Least cost path analysis of early maritime movement on the Pacific Northwest Coast

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 40-56

  Gustas, Robert ^a   Supernant, Kisha ^b  

^a Heritage Resource Management Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; Landscape analysis; Least Cost Path analysis; Northwest Coast; Peopling of the New World; Predictive modeling; Seascape

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; GIS; HOLOCENE; MIGRATION; MODELING; MOVEMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; PREDICTION;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 85001103501     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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