Path modelling and settlement pattern

Klemen Zakšek (1, 2) , Élise Fovet (1, 3) , Laure Nuninger (1, 3) , Tomaž Podobnikar (2)

1 LEA MODELTER - European laboratory for Modelling of Landscapes and Territories over the Long Term
2 IAPS - Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies
3 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)

This paper describes the contribution of path modelling to the ancient settlement pattern study over the long term. The path modelling methodology is a stimulating tool, which is complementary to the hierarchical approaches in the landscape archaeology since it contributes to the understanding of the spatial relation between archaeological sites. The existing methodology was enhanced by enlarging the set of path reconstitution parameters (visibility) and by modelling in two scales. The proposed model is based on parameters derived merely from the relief because its changes should be insignificant even over a long period time

Mots clés: energy-consumption; archaeology; settlement pattern; ancient path; friction surface; visibility

Mots clés: archéologie; système de peuplement; voies anciennes; surface de friction; modélisation; visibilité

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Klemen Zakšek, Élise Fovet, Laure Nuninger, Tomaž Podobnikar. Path modelling and settlement pattern. 35th Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Apr 2007, Berlin, Germany. pp.309-315. ⟨hal-00404911⟩