This chapter presents and discusses current approaches and trends in computer-based
modelling of pathways and movement networks in archaeology. After an introduction to the …

GIS has become an indispensable tool for archaeologists to organize, explore and analyse
spatial data. In this introductory chapter, an historical overview of the development of GIS …

In the last two decades an increasing number of archaeological least-cost path (LCP)
studies have been published. LCP analysis recently has become part of the predictive …

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 …

Cost surfaces are a crucial aspect of route optimization and least cost path (LCP)
calculations and are used in awide range of disciplines including computer science …

Each model of past movement based on historical and archaeological evidence nowadays
relies implicitly or explicitly on a cost function estimating costs of movement in terms of time …

Due to the proliferation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and the
improvement of graphic user interfaces, least-cost analysis has become one of the most …

This paper reports the first results of a study into the utility of using least cost path models
and other indicators of accessibility for predictive modelling purposes. While accessibility …

During the Roman and early-medieval period in the Netherlands, an extensive network of
routes connected settlements on the local, regional and supraregional scale. The orientation …

Food security in ancient urban centers is often discussed but rarely formally modelled.
Despite its location in an inhospitable desert where food production is a constant challenge …