ISBN:
9780826359674
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 290 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
School for advanced research advanced seminar series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General / bisacsh
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Anthropology Geographic information systems
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Geospatial data Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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Methode
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Anthropologie
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Räumliche Verteilung
;
Archäologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Archäologie
;
Anthropologie
;
Räumliche Verteilung
;
Methode
Abstract:
"Spatial analysis reaches across all the subdisciplines of anthropology. A cultural anthropologist, for example, can use such analysis to trace the extent of distinctive cultural practices; an archaeologist can use it to understand the organization of ancient irrigation systems; a primatologist to quantify the density of primate nesting sites; a paleoanthropologist to explore vast fossil-bearing landscapes. Arguing that geospatial analysis holds great promise for much anthropological inquiry, the contributors have designed this volume to show how the powerful tools of GIScience can be used to benefit a variety of research programs. This volume brings together scholars who are currently applying state-of-the-art tools, techniques, and methods of geographical information sciences (GIScience) to diverse data sets of anthropological interest. Their questions crosscut the typical "silos" that so often limit scholarly communication among anthropologists and instead recognize a deep structural similarity between the kinds of questions anthropologists ask, the data they collect, and the analytical models and paradigms they each use"...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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