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Casarotto, A. (2018)

Spatial patterns in landscape archaeology : a GIS procedure to study settlement organization in early Roman colonial territories

Doctoral Thesis
This book presents a useful GIS procedure to study settlement patterns in landscape archaeology. In several Mediterranean regions archaeological sites have been mapped by fieldwalking surveys, producing large amounts of data. These legacy site-based survey data represent an important resource to study ancient settlement organization. Methodological procedures are necessary to cope with the limits of these data, and more importantly with the distortions on data patterns caused by biasing factors. This book develops and applies a GIS procedure to use legacy survey data in settlement pattern analysis. It consists of two parts. One part regards the assessment of biases that can affect the spatial patterns exhibited by survey data. The other part aims to shed light on the location preferences and settlement strategy of ancient communities underlying site patterns. In this book, a case-study shows how the method works in practice. As part of the research by the Landscapes of Early...Show moreThis book presents a useful GIS procedure to study settlement patterns in landscape archaeology. In several Mediterranean regions archaeological sites have been mapped by fieldwalking surveys, producing large amounts of data. These legacy site-based survey data represent an important resource to study ancient settlement organization. Methodological procedures are necessary to cope with the limits of these data, and more importantly with the distortions on data patterns caused by biasing factors. This book develops and applies a GIS procedure to use legacy survey data in settlement pattern analysis. It consists of two parts. One part regards the assessment of biases that can affect the spatial patterns exhibited by survey data. The other part aims to shed light on the location preferences and settlement strategy of ancient communities underlying site patterns. In this book, a case-study shows how the method works in practice. As part of the research by the Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project (NWO, Leiden University, KNIR) site-based datasets produced by survey projects in central-southern Italy are examined in a comparative framework to investigate settlement patterns in the early Roman colonial period (3rd century B.C.).Show less
Field survey
Legacy survey data
Digital archaeology
Mediterranean archaeology
Ancient Italy
Roman colonization
All authors
Casarotto, A.
Supervisor
Akkermans, P.M.M.G.
Co-supervisor
Stek, T.D.; Pelgrom, J.
Committee
Kolen, J.C.A.; Versluys, M.J.; Attema, P.A.J.; Vermeulen, F.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
World Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University
Date
2018-09-18
Title of host publication
Archaeological Studies Leiden University
ISBN (print)
9789087283117
ISBN (electronic)
9789400603288

Publication Series

Name
43

Funding

Sponsorship
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); Leiden University; Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR)