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CH6 GIS
Thursday Feb 25, 16:00 UK = 17:00 CET
Convenors: Piraye Hacıgüzeller (University of Antwerp), Rebecca Seifried (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/VNrPdG4sRgc
Slides: tba
In this session we will introduce the basic concepts and building blocks of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), such as vector and raster data structures, attribute and spatial data, layering, and coordinate reference systems. We will then introduce GIS-based visibility analysis used to calculate visibility of places from one or more observer points, followed by a hands-on case study on the topic using the free QGIS tool. Finally we will give an introduction to cost functions frequently used in GIS-based cost distance analysis to analyse mobility across built environments and landscapes, accompanied with a case study from the literature.
- (Two open access titles will be chosen from the list below. Please add suggestions below, not here.)
- Donaldson, C., I.N. Gregory, and J.E. Taylor. 2017. "Locating the beautiful, picturesque, sublime and majestic: spatially analysing the application of aesthetic terminology in descriptions of the English Lake District." Journal of Historical Geography 56:43-60. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305748817300178
- Mark Gillings, Piraye Hacıgüzeller & Gary Lock (edd.). 2020. Archaeological Spatial Analysis: A Methodological Guide. Routledge. (Not open access.)
- Knippers, R. 2009. "Introduction: Geometric Aspects of Mapping". Available: https://kartoweb.itc.nl/geometrics/Introduction/introduction.html
- Murrieta-Flores, P., C. Donaldson and I. Gregory. 2017. “GIS and Literary History: Advancing Digital Humanities research through the Spatial Analysis of historical travel writing and topographical literature.” Digital Humanities Quarterly 11. Available: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/11/1/000283/000283.html
- Poluschny, A.G. 2010. "Over the Hills and Far Away? Cost Surface Based Models of Prehistoric Settlement Hinterlands." In: Frischer, B., J. Webb Crawford and D. Koller (eds.) Making History Interactive. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). Proceedings of the 37th International Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, March 22-26 2009. Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 313-319. Available: http://proceedings.caaconference.org/files/2009/38_Posluschny_CAA2009.pdf
- Seifried, R.M. and C.A.M. Gardner. 2019. "Reconstructing historical journeys with least-cost analysis: Colonel William Leake in the Mani Peninsula, Greece." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24:391-411. Pre-print available: https://works.bepress.com/rebecca-seifried/11/
- Rayne, L., J. Bradbury, D. Mattingly, G. Philip, R. Bewley, and A. Wilson. 2017. "From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa." Geosciences 7(4):100. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7040100
- Weiss, C. 2010. "Determining Function of Pompeian Sidewalk Features through GIS Analysis." In: Frischer, B., J. Webb Crawford and D. Koller (eds.) Making History Interactive. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). Proceedings of the 37th International Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, March 22-26 2009. Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 363-372. Available: http://proceedings.caaconference.org/files/2009/43_Weiss_CAA2009.pdf
- QGIS Tutorials and Tips by Ujaval Ghandi
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(If you have any technical problems with this exercise, you may ask for help in this forum thread)