Computational approaches to the study of movement in archaeology: theory, practice and interpretation of factors and effects of long term landscape formation and transformation

doi:10.1515/9783110288384

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Computational approaches to the study of movement in archaeology : theory, practice and interpretation of factors and effects of long term landscape formation and transformation

Polla, Silvia (edt.); Verhagen, Philip (edt.)

The archaeological study of movement and of its related patterns and features has been transformed by the use of GIS. Path analysis has become a very popular approach to the study of settlement and land-use dynamics in landscape archaeology. This volume addresses theoretical, technical and interpretative issuesand presents case studies. A final synthetic paper aims to review the contents and to set the pace for the current methodological debate.