2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Archaeology and GIS: Prehistoric Habitat Reconstruction Track: Archaeology Author(s): Marikka Williams Archaeologically, site-catchment analysis can provide valuable information on ancient survival strategies and social organization. From a cultural resource management perspective, developing models of prehistoric site selection and settlement patterns can improve analysis methodology. Digital access to archaeological data allows the incorporation of cultural resource information into the overall planning process and GIS provides a means to integrate environmental and archaeological information into an effective tool. GIS technology can be used to create environmental archaeology maps to facilitate cultural resource management, planning, mitigation, preservation, excavation, and analyses. This GIS research project establishes site-catchment areas and identifies environmental variables associated with those areas. The sites are then statistically evaluated to determine if the distribution of artifacts is due to chance or related to specific environmental variables. The results are interpreted with ecological, anthropological, and geographical theories to provide insight on prehistoric socio-economic behavior as reflected by the corresponding settlement patterns. Marikka Williams University of North Texas Geography 1307 Fannin Denton , TX 76201 US Phone: 940-382-5858 E-mail: mlw0002@unt.edu |
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