Spatial Analysis in Archaeology

This1976textisapioneeringstudyintheapplicationstoarchaeologyofmodernstatisticalandquantitativetechniques.Theauthorsshowhowthesetechniques,whensensitivelyemployed,candramaticallyextendandrefinetheinformationpresentedindistributionmapsandotheranalysesofspatialrelationships.Techniquesofinterpretation'byinspection'cannowbemademorepowerfulandrigorous;atthesametimeinteresthasturnedfromtheexaminationofsuchsitesandartefactsas'things'tothespatialrelationshipsbetweensuchthings,theirrelationshipstooneanotherandtolandscapefeatures,soilsandotherresources.Thisbookwasthefirsttoapplytheavailabletechniquessystematicallytothespecialproblemsandinterestsofarchaeologists.Italsodemonstratestogeographersandothersocialscientistswhomaybefamiliarwithanalogousapplicationsintheirownfieldstheexcitinginterdisciplinarydevelopmentsthisfacilitates,forexampleinstudiesofexchangenetworks,tradeandsettlementpatterns,andculturalhistory.