GIS and Landscape Analysis, or the cart before the horse?

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GIS and Landscape Analysis, or the cart before the horse?

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Spatial analysis has traditionally considered settlements in relation to each other and aspects of topography. Criticisms of environmental determinism, and identification of problems with site data and analytical models, have followed. Transferring spatial analysis to a GIS platform has not resolved these concerns. This article highlights the fact that there are cultural assumptions within spatial analyses, through examining the land-use systems practised by New Zealand Māori, and argues that...

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2004-11-01

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Caroline Phillips

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Internet Archaeology

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http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue16/phillips_index.html

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landscape / spatial analysis / land use / New Zealand Māori / ethno-historic archaeology / dynamic modelling / Archaeology

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