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Modelling distribution of archaeological settlement evidence based on heterogeneous spatial and temporal data / Peter Demján in Journal of archaeological science, vol 69 (May 2016)  

Public [article]  inJournal of archaeological science > vol 69 (May 2016) . - pp 100 - 109 Titre : Modelling distribution of archaeological settlement evidence based on heterogeneous spatial and temporal data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Peter Demján, Auteur ; Dagmar Dreslerová, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 100 - 109 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géomatique [Termes IGN] Bohème [Termes IGN] densité [Termes IGN] données spatiotemporelles [Termes IGN] préhistoire [Termes IGN] République Tchèque [Termes IGN] site archéologique Résumé : (auteur) We analyse variations in prehistoric agricultural settlement behaviour both in space and time to detect main turning points and shifts in settlement patterns in Bohemia, western Czech Republic. We propose a theoretical framework to address our research question and a new evidence density estimation (EDE) method combining and extending existing approaches to produce probabilistic maps and temporal frequency distribution (TFD) curves. This method takes into account heterogeneous spatial and temporal accuracy of archaeological data, and it models settlement structure where respective sites have a specific area and a given interval of duration. We determined minimal sampling densities of archaeological data enabling the method to predict prehistoric settlement at a statistically significant level. The EDE method is universally applicable for all datasets with sampling densities of more than 0.05 archaeological actions per km2 for chrono-typologically dated evidence and 0.035 actions per km2 for radiocarbon or similar dates. The results show that changes in spatial extent, density and clustering of settlement activities occur repeatedly throughout the whole agricultural prehistory and shed new light on settlement behaviour of past populations. Numéro de notice : A2016--144 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.003 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.003 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=85893 [article]