The Interpretation Of Archaeological Spatial Patterning

Author : Ellen M. Kroll,T. Douglas Price
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489926029

Get Book

The Interpretation of Archaeological Spatial Patterning by Ellen M. Kroll,T. Douglas Price Pdf

Investigations of archaeological intrasite spatial patterns have generally taken one of two directions: studies that introduced and explored methods for the analysis of archaeological spatial patterns or those that described and analyzed the for mation of spatial patterns in actuaiistic-ethnographic, experimental, or natu ral-contexts. The archaeological studies were largely quantitative in nature, concerned with the recognition and definition of patterns; the actualistic efforts were often oriented more toward interpretation, dealing with how patterns formed and what they meant. Our research group on archaeological spatial analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been working for several years on both quantitative and interpretive problems. Both lines of investigation are closely related and are important complements. In order to demonstrate the convergence of archaeological and actualistic studies for the understanding of intrasite spatial patterns, we organized a sympo sium at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology in Toronto, Canada, in May 1987. The symposium, titled "The Interpretation of Stone Age Archaeological Spatial Patterns," was organized into two sessions. The six papers presented in the morning session, five of which comprise Part I of this volume, focused on ethnoarchaeological and experimental research. Michael Schiffer was the discussant for this half of the symposium. Our intention for the ethnoarchaeological contributions to the symposium and volume was the delin eation of some of the significant accomplishments achieved thus far by actualistic studies regarding the formation of spatial patterns.

Author : Harold Hietala,Paul A. Larson
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1984-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521250714

Get Book

Intrasite Spatial Analysis in Archaeology by Harold Hietala,Paul A. Larson Pdf

Collection of theoretical discussions and case studies paper by B. Spurling and B. Hayden seperately annotated.

Author : Ian Hodder,Clive Orton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1976-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521210801

Get Book

Spatial Analysis in Archaeology by Ian Hodder,Clive Orton Pdf

This 1976 text is a pioneering study in the applications to archaeology of modern statistical and quantitative techniques. The authors show how these techniques, when sensitively employed, can dramatically extend and refine the information presented in distribution maps and other analyses of spatial relationships. Techniques of interpretation 'by inspection' can now be made more powerful and rigorous; at the same time interest has turned from the examination of such sites and artefacts as 'things' to the spatial relationships between such things, their relationships to one another and to landscape features, soils and other resources. This book was the first to apply the available techniques systematically to the special problems and interests of archaeologists. It also demonstrates to geographers and other social scientists who may be familiar with analogous applications in their own fields the exciting interdisciplinary developments this facilitates, for example in studies of exchange networks, trade and settlement patterns, and cultural history.

Author : Jaqueline Rossignol,LuAnn Wandsnider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489924506

Get Book

Space, Time, and Archaeological Landscapes by Jaqueline Rossignol,LuAnn Wandsnider Pdf

The last 20 years have witnessed a proliferation of new approaches in archaeolog ical data recovery, analysis, and theory building that incorporate both new forms of information and new methods for investigating them. The growing importance of survey has meant an expansion of the spatial realm of traditional archaeological data recovery and analysis from its traditional focus on specific locations on the landscape-archaeological sites-to the incorporation of data both on-site and off-site from across extensive regions. Evolving survey methods have led to experiments with nonsite and distributional data recovery as well as the critical evaluation of the definition and role of archaeological sites in data recovery and analysis. In both survey and excavation, the geomorphological analysis of land scapes has become increasingly important in the analysis of archaeological ma terials. Ethnoarchaeology-the use of ethnography to sharpen archaeological understanding of cultural and natural formation processes-has concentrated study on the formation processes underlying the content and structure of archae ological deposits. These actualistic studies consider patterns of deposition at the site level and the material results of human organization at the regional scale. Ethnoarchaeological approaches have also affected research in theoretical ways by expanding investigation into the nature and organization of systems of land use per se, thus providing direction for further study of the material results of those systems.

