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Author:   Jessica Murray
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.973kg
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9781407316079

ISBN 10:   1407316079
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   30 November 2018
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Chapter 1 Setting the Scene Introduction Interpretations of the appearance of hillforts Immigration Political and social instability: defence or display? A central place Approaches to hillfort research Landscape analysis-systems theory The role of enclosures within a hillfort system, is there a difference? Typologies and classification systems Landscape analysis - hillfort location The enhancement of earlier approaches to hillforts within the landscape Chapter 2 Methodology and Research Questions The significance of the application of GIS-based analysis to hillfort location and morphology The significance of a multi-regional approach to hillfort location and morphology Initial methodological stages: Test area selection and the acquisition of a DTM Test area sampling Site morphology in relation to topography Method of investigation Visibility Movement Movement AND visibility Conclusion Chapter 3 Ceredigion Introduction Data Introduction to the sites Physical relationship of the hillfort morphology and location with the landscape topography Image Correct Pathways Morphologically induced correct pathways Slope-based correct pathways Visible correct pathways Blind correct pathways The wider archaeological context Conclusion Chapter 4 Multi-regional GIS-based Analysis of Hillfort Location and Morphology Introduction to the test areas Dartmoor Aberdeenshire The Gower Warminster Summary Physical relationship of the hillfort morphology and location with the landscape topography Summary Image Summary Correct pathways Morphologically defined correct pathways Slope-based correct pathways Visible correct pathways Blind correct pathways The wider archaeological context Summary Conclusion Chapter 5 Conclusion Introduction Physical relationship of hillfort morphologies and locations with the landscape topography Ostentatious and adequate responses to landscape qualities Topographic and morphological prominence Visual prominence and the definition of hillforts The falsification of images through disproportionate vallation sequences Visually open and closed hillforts Correct pathways Beyond movement, visibility and topography Physical associations with the past Wider chronological picture Concluding remarks Chapter 6 GIS Approaches and British Hillforts - Lessons Learnt and Future Prospects Revisiting the aims and objectives A critical analysis of the methodology and data Does the application of GIS-based analysis enhance Driver's non-GIS-based analysis? The physical relationship between hillfort morphology and topography Image Correct pathways The step forward and future research prospects Bibliography

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'To the best of my knowledge this is the first time that GIS analysis of the relationship between hillfort location and morphology has been systematically applied in Britain or elsewhere in Europe.' Dennis Harding, Abercromby Professor of Archaeology (Emeritus), University of Edinburgh 'By challenging previous hypotheses it usefully moves the debate forwards. . A welcome addition to the current literature on both hillfort studies and on applied GIS in archaeology.' Dr Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham

'To the best of my knowledge this is the first time that GIS analysis of the relationship between hillfort location and morphology has been systematically applied in Britain or elsewhere in Europe.' Dennis Harding, Abercromby Professor of Archaeology (Emeritus), University of Edinburgh 'By challenging previous hypotheses it usefully moves the debate forwards. . A welcome addition to the current literature on both hillfort studies and on applied GIS in archaeology.' Dr Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham

'Murray's monograph is a thorough study, enlivened by numerous innovative colour illustrations which apply welcome scientific and technological rigour to the concepts of hillfort monumentality and non-functional approaches to hillfort architecture and design.' Toby Driver, Archaeologia Cambrensis, Vol 169, 2020 'To the best of my knowledge this is the first time that GIS analysis of the relationship between hillfort location and morphology has been systematically applied in Britain or elsewhere in Europe.' Dennis Harding, Abercromby Professor of Archaeology (Emeritus), University of Edinburgh 'By challenging previous hypotheses it usefully moves the debate forwards. . A welcome addition to the current literature on both hillfort studies and on applied GIS in archaeology.' Dr Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham

Author Information

Jessica Murray was awarded an AHRC-funded DPhil as part of the Atlas of Hillforts in Britain and Ireland project; this book presents a revised version of the results of her thesis. She is currently an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Chester, where she is developing GIS-based methodologies to investigate site location and form.

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