The use of GIS is the most powerful technology introduced to archaeology since the introduction of carbon 14 dating. The most widespread use of this technology has been for the prediction of archaeological site locations. This book focuses on the use of GIS for archaeological predictive modeling. The contributors include internationally recognized
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Practical Applications of GIS for Archaeologists
A Predictive Modelling Toolkit
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Practical Applications of GIS for Archaeologists
A Predictive Modelling Toolkit
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: A Predictive Model of Archaeological Site Location in the Eastern Prairie Peninsula
- Chapter Three: The Application of GIS Predictive Site Location Models within Pennsylvania and West Virginia
- Chapter Four: Using a GIS to Model Prehistoric Site Distributions in the Upper Chesapeake Bay
- Chapter Five: Protecting Cultural Resources through Forest Management Planning in Ontario Using Archaeological Predictive Modeling
- Chapter Six: Considerations of Scale in Modeling Settlement Patterns Using GIS: An Iroquois Example
- Chapter Seven: Construction of Digital Elevation Models for Archaeological Applications
- Chapter Eight: The State of the Art in "Inductive" Predictive Modeling: Seven Big Mistakes (and Lots of Smaller Ones)
- Chapter Nine: GIS Applications in Archaeology: Method in Search of Theory
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