Author : Mark Gillings,Piraye Hacıgüzeller,Gary Lock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351243841

Get Book

Archaeological Spatial Analysis by Mark Gillings,Piraye Hacıgüzeller,Gary Lock Pdf

Effective spatial analysis is an essential element of archaeological research; this book is a unique guide to choosing the appropriate technique, applying it correctly and understanding its implications both theoretically and practically. Focusing upon the key techniques used in archaeological spatial analysis, this book provides the authoritative, yet accessible, methodological guide to the subject which has thus far been missing from the corpus. Each chapter tackles a specific technique or application area and follows a clear and coherent structure. First is a richly referenced introduction to the particular technique, followed by a detailed description of the methodology, then an archaeological case study to illustrate the application of the technique, and conclusions that point to the implications and potential of the technique within archaeology. The book is designed to function as the main textbook for archaeological spatial analysis courses at undergraduate and post-graduate level, while its user-friendly structure makes it also suitable for self-learning by archaeology students as well as researchers and professionals.

Author : Kathleen L. (Kathleen Louann) Hull
Publisher : National Library of Canada
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 0315262699

Get Book

Application of Microdebitage Analysis to Examination of Spatial Patterning [microform] by Kathleen L. (Kathleen Louann) Hull Pdf

Author : Dustin Keeler,Roderick B. Salisbury
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443808002

Get Book

Space - Archaeology’s Final Frontier? An Intercontinental Approach by Dustin Keeler,Roderick B. Salisbury Pdf

This book discusses the cultural, social and archaeological aspects of space and the impact of spatial concepts in practical archaeological case studies. It summarizes recent developments and looks to the future, exploring some of the cutting-edge ideas in spatial method and theory. The past decade has seen significant advances in the tools available for spatial analysis in archaeology, and theory and method regarding the spatial character of archaeology must keep pace with these advances. Geomorphological and geochemical techniques, geographic information systems, remotely sensed data, virtual reality and electronic survey technology provide new opportunities, but also require new ideas. This book gives us insight into the ways that people have used space to subsist, to recreate their culture in their ‘homelands’ or in new areas, or impose their culture on others. Contributors address the way archaeological notions of space and deep time can add to society’s understanding of landscape, social relationships, past environment and cultural heritage. The contributions from Europe and North America demonstrate intercontinental connections and explore ways of using dynamic models of spatial patterning to assess human activity within natural and cultural landscapes.

Author : M. J. Baxter
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798986386195

Get Book

Exploratory Multivariate Analysis in Archaeology by M. J. Baxter Pdf

This volume presents four techniques of multivariate analysis commonly used by archaeologists (principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis). Employing "ordinary language" and real data sets, and including extensive literature reviews, the book illustrates how these statistical techniques can be applied to specific archaeological questions. A new introduction by the author updates his discussion in light of subsequent developments in the field of quantitative archaeology. Originally published by Edinburgh University Press in 1994.

Author : Ezra Zubrow,Françoise Audouze,James G. Enloe
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438433677

Get Book

The Magdalenian Household by Ezra Zubrow,Françoise Audouze,James G. Enloe Pdf

A comprehensive investigation of household life during the Upper Paleolithic era. What was home and family like in Paleolithic Europe? How did mobile hunter-gatherer families live, work, and play together in the fourteenth millennium BP? What were the functional and spatial constraints and markers of their domesticity—the processes that create and sustain a household? Despite the long recognized absence of comprehensive archaeological data on such ancient homes and hearths, the archaeologists in this volume begin unraveling the domesticity of the Upper Paleolithic by drawing on both an immense trove of new material evidence and comparative site data, and a range of incisive and illuminating ethnographic analogies, theoretical models, and simulations. Five Late Magdalenian sites from the Paris Basin and one later Azilian site provide striking evidence of well-preserved camps of short duration, situated on valley bottoms and buried by gentle floods. Of particular interest and value is the site of Verberie, rich in lithic tools, faunal remains, hearths, and other indicators of spatial organization, which has been excavated continuously for twenty-six years by the same director and provides an unparalleled source of information on Paleolithic domesticity. The first group of essays and reports look at the technology and demographic evidences of domesticity; the second set seeks clues to the spatial patterning of Paleolithic households; while the final essays draw on ethnographic analogies to reconstruct and interpret gendered divisions of labor, perishable technologies, and other activities not directly recognizable from archaeological remains. “[The Magdalenian Household] should be required reading for anyone with an interest in Upper Palaeolithic behaviour and the evolution of the use of space.” — Antiquity “ because of the excellent syntheses of especially the long-term, high-quality research at Verberie, this book should be in the collections of all institutions with serious interests in Upper Paleolithic prehistory.” — Journal of Anthropological Research

