Testing the Robustness of Local Network Metrics in Research on Archeological Local Transport Networks

Groenhuijzen, Mark R.; Verhagen, Philip

doi:10.3389/fdigh.2016.00006

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“…In the 1990's Trombold presented an important collection of works on TTI in the New World (Trombold, 1991a, followed by Jenkins, 2001and Smith, 2005. Recently, a renewed interest in TTI seems to have produced a number of new studies in Pre-Roman and Roman Europe (e.g., Filet, 2017;Groenhuijzen and Verhagen, 2016;Matteazzi, 2017), suggesting that this is a growing field of research (see e.g., recent projects such as ORBIS 1 by Stanford University, or the New Transhumance project in Toscana, Pizziolo et al, 2016).…”

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Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC)

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Ancient regional routes were vital for interactions between settlements and deeply influenced the development of past societies and their "complexification". At the same time, since any transportation infrastructure needs some level of inter-settlement cooperation to be established, they can also be regarded as an epiphenomenon of social interactions at the regional scale. Here, we propose to analyze ancient pathway networks to understand the organization of cities and villages located in a certain territory, attempting to clarify whether such organization existed and if so, how it functioned.To address such a question, we chose a quantitative approach. Adopting network science as a general framework, by means of formal models, we try to identify how the collective effort that produced the terrestrial infrastructure was directed and organized. We selected a paradigmatic case study: Iron Age southern Etruria, a very well-studied context, with detailed archaeological information about settlement patterns and an established tradition of studies on terrestrial transportation routes, perfectly suitable for testing new techniques. The results of the modelling suggest that a balanced coordinated decision-making process was shaping the route network in Etruria, a scenario which correlates well with the picture elaborated by different scholars using a more traditional technique.

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Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC)

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“…wetting or floods) behind settlement dynamics (e.g. Spek, 2004;Vos, 2015a;Pierik & Van Lanen, 2019), or changes in socio-economic dynamics (trade routes, spatial use of resources: Van Lanen et al, 2015;Groenhuijzen & Verhagen, 2016;Jansma et al, 2017). Societal demands on cultural heritage management conveyed through the archaeological sector have stimulated the continued production of palaeogeographical map series in the 2000s to 2010s, both of the conventional and GIS-generated type (see previous section).…”

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The use of geological, geomorphological and soil mapping products in palaeolandscape reconstructions for the Netherlands

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2020

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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Geological, geomorphological and soil maps provide important information on the substrate as well as on the past and present physical landscape. For the intensely studied Netherlands coastal plain and Rhine–Meuse delta, many such map datasets have been compiled over the last two centuries. These mapping materials comprise older and younger legacy datasets, often fragmented over regions. They have been compiled within various research traditions and by various parties, involving geologists, soil scientists, geomorphologists and landscape archaeologists. The maps and datasets summarise overwhelming amounts of underlying data accumulated over the last few centuries, and are therefore valuable for reconstructing past landscapes. Digital-infrastructure developments have enhanced possibilities for recombining existing and new data over the last few decades, e.g. through GIS solutions such as palaeogeographical base maps, from which multiple derived map products can be generated. Integration of thematic information from various source maps and underlying data is needed to use the accumulated data diversity to its full potential and to answer applied and fundamental scientific questions. Using diverse information to compile or update maps, however, requires awareness of legacy surveying strategies and the state of knowledge at the time the original data and maps were produced. This paper reviews the soil, geological and geomorphological mapping traditions. We evaluate their products, underlying data and the reasoning behind their compilation, focusing on their use in conventional and digital palaeogeographical mapping. This helps get the most out of large quantities of legacy and modern data, a major challenge for surface and substrate digital mapping in the big-data era.

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“…By repeating this procedure a large number of times, it could be assessed whether the resulting networks' characteristics were stable or not. Davies et al (2014) and Groenhuijzen and Verhagen (2016) used a similar approach. In their case the site dataset was assumed to be relatively complete but lacking in chronological precision, making it difficult to interpret the evolution of the network through time.…”

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Modelling of Pathways and Movement Networks in Archaeology: An Overview of Current Approaches

Verhagen

Nuninger

Groenhuijzen

2019

Computational Social Sciences

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This chapter presents and discusses current approaches and trends in computer-based modelling of pathways and movement networks in archaeology. After an introduction to the theoretical concepts involved, we present a state of the art of methodologies applied for reconstructing pathways and movement in ancient landscapes and discuss the various difficulties in using these methods as well as the most important technical hurdles involved. The problems of integrating optimal pathfinding algorithms with 'softer' socio-cultural variables are highlighted, as well as the limitations of modelling connections between places using least-cost path techniques. Network analysis reconstruction and analysis approaches are then reviewed as tools to better understand the overall structure of movement and communication in ancient landscapes. It is concluded that, while the potential of current approaches for understanding ancient movement is considerable, improvement is still needed in three main areas: the integration of approaches, sensitivity analysis and validation, and the theoretical underpinning of models of ancient movement.

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Testing the Robustness of Local Network Metrics in Research on Archeological Local Transport Networks

Cited by 18 publications

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Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC)

Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC)

The use of geological, geomorphological and soil mapping products in palaeolandscape reconstructions for the Netherlands

Modelling of Pathways and Movement Networks in Archaeology: An Overview of Current Approaches

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