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Space and spatial analysis in archaeology / edited by Elizabeth C. Robertson ... [et al.].

By: University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference (34th : 2001 : University of Calgary)Contributor(s): Robertson, Elizabeth C, 1971- | University of Calgary. Archaeological AssociationMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Calgary : [Albuquerque, N.M.] : University of Calgary Press ; University of New Mexico Press, c2006. Description: xxiii, 406 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN: 1552381684 (University of Calgary Press); 0826340229 (University of New Mexico Press); 9781552381687 (University of Calgary Press); 9780826340221 (University of New Mexico Press)Subject(s): Social archaeology -- Congresses | Spatial systems -- Congresses | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Congresses | Archaeological geology -- Congresses | Landscape archaeology -- Congresses | Archaeoastronomy -- Congresses | Archéologie sociale -- Congrès | Systèmes spatiaux -- Congrès | Géoarchéologie -- Congrès | Archéologie du paysage -- Congrès | Archéoastronomie -- CongrèsGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedingsDDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: CC72.4 | .U55 2002
Contents:
1 Introduction / Jeffrey Seibert -- 2 Beyond geoarchaeology : pragmatist explorations of alternative viewscapes in the British Bronze Age and beyond / Mary Ann Owoc -- 3 Perceptions of landscapes in uncertain times : Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico and the Volcan Baru, Panama / Karen G. Holmberg, Travis W. Stanton, Scott R. Hutson -- 4 Specialization, social complexity and vernacular architecture : a cross-cultural study of space construction / Elizabeth A. Bagwell -- 5 Maya mortuary spaces as cosmological metaphors / Pamela L. Geller -- 6 The behavioural ecology of early Pleistocene hominids in the Koobi Fora region, East Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya / S.M. Cachel, J.W.K. Harris -- 7 Spatial models of intrasettlement spatial organization in the EIA of Southern Africa : a view from Ndondondwane on the central cattle pattern / Haskel Greenfield, Len O. van Schalkwyk --^
8 The intrasettlement spatial structure of early Neolithic settlements in temperate Southeastern Europe : a view from Blagotin, Serbia / Haskel Greenfield, Tina Jongsma -- 9 The inhabitation of Rio Viejo's acropolis / Arthur A. Joyce -- 10 Who put the "Haram" in the Mahram Bilqis? / William D. Glanzman -- 11 The form, style and function of structure 12A, Minanha, Belize / Jeffrey Seibert -- 12 The machine in the ceremonial centre / H. Stanley Loten -- 13 Messages in stone : constructing sociopolitical inequality in late Bronze Age Cyprus / Kevin D. Fisher -- 14 Individual, household, and community space in early Bronze Age Western Anatolia and the nearby islands / Carolyn Aslan -- 15 Body, boundaries, and "lived" urban space : a research model for the eighth-century city at Copan, Honduras / Allan L. Maca -- 16 The symbolic space of the ancient Maya sweatbath / Mark B. Child --^
17 Space, place, and the rise of "urbanism" in the Canadian Arctic / Peter C. Dawson 18 Architectural variability in the Maya lowlands of the late classic period : a recent perspective on ancient Maya cultural diversity / Martin Lominy -- 19 Maya readings of settlement space / Denise Fay Brown -- 20 Spatial alignments in Maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin -- 21 Archaeological approaches to ancient Maya geopolitical borders / Gyles Iannone -- 22 Reconstructing ritual : some thoughts on the location of petroglyph groups in the Nasca Valley, Peru / Ana Nieves -- 23 "What you see is where you are" : an examination of Native North American place names / Christine Schreyer -- 24 Burials and the landscapes of Gournia, Crete, in the Bronze Age / Georgios Vavouranakis -- 25 The origins of transhumant pastoralism in temperate Southeastern Europe / Elizabeth R. Arnold, Haskel J. Greenfield --^
26 Clovis progenitors : from Swan Point, Alaska to Anzick site, Montana in less than a decade? / G. Vance Haynes, Jr. -- 27 Impacts of imperialism : Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine landscapes in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan / Graeme Barker, Patrick Daly, Paul Newson -- 28 Comparing landscapes of transportation : riverine-oriented and land-oriented systems in the Indus civilization and the Mughal Empire / Heather M.-L. Miller -- 29 The life and times of a British logging road in Belize / Olivia Ng, Paul R. Cackler -- 30 Moving mountains : the trade and transport of rocks and minerals within the greater Indus Valley region / Randall Law -- 31 Hidden passage : Graeco-Roman roads in Egypt's eastern desert / Jennifer E. Gates -- 32 Boats, bitumen and bartering : the use of a utilitarian good to track movement and transport in ancient exchange systems / Mark Schwartz, David Hollander --^
33 Weaving space : textile imagery and landscape in the Mixtec codices / Sharisse D. McCafferty, Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- 34 Engendering Roman spaces / Penelope M. Allison -- 35 A star of Naranjo : the celestial presence of God L / Michele Mae Bernatz 36 Performing Coatepec : the raising of the banners festival among the Mexica / Rex Koontz --37 Archaeology in the new world order : what we can offer the planet / Carole L. Crumley.
Summary: Spatial analysis is the archaeology of space and place and is concerned with the creation of a cultural landscape focusing on archaeoastronomy, geoarchaeology, and ancient landscapes. Incorporating emerging technology such as GPS positioning and new forms of diagnostic imaging, spatial analysis can enable scientists to study the wider landscape of ancient human settlements. The ability to peer through time and clearly view the distribution of settlements and particular landforms, and to determine resource areas, provides researchers with invaluable information regarding the social relations, economy, and ecology of any community in the distant past. The papers were selected from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference, designed to examine human interaction with the environment, both physically and cognitively.
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Papers originally presented at the 34th Annual Chacmool Conference held at the University of Calgary, Nov. 14th-18th., 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction / Jeffrey Seibert -- 2 Beyond geoarchaeology : pragmatist explorations of alternative viewscapes in the British Bronze Age and beyond / Mary Ann Owoc -- 3 Perceptions of landscapes in uncertain times : Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico and the Volcan Baru, Panama / Karen G. Holmberg, Travis W. Stanton, Scott R. Hutson -- 4 Specialization, social complexity and vernacular architecture : a cross-cultural study of space construction / Elizabeth A. Bagwell -- 5 Maya mortuary spaces as cosmological metaphors / Pamela L. Geller -- 6 The behavioural ecology of early Pleistocene hominids in the Koobi Fora region, East Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya / S.M. Cachel, J.W.K. Harris -- 7 Spatial models of intrasettlement spatial organization in the EIA of Southern Africa : a view from Ndondondwane on the central cattle pattern / Haskel Greenfield, Len O. van Schalkwyk --^

