Arqueología computacional del territorio. Métodos y técnicas para estudiar decisiones humanas en paisajes pretéritos
Current archaeological practices are now fully immersed in the computing and digital era. This process, common to all sciences, is leading to an important methodological renewal of the discipline, materialising in the emergence of new lines of research with a promising future, and computational methods are playing a key role in this panorama. Remote sensing studies, the use of drones, LiDAR data, virtual reconstructions or modern statistical simulation techniques are, amongst others, research fields that require the use of computing science.
Les merCurrent archaeological practices are now fully immersed in the computing and digital era. This process, common to all sciences, is leading to an important methodological renewal of the discipline, materialising in the emergence of new lines of research with a promising future, and computational methods are playing a key role in this panorama. Remote sensing studies, the use of drones, LiDAR data, virtual reconstructions or modern statistical simulation techniques are, amongst others, research fields that require the use of computing science.
Arqueología computacional del territorio aims to describe some of the current analytical approaches to model past cultural landscapes, their evolution, and their relationship with the human societies that inhabited them. To this end, the use of Geographic Information Systems and spatial statistics is proposed, using territorial and landscape archaeology as a theoretical framework.
The research that follows is articulated around the use of open-source software and, specifically, R Statistics, a programming language that is gradually becoming one of the most important tools in archaeological research. Its use allows for transparent, accessible, and reproducible research while promoting interdisciplinarity and a real democratization of scientific knowledge.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Archaeopress Archaeology
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Spansk
- ISBN
- 9781803276328
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- 17 x 25 cm
Om forfatteren
Miguel Carrero-Pazos es profesor de Prehistoria en la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Especialista en arqueología computacional, entre otros, sus intereses se han centrado en la aplicación de herramientas geoespaciales y simulación estadística para el estudio de los paisajes monumentales del Megalitismo atlántico. Ha sido investigador Marie Skłodowska‑Curie en el Instituto de Arqueología de la University College London, e investigador visitante en las universidades de Cambridge y Leiden.