Some problems with modelling the positions of prehistoric hunter-gatherer settlements on the basis of landscape topography

Grøn, Ole

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.04.034

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“…Purposeful survey for underwater sites has been relatively rare, mainly because of the uncertain chances of finding material relative to the high costs and logistical difficulties of mounting underwater expeditions. Examples of successful prediction and targeting of underwater finds are known, for example, from early work on the American continental shelf using sites and site locations on land to predict locations underwater, followed up by acoustic survey and coring or grab sampling (Dixon and Monteleone 2014;Faught 2004; Fedje and Josenhans 2000; P F ) fishing site model has also proved successful in finding underwater sites in Denmark, though it is not without its limitations (Grøn 2018).…”

Section: Current State Of the Art In Underwater Prehistorymentioning

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A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia

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McDonald

Ward

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The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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pre-date sea level rise. The most likely submerged sites include (i) compacted middens associated with rock pools and estuarine features; (ii) stone structures with associated midden on limestone pavements or with granophyre and basalt boulder fields; (iii) buried midden and other occupation deposits on protected sand sheets; (iv) quarry outcrops, extraction pits and associated reduction debris in areas of fine-grained granophyre and basalt; and (v) midden in consolidated calcarenite shoreline contexts to the north and west of the volcanic suites of the Dampier Archipelago.

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Section: Current State Of the Art In Underwater Prehistorymentioning

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A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia

Veth

McDonald

Ward

et al. 2019

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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“…Whatever the geographical focus, the efficient mapping and recording of submerged Stone Age sites/archaeological sites employing lithic knapping technology constitutes a central archaeological challenge. Submerged cultural deposits may be well preserved and intact if quickly buried, but they may also be difficult to detect and map through surveys focused on identifying bathymetrical/topographical settlement indicators [37][38][39][40]. Therefore, the development of a methodology that can map submerged Stone Age sites directly and efficiently, including buried sites, will represent a significant contribution to underwater archaeology.…”

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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach

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Acoustic response from lithics knapped by humans has been demonstrated to facilitate effective detection of submerged Stone Age sites exposed on the seafloor or embedded within its sediments. This phenomenon has recently enabled the non-invasive detection of several hitherto unknown submerged Stone Age sites, as well as the registration of acoustic responses from already known localities. Investigation of the acoustic-response characteristics of knapped lithics, which appear not to be replicated in naturally cracked lithic pieces (geofacts), is presently on-going through laboratory experiments and finite element (FE) modelling of high-resolution 3D-scanned pieces. Experimental work is also being undertaken, employing chirp sub-bottom systems (reflection seismic) on known sites in marine areas and inland water bodies. Fieldwork has already yielded positive results in this initial stage of development of an optimised Human-Altered Lithic Detection (HALD) method for mapping submerged Stone Age sites. This paper reviews the maritime archaeological perspectives of this promising approach, which potentially facilitates new and improved practice, summarizes existing data, and reports on the present state of development. Its focus is not reflection seismics as such, but a useful resonance phenomenon induced by the use of high-resolution reflection seismic systems.

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“…In addition to the use of the classic procedure to validate the APM [59] (Equation (2)), we used the area under curvature (AUC). Based on the issues identified by [60] which argues the use of topographical features in APM, we chose to address this issue by using in our modelling just three factors.…”

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GIS-Based and Statistical Approaches in Archaeological Predictive Modelling (NE Romania)

2019

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Archaeological predictive modelling (APM) is an important method for archaeological research and cultural heritage management. This study tests the viability of a new statistical method for APM. Frequency ratio (FR) is widely used in the field of geosciences but has not been applied in APM. This study tests FR in a catchment from the north-eastern part of Romania to predict the possible location(s) of Eneolithic sites. In order to do that, three factors were used: soils, heat load index and slope position classification. Eighty percent of the sites were used to build the model, while the remaining 20% were used to externally test the model’s performance. The final APM was made with the help of GIS software and classified into four susceptibility classes: very high, high, medium and low. The success rate curve and the prediction rate curve reported values of the area under curve (AUC) of 0.72, and 0.75 respectively. The Kvamme’s Gain value for the model has a value of 0.56. Therefore, the final APM is reliable, so FR is a viable technique for APM. The final map can be successfully used in archaeological research, cultural heritage management and protection, preventive archaeology and sustainable development.

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Some problems with modelling the positions of prehistoric hunter-gatherer settlements on the basis of landscape topography

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia

A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia

Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach

GIS-Based and Statistical Approaches in Archaeological Predictive Modelling (NE Romania)

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