Least cost analysis of social landscapes : archaeological case studies

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    • White, Devin Alan
    • Surface-Evans, Sarah L

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Least cost analysis of social landscapes : archaeological case studies

edited by Devin A. White and Sarah L. Surface-Evans

University of Utah Press, c2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

A growing number of archaeologists are applying Geographic Information Science (GIS) technologies to their research problems and questions. Advances in GIS and its use across disciplines allows for collaboration and enables archaeologists to ask ever more sophisticated questions and develop increasingly elaborate models on numerous aspects of past human behavior. Least cost analysis (LCA) is one such avenue of inquiry. While least cost studies are not new to the social sciences in general, LCA is relatively new to archaeology, and, until now, there has been no systematic exploration of its use within the field. This edited volume presents a series of case studies illustrating the intersection of archaeology and LCA modeling at the practical, methodological, and theoretical levels. Designed to be a guidebook for archaeologists interested in using LCA in their own research, it presents a wide cross-section of practical examples for both novices and experts. The contributors to the volume showcase the richness and diversity of LCA’s application to archaeological questions, demonstrate that even simple applications can be used to explore sophisticated research questions, and highlight the challenges that come with injecting geospatial technologies into the archaeological research process.

目次

1. An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes  Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Devin A. White Part 1: Traditional Applications of Existing Methods 2. Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain  John D. Rissetto 3. Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland Peru Kurt Rademaker, David A. Reid, and Gordon R. M. Bromley 4. Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New Mexico Shaun M. Phillips and Phillip O. Leckman 5. A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient Interaction Kevin C. Nolan and Robert A. Cook Part 2: Nontraditional Applications of Existing Methods 6. Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax Analysis Erin J. Hudson 7. Social Interaction at the Maya Site of CopÁn, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational Analysis Heather Richards-Rissetto 8. Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land Use Sarah L. Surface-Evans Part 3: Custom Applications and Emerging Methods Modeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain  Isaac I. Ullah and Sean M. Bergin No Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size?  Patrick Livingood Prehistoric Trail Networks of the Western PapaguerÍa: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis  Devin A. White Part 4: Constructive Criticisms and Theoretical Discussions Seven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways  Scott Branting Realism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path Algorithms John Kantner Least Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and Utility David G. Anderson List of Contributors  Index   

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