A GIS method for assessing the zone of human-environmental impact around archaeological sites: A test case from the Late Neolithic of Wadi Ziqlâb, Jordan

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-632

  Ullah, Isaac I T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost surface modeling; Environmental impacts; GIS; Pastoralism; Simulation modeling; Site catchment analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEOLITHIC; PASTORALISM; PREHISTORIC;

JORDAN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650305705     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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