for Domain: E55 Type Range: E4 Period Subproperty: appears in Quantification: many-to-one Old Scope Note: This property connects a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55 Type) to an instance of E4 Period in order to indicate that this kind of object is regularly found in archaeological contexts related to this period. This property makes a moderate statement with regards to the distribution of the class of object in the archaeological record. The statement would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the discovery of instances of this type of object in an archaeological context would be a possible indicator of the extension of an instance of the related instance of E4 Period over the area of archaeological observation. A stronger claim can be made using ‘restricted to’ while a weaker claim is made using ‘appears in. New Scope Note: This property associates a kind of object (documented as an instance of E55) to an instance of E4 Period for indicating that objects of this kind have been generated in this period in significantly higher numbers and wider distribution, than in other periods. This property makes a moderate statement concerning the distribution of the kind of object in the observation record: If a sufficient number of objects of this type are found in some context, and their genesis can plausibly be assumed to fall within the genesis of the find context, then the statement made with this property would support reasoning, ceteris paribus, that the genesis period of the find context is likely to forms part of the related instance of E4 Period, or at least overlaps with it. “Sufficient number” means that the density of objects of this kind in the find context is compatible with the general density this kind of object had in the respective period in comparable contexts and deposition history. A stronger claim can be made using ‘restricted to’ while a weaker claim is made using ‘appears in'. 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