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Surface texture analysis in Toothfrax and MountainsMap® SSFA module: Different software packages, different results?

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The scale-sensitive fractal analysis (SSFA) of dental microwear textures is traditionally per- formed using the software Toothfrax. SSFA has been recently integrated to the software MountainsMap® as an optional module. Meanwhile, Toothfrax support has ended. Before switching to the new module, the outputs between the two software packages must be com- pared for consistency. We have performed such a test using Bayesian modelling on three datasets including dental surfaces of sheep (Merceron, Ramdarshan, et al., 2016) and guinea pigs (Winkler, Schulz-Kornas, Kaiser, Cuyper, et al., 2019) from controlled feeding experi- ments, as well as surfaces of quartzite and flint flakes used in an actualistic archeological experiment on cleaning procedures (Pedergnana, Calandra, Bob, et al., 2020). We found that the two software packages calculate significantly different values for the SSFA parameters epLsar, Asfc, HAsfc9 and R2, even when the same settings are used. Nevertheless, the treat- ments (different diets or cleaning procedures) are discriminated similarly within each dataset. While the new software module is as good as the original software to differentiate treat- ments, our results imply that the outputs from the two software packages are not directly comparable and, as such, cannot be merged. Surface texture analysts should therefore con- sider re-analyzing published surfaces before integrating them in their studies.
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hal-04034792 , version 1 (21-03-2023)

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Ivan Calandra, Konstantin Bob, Gildas Merceron, François Blateyron, Andreas Hildebrandt, et al.. Surface texture analysis in Toothfrax and MountainsMap® SSFA module: Different software packages, different results?. Peer Community Journal, 2022, 2, pp.e77. ⟨10.24072/pcjournal.204⟩. ⟨hal-04034792⟩
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