We collaborated with archaeologists of antiquity who work on furniture. They are interested in two types of problems: 1) those related to the identification of changes (dating) that reflect the evolution of tastes, and 2) those related to the understanding of the ancient conditions of production and diffusion of ceramics, which are essentially space saving issues. These two types of questioning were the subject of two researches in which we tested data processing methods and provided models for interpreting a vast amount of data on ceramics.
Contribution of the axis: Implementation of an axiom 'what is similar is contemporary' which allows, as in axis 2, to identify homogeneous periods and their transitions based on the observation of behaviors. Dating and validation of the process. Spatial economy model of production and diffusion of ceramics allowing the interpretation of archaeological data. Contribution to quantitative archeology through economic and dynamic models.