1st Edition

Practical Applications of GIS for Archaeologists A Predictive Modelling Toolkit

Edited By Konnie L. Wescott, R. Joe Brandon Copyright 1999
    176 Pages
    by CRC Press

    176 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The use of GIS is the most powerful technology introduced to archaeology since the introduction of carbon 14 dating. The most widespread use of this technology has been for the prediction of archaeological site locations. This book focuses on the use of GIS for archaeological predictive modeling. The contributors include internationally recognized researchers who have been at the forefront of this revolutionary integration of GIS and archaeology, as well as first generation researchers who have begun to critically apply this new technology and explore its theoretical implications.

    Introduction, K.L. Wescott

    A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOCATION IN THE EASTERN PRAIRIE PENINSULA, R.E. Warren and D.L. Asch
    Introduction
    Predictive Modeling
    Materials and Methods
    Results
    Discussion and Conclusions

    THE APPLICATION OF GIS PREDICTIVE SITE LOCATION MODELS WITHIN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, R.B. Duncan and K.A. Beckman
    Introduction
    Background
    Predictive Model Development
    Additional GIS Predictive Models
    Discussion
    Conclusion

    USING A GIS TO MODEL PREHISTORIC SITE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY, K.L. Wescott and J.A. Kuiper
    Introduction
    Aberdeen Proving Ground
    The Model
    Results

    Protecting Cultural Resources through Forest Management Planning in Ontario Using Archaeological Predictive Modeling, L.D. Bona
    Introduction
    Background
    Modeling Methodology
    Model Research and Development
    Pilot Projects
    Oil and Water Can Mix! Integrating Archaeology into Forest Management Planning
    Summary

    CONSIDERATION OF SCALE IN MODELING SETTLEMENT PATTERNS USING GIS: AN IROQUOIS EXAMPLE, K.M. Sydoriak Allen
    Introduction
    Spatial Scale and Kind of Problems
    Global, Regional, and Local Views of the Iroquoian World
    GIS and Spatial Scale: Global, Regional, and Local Views
    Central New York Region: Regional and Local
    Conclusions

    CONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, J.B. Hageman and D.A. Bennett
    Introduction
    Why Should the Archeaologist Care about Interpolation?
    What is Interpolation?
    Selecting the Interpolation Algorithm
    A Belizean Case Study
    Conclusion

    THE STATE OF THE ART IN "INDUCTIVE" PREDICTIVE MODELING: SEVEN BIG MISTAKES (AND LOTS OF LITTLE ONES), J.L. Ebert
    Introduction
    GIS and Revulutionizing Predictive Modeling
    Predictive Modeling Predicts and Models the Past
    What We Want to Predict is Site Location
    Proximity to Environmental Variables in Important
    Maps Contain Environmental Variables
    Map Data is Inaccurate
    The Accuracy of Inductive Predictive Models Can be Determined

    GIS APPLICATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: METHOD IN SEARCH OF THEORY, T. Church, R.J. Brandon, and G.R. Burgett
    Current Use of GIS in Archaeology
    Correlative Predictive Models
    The Resource Landscape
    An Alternative: Explanatory Models from a Landscape Perspective
    Tools to Tackle Landscapes
    The Temporal Dimension
    Scale and Grain
    The Role of Climate
    Geomorphological Processes and their Impact
    Concluding Remarks

    Index

    Biography

    Konnie L. Wescott, R. Joe Brandon