Practical applications of GIS for archaeologists : a predictive modeling toolkit /: a predictive modeling toolkit. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Konnie L. Wescott, R. Joe Brandon.
• Editors: Wescott, Konnie; Brandon, R. Joe, 1967-
• Contents: Introduction, K.L. Wescott; ; A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOCATION IN THE EASTERN PRAIRIE PENINSULA, R.E. Warren and D.L. Asch; Introduction; Predictive Modeling; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; ; THE APPLICATION OF GIS PREDICTIVE SITE LOCATION MODELS WITHIN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, R.B. Duncan and K.A. Beckman; Introduction; Background; Predictive Model Development; Additional GIS Predictive Models; Discussion; Conclusion; ; USING A GIS TO MODEL PREHISTORIC SITE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY, K.L. Wescott and J.A. Kuiper; Introduction; Aberdeen Proving Ground; The Model; Results; ; Protecting Cultural Resources through Forest Management Planning in Ontario Using Archaeological Predictive Modeling, L.D. Bona; Introduction; Background; Modeling Methodology; Model Research and Development; Pilot Projects; Oil and Water Can Mix! Integrating Archaeology into Forest Management Planning; Summary; ; CONSIDERATION OF SCALE IN MODELING SETTLEMENT PATTERNS USING GIS: AN IROQUOIS EXAMPLE, K.M. Sydoriak Allen; Introduction; Spatial Scale and Kind of Problems; Global, Regional, and Local Views of the Iroquoian World; GIS and Spatial Scale: Global, Regional, and Local Views; Central New York Region: Regional and Local; Conclusions; ; CONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, J.B. Hageman and D.A. Bennett; Introduction; Why Should the Archeaologist Care about Interpolation?; What is Interpolation?; Selecting the Interpolation Algorithm; A Belizean Case Study; Conclusion; ; THE STATE OF THE ART IN "INDUCTIVE" PREDICTIVE MODELING: SEVEN BIG MISTAKES (AND LOTS OF LITTLE ONES), J.L. Ebert; Introduction; GIS and Revulutionizing Predictive Modeling; Predictive Modeling Predicts and Models the Past; What We Want to Predict is Site Location; Proximity to Environmental Variables in Important; Maps Contain Environmental Variables; Map Data is Inaccurate; The Accuracy of Inductive Predictive Models Can be Determined; ; GIS APPLICATIONS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: METHOD IN SEARCH OF THEORY, T. Church, R.J. Brandon, and G.R. Burgett; Current Use of GIS in Archaeology; Correlative Predictive Models; The Resource Landscape; An Alternative: Explanatory Models from a Landscape Perspective; Tools to Tackle Landscapes; The Temporal Dimension; Scale and Grain; The Role of Climate; Geomorphological Processes and their Impact; Concluding Remarks; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 930.1028; Archaeology -- Computer simulation; Geographic information systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482262964
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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