Geospatial modeling of pedestrian transportation networks: a case study from precolumbian Oaxaca, Mexico
Using accumulated cost surfaces and various pathfinding techniques within Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) software, archaeologists and other spatial scientists have …
Information Systems (GIS) software, archaeologists and other spatial scientists have …
The basics of least cost analysis for archaeological applications
DA White - Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2015 - cambridge.org
Least Cost Analysis (LCA) is a geospatially focused quantitative approach that can help
archaeologists better understand how people may have moved across a landscape. At its …
archaeologists better understand how people may have moved across a landscape. At its …
Modeling Métis mobility? Evaluating least cost paths and indigenous landscapes in the Canadian west
K Supernant - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses in archaeology have been
criticized by archaeologists for being reductive, environmentally deterministic, and …
criticized by archaeologists for being reductive, environmentally deterministic, and …
Our Checkered Past: Sites, Landscapes, Trails, and Transect-Recording Unit Survey
PO Leckman, M Heilen - Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2023 - cambridge.org
Despite advocacy of landscape approaches in cultural resource management (CRM) and
critiques of the site concept, CRM data collection methods in the western United States …
critiques of the site concept, CRM data collection methods in the western United States …
Least-cost networks
I Herzog - Archaeology in the Digital Era. Papers from the 40th …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Many archaeologists applying GIS software for least-cost studies do not fully understand the
functions employed to create least-cost networks, and so they are not aware of the …
functions employed to create least-cost networks, and so they are not aware of the …
The importance of energetics in archaeological least cost analysis
S Field, DM Glowacki, LT Gettler - Journal of Archaeological Method and …, 2023 - Springer
Least cost analysis (LCA) has emerged as a favored geospatial method used by
archaeologists to model potential pathways of movement. To produce increasingly effective …
archaeologists to model potential pathways of movement. To produce increasingly effective …
Reconstructing archaeological networks with structural holes
Abstract Model-based reconstruction is an approach to infer network structures where they
cannot be observed. For archaeological networks, several models based on assumptions …
cannot be observed. For archaeological networks, several models based on assumptions …
[PDF][PDF] Seascape corridors: modeling routes to connect communities across the Caribbean
ER Slayton - 2018 - scholarlypublications …
For this second case study, I modeled routes between islands in the Greater and the Lesser
Antilles in the Late Ceramic Age (AD 1200–1500). Inter-island interaction during this period …
Antilles in the Late Ceramic Age (AD 1200–1500). Inter-island interaction during this period …
From cost to conductance: A technique for incorporating social conductance in Least cost analysis
We draw attention to differences in logistic least cost rationales that emphasize the practical
conditions that push people toward optimization and social approaches, which emphasize …
conditions that push people toward optimization and social approaches, which emphasize …
Minding the gap: The via Amerina and the Middle Tiber Valley
MC Harder - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025 - Elsevier
The landscape of the Middle Tiber Valley in Central Italy was an important crossroads for
millennia thanks to the network of transhumance routes, Roman roads, and of course, the …
millennia thanks to the network of transhumance routes, Roman roads, and of course, the …