Multi-fractal analysis on Neolithic sites around the Sanxia reservoir area

Applying probability moment method this article calculated 143 q-value of the Paleolithic sites and the Neolithic sites respectively, and values were ranged in [-40, +45] and [-9.3, +9.3], fractal dimensions were within [-52.88, +33.16] and [-12.37, +5.86]. The regression results for probability moment revealed that the spatial distribution of the sites were in correspondence with the multifractal power-law other than simple fracal. The generalized dimension spectra were determined with Δ D(Paleo) = 0.5359 and Δ D(Neo) = 0.4940, implying that the Paleolithic sites in height were fastly variant but sluggish for Neolithic sites. The multifractal spectra showed that the spatial characteristics of the Paleolithic sites were partly clustered and dispersed on the whole. Contrarily the Neolithic sites are little variance in height.