Multiple pathways across past landscapes: Circuit theory as a complementary geospatial method to least cost path for modeling past movement

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2523-2535

  Howey, Meghan C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuitscape; Geospatial technologies; GIS; Great Lakes; Late prehistory; Movement; Past Landscapes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GIS; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; PREHISTORIC; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80051788958     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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