Archaeology And Geographic Information Systems: A European PerspectiveGary R Lock, Zoran Stancic CRC Press, 2022 M03 26 - 320 pages Geographic information systems GIS applications are viewed with increasing interest by the archaeology community and this book, with its diversity of topics and authorship, should be a useful resource. Complementing the volume "Interpreting Space" Taylor & Francis, 1990, which focused on North American archaeology, this title further develops themes within a specifically - though not exclusively - European context.; It is apparent that there are fundamental differences between North American and European archaeological uses of GIS. Primarily these differences lie in the types of evidence for past landscapes that are available for study in the two continents, and secondly in the different approaches to archaeology and specifically the theory and practice of landscape archaeology. This title centres on the role of archaeological theory in cultural resource management CRM and in GIS applications generally. It showcases the important debate which takes the emphasis away from the technology of GIS and places it back within the central concerns of archaeology and particularly European archaeology.; "Archaeology and GIS" includes material on such concerns as CRM applications, landscape archaeology, intra-site applications and explicitly theoretical concerns, thus representing the state of GIS applications in European archaeology. Contributions come from countries such as France, Italy, Hungary, UK, USA, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Spain, Slovenia and Finland. |
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... same region and found that 1. many small ridges and hills were absent ; 2. minor drainages were missing ; 3. large features were greatly smoothed ; and 4. a major error existed in the form of an A view from across the water 5.
... same region and found that 1. many small ridges and hills were absent ; 2. minor drainages were missing ; 3. large features were greatly smoothed ; and 4. a major error existed in the form of an A view from across the water 5.
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A European Perspective Gary R Lock, Zoran Stancic. 4. a major error existed in the form of an artificial , 40 m high cliff face which was erroneously placed across a well - known river valley in the digital product ( Kvamme 1990b : 114 ) ...
A European Perspective Gary R Lock, Zoran Stancic. 4. a major error existed in the form of an artificial , 40 m high cliff face which was erroneously placed across a well - known river valley in the digital product ( Kvamme 1990b : 114 ) ...
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... major public works ( such as motorways , underground railways and high - speed trains , replanning of old town ... major development operations ; and 4. the education of the public in the value of the archaeological heritage as a major ...
... major public works ( such as motorways , underground railways and high - speed trains , replanning of old town ... major development operations ; and 4. the education of the public in the value of the archaeological heritage as a major ...
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... major planning schemes , natural risks , clandestine or unscientific excavations and insufficient public awareness ; Affirming that it is important to institute , where they do not yet exist , appropriate administrative and scientific ...
... major planning schemes , natural risks , clandestine or unscientific excavations and insufficient public awareness ; Affirming that it is important to institute , where they do not yet exist , appropriate administrative and scientific ...
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... major soil disturbing organizations ; 2. establishment of a fund fed by a fixed percentage of development costs of all building and soil - disturbing projects , from which research will be financed ; and 3. legal establishment of the ...
... major soil disturbing organizations ; 2. establishment of a fund fed by a fixed percentage of development costs of all building and soil - disturbing projects , from which research will be financed ; and 3. legal establishment of the ...
Contents
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will an objectspacetime GISAIS become a scienti | 43 |
the Mediterranean evidence | 55 |
Flood dynamics and settlement in the Tisza valley of northeast | 67 |
Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Úri Utaca 49 1250 | 95 |
The spatial analysis of Bell Beaker sites in the Madrid region of Spain | 101 |
an application of GIS to the Vinořský | 117 |
the Perseus GIS | 239 |
The potential of GISbased studies of Iron Age cultural landscapes | 249 |
GIS applications at the Hungarian National Museum Department | 261 |
a cautionary tale from Shepton Mallet Somerset | 269 |
Spatial relations in Roman Iron Age settlements in the Assendelver | 287 |
Stichting RAAP Universiteit van Amsterdam Plantage Muidergracht 14 1018 | 288 |
Another way to deal with maps in archaeological GIS | 301 |
thoughts on the design | 319 |
Beyond GIS | 133 |
Perceiving time and space in an isostatically rising region | 141 |
GIS on different spatial levels and the Neolithization process in | 153 |
a GISbased method for investigating | 171 |
Some criteria for modelling socioeconomic activities in the Bronze | 187 |
a personal perspective | 211 |
the case study of | 231 |
Field Archaeology Unit University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT | 320 |
implications for archaeological theory | 335 |
the past present | 349 |
Postscript GIS environmental determinism and archaeology | 367 |
Index | 383 |
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