Overview

Major advances in the use of geographic information systems have been made in both anthropology and archaeology. Yet there are few published discussions of these new applications and their use in solving complex problems. This book explores these techniques, showing how they have been successfully deployed to pursue research previously considered too difficult--or impossible--to undertake. Among the projects described here are studies of land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon, settlement patterns in the Pacific northwest, ethnic distribution within the Los Angeles garment industry, and prehistoric sociopolitical development among the Anasazi. Following an introduction that discusses the theory of geographic information systems in relation to anthropological inquiry, the book is divided into sections demonstrating actual applications in cultural anthropology, archaeology, paleoanthropology, and physical anthropology. The work will be of much interest within all these communities.

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Author:   Mark Aldenderfer (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara) ,  Herbert D. G. Maschner (Professor, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780195085754

ISBN 10:   0195085752
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   03 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: M. Aldenderfer: Quantitative Anthropology, Space, and Geographical Information Systems 2: W.M. Loker: Land Degradation in the Peruvian Amazon: Applying GIS in Human Ecology Research 3: C.G. Arnold and R.P. Appelbaum: The Use of GIS to Measure Spatial Patterns of Ethnic Firms in the Los Angeles Garment Industry 4: C.A. Behrens: A Formal Justification for the Application of GIS to the Cultural Ecological Analysis of Land Use Intensification and Deforestation in the Amazon 5: Susan Stonich: Integrating Socioeconomic and Geographic Information Systems: A Methodology for Rural Development and Agricultural Policy Design 6: K. McGwire, N.A. Chagnon, and C.B. Carias: Empirical and Methodological Problems in Developing a GIS Database for Yanomano Tribesmen Located in Remote Areas 7: C.Van West and T.A. Kohler: A Time to Rend, A Time to Sew: New Perspectives on Northern Anasazi Sociopolitical Development in Late Prehistory 8: V. Gaffney, Z. Stancic, and H. Watson: Moving from Catchments to Cognition: Tentative Steps Towards a Larger Archaeological Context for GIS 9: A.J. Ruggles and R.L. Church: An Analysis of Late-Horizon Settlement Patterns in the Teotihuacan-Temascalapa Basins: A Location-Allocation and GIS Based Approach 10: H.D.G. Maschner: The Politics of Settlement Choice on the Northwest Coast: Cognition, GIS, and Coastal Landscapes 11: C.B. Bosqued, J.B. Preysler, and J. Espiago: The Role of GIS in the Management of Archaeological Data: An Example of Application for the Spanish Administration 12: R. Potts, T. Jorstad, and D. Cole: The Role of GIS in the Interdisciplinary Investigations at Olorgesailie, Kenya, a Pleistocene Archaeological Locality 13: G.R. Lock and T.M. Harris: Danebury Revisited: An English Iron Age Hillfort in a Digital Landscape 14: M.F. Goodchild: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences

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This volume offers something in which almost every anthropologist or archaeologist should be interested...a valuable addition to the anthropological literature on GIS. Journal of Anthropological Research

""This volume offers something in which almost every anthropologist or archaeologist should be interested...a valuable addition to the anthropological literature on GIS."" --Journal of Anthropological Research

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