%0 Journal Article
	%A S. Chabrier and  G. Molle and  E. Conte and  C. Carlier
	%D 2012
	%J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 72, 2012
	%T Automation of Fishhooks Objective Measures
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15608
	%V 72
	%X Fishing has always been an essential component of
the Polynesians- life. Fishhooks, mostly in pearl shell, found during
archaeological excavations are the artifacts related to this activity the
most numerous. Thanks to them, we try to reconstruct the ancient
techniques of resources exploitation, inside the lagoons and offshore.
They can also be used as chronological and cultural indicators. The
shapes and dimensions of these artifacts allow comparisons and
classifications used in both functional approach and chrono-cultural
perspective. Hence it is very important for the ethno-archaeologists
to dispose of reliable methods and standardized measurement of
these artifacts. Such a reliable objective and standardized method
have been previously proposed. But this method cannot be envisaged
manually because of the very important time required to measure
each fishhook manually and the quantity of fishhooks to measure
(many hundreds). We propose in this paper a detailed acquisition
protocol of fishhooks and an automation of every step of this method.
We also provide some experimental results obtained on the fishhooks
coming from three archaeological excavations sites.
	%P 3670 - 3678