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Changing Landscapes – A GIS analysis of Neolithic site location and shore displacement in Eastern Central Sweden.

This article is an attempt to put forward the use of new digital techniques and data for understanding prehistoric landscapes. The starting point is that the specific characteristics of the landscape and of the sites included affect the interpretation. One character is the contemporary landscape and its topographies. Ancient landscapes can be successfully recreated digitally using GIS. By applying GIS methodology, a regression equation and new data, we reinvestigated an hypothesis proposed by Welinder in 1978 concerning the acculturation of the Pitted Ware Culture. The results indicate that a reconstruction of the landscape may alter the understanding of the Neolithic land use and the question of the relocation and termination of the Pitted Ware Culture at the end of Middle Neolithic B.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-200090
Date January 2013
Creatorsvon Hackwitz, Kim, Stenbäck, Niklas
PublisherUppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, Uppsala : Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle in journal, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationJournal of Archaeology and Ancient History (JAAH), 2013, 6, s. 1-26

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