Author : Tina L. Thurston
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443815376

Get Book

Reimagining Regional Analyses by Tina L. Thurston Pdf

Reimagining Regional Analysis explores the interplay between different methodological and theoretical approaches to regional analysis in archaeology. The past decades have seen significant advances in methods and instrumental techniques, including geographic information systems, the new availability of aerial and satellite images, and greater emphasis on non-traditional data, such as pollen, soil chemistry and botanical remains. At the same time, there are new insights into human impacts on ancient environments and increased recognition of the importance of micro-scale changes in human society. These factors combine to compel a reimagining of regional archaeology. The authors in this volume focus on understanding individual trajectories and the historically contingent relationships between the social, the economic, the political and the sacred as reflected regionally. Among topics considered are the social construction of landscape; use of spatial patterning to interpret social variability; paleoenvironmental reconstruction and human impacts; and social memory and social practice. This book opens a discourse around the spatial patterning of the contingent, recursive relationships between people, their social activities and the environment.

Author : University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference,Elizabeth C. Robertson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0826340229

Get Book

Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology by University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference,Elizabeth C. Robertson Pdf

The archaeology of space and place is examined in this selection of papers from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference.

Author : Bob Wilson
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038578194

Get Book

Spatial Patterning Among Animal Bones in Settlement Archaeology by Bob Wilson Pdf

A review and analysis of the state of animal bone research. It includes a substantial inter-site review comparing the sites on which Wilson has worked in and around Oxfordshire: several Iron age settlements and a 15th century manor house. There is also a section on more large scale sampling in the towns of Oxford and Abingdon. In each case the concern is to differentiate between settlement areas and activities, such as refuse, butchering and ritual, and the ways in which bone deposits change over time. The book ends with discussion of models for analysing bone evidence.

Author : Kristen A. Carlson,Leland C. Bement
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646422265

Get Book

Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary by Kristen A. Carlson,Leland C. Bement Pdf

Archaeological research on the late Pleistocene and early Holocene periods has tended to focus on rock shelters, caves, large game kills, and occasionally butchery sites. Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary examines a diverse range of open-air sites—bounded both naturally and culturally—in Siberia and Germany and throughout North America. Open-air sites are difficult for researchers to locate and, because of depositional processes, often more difficult to interpret; they contain many superimposed events but often show evidence of only the most recent. Working to overcome the limitations of data and poor preservation, using decades of prior research and new analytical tools, and diverging from a one-size-fits-all mode of interpretation, the contributors to this volume offer fresh insight into the formation and taphonomy of open-air sites. Contributors: Douglas B. Bamforth, Ian Buvit, Brian J. Carter, Robin Cordero, Robert Dello-Russo, George C. Frison, Kelly E. Graf, Bruce B. Huckell, Michael A. Jochim, Joshua D. Kapp, Robert L. Kelly, Aleksander V. Konstantinov, Banks Leonard, Madeline E. Mackie, Christopher W. Merriman, Matthew J. O’Brien, Spencer Pelton, Neil N. Puckett, Beth Shapiro, Todd A. Surovell, Karisa Terry, Steve Teteak, Robert Yohe

Author : Michael Parker Pearson,Colin Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134728114

Get Book

Architecture and Order by Michael Parker Pearson,Colin Richards Pdf

This book offers contributions ranging from studies of hunter-gatherer camp organization to the use of space in Classical and Medieval worlds.

Author : John A. Gowlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134669097

Get Book

High Definition Archaeology: Threads Through the Past by John A. Gowlett Pdf

The use of modern analyses of high definition data is used to trace relationships or decision paths which could not have been seen with the techniques available 30 years ago. Examples are drawn from a variety of areas and periods.