New developments in the use of spatial technology in archaeology

MD McCoy, TN Ladefoged - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2009‏ - Springer
Spatial technology is integral to how archaeologists collect, store, analyze, and represent
information in digital data sets. Recent advances have improved our ability to look for and …

Archaeological visualization: towards an archaeological information science (AISc)

M Llobera - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2011‏ - Springer
This paper reviews and evaluates the potential use of modern visualization techniques in
archaeology. It suggests the need to apply and develop such techniques as a central part of …

[ספר][B] The lifeways of hunter-gatherers: the foraging spectrum

RL Kelly - 2013‏ - books.google.com
In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were
Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes …

[ספר][B] Introduction to computational social science

C Cioffi-Revilla - 2014‏ - Springer
Numerous developments have taken place in Computational Social Science (CSS) in the
short time since the first edition of this textbook appeared in 2014. They include new …

History meets palaeoscience: Consilience and collaboration in studying past societal responses to environmental change

J Haldon, L Mordechai, TP Newfield, AF Chase… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
History and archaeology have a well-established engagement with issues of premodern
societal development and the interaction between physical and cultural environments; …

Spatial analysis in archaeology: moving into new territories

P Verhagen - Digital geoarchaeology: New techniques for …, 2017‏ - Springer
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 …

Integrating archaeological theory and predictive modeling: a live report from the scene

P Verhagen, TG Whitley - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2012‏ - Springer
Archaeological predictive modeling has been used successfully for over 20 years as a
decision-making tool in cultural resources management. Its appreciation in academic circles …

Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects

CG Armstrong, AC Shoemaker, I McKechnie, A Ekblom… - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
This paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority
research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews …

Investigating archaeological cultures: material culture, variability, and transmission

BW Roberts, MV Linden - Investigating archaeological cultures: Material …, 2011‏ - Springer
The concept of an archaeological culture rarely features in any surveys of the literature of
modern archaeology, especially in the Anglo-American world. When it does …

Twenty-first century approaches to ancient problems: Climate and society

JA d'Alpoim Guedes, SA Crabtree, RK Bocinsky… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
By documenting how humans adapted to changes in their environment that are often much
greater than those experienced in the instrumental record, archaeology provides our only …