8 The intrasettlement spatial structure of early Neolithic settlements in temperate Southeastern Europe : a view from Blagotin, Serbia / Haskel Greenfield, Tina Jongsma -- 9 The inhabitation of Rio Viejo's acropolis / Arthur A. Joyce -- 10 Who put the "Haram" in the Mahram Bilqis? / William D. Glanzman -- 11 The form, style and function of structure 12A, Minanha, Belize / Jeffrey Seibert -- 12 The machine in the ceremonial centre / H. Stanley Loten -- 13 Messages in stone : constructing sociopolitical inequality in late Bronze Age Cyprus / Kevin D. Fisher -- 14 Individual, household, and community space in early Bronze Age Western Anatolia and the nearby islands / Carolyn Aslan -- 15 Body, boundaries, and "lived" urban space : a research model for the eighth-century city at Copan, Honduras / Allan L. Maca -- 16 The symbolic space of the ancient Maya sweatbath / Mark B. Child --^

17 Space, place, and the rise of "urbanism" in the Canadian Arctic / Peter C. Dawson 18 Architectural variability in the Maya lowlands of the late classic period : a recent perspective on ancient Maya cultural diversity / Martin Lominy -- 19 Maya readings of settlement space / Denise Fay Brown -- 20 Spatial alignments in Maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin -- 21 Archaeological approaches to ancient Maya geopolitical borders / Gyles Iannone