This article focuses on hunter-gatherer impact on interglacial vegetation in Europe, using a
case study from the Early Holocene (9200–8700 BP). We present a novel agent-based …

Intervisibility analysis provides valuable insight into the sociocultural significance of
archaeological features such as tombs, settlements, signaling installations and other …

The use of GIS and Spatial Analysis for predictive models is an important topic in preventive
archaeology. Both of these tools play an important role in the Support Decision System …

Visibility has been the subject of study in Palaeolithic rock art research ever since the
discovery of Altamira Cave in 1879. Nevertheless, until now, the different approaches have …

The overall objective of this work is to apply GIS-based cost distance modeling (CDM) to site
catchment modeling and analysis of prehistoric (Solutrean) sites in Andalusia. The …

This book offers a new interpretation of the spatial-political-environmental dynamics of water
and irrigation in long-term histories of arid regions. It compares ancient Southwest Arabia …

Visibility is one of the most common features considered when analyzing site location; visual
control of a territory is usually considered to be a desirable characteristic for a prehistoric …

Logistic regression has been the most commonly applied statistical method in the study of
settlement locational patterns in archaeology (eg Kvamme 1988; Warren & Asch 2000; …

Archaeological remains generated by human activities in prehistorical and historical times
result in anthropogenic spatial components of modern landscapes. The study of these …

Shangshan is the earliest Neolithic culture discovered in the lower Yangtze region and is
significant as one of the origins of rice agriculture worldwide. During the Early Holocene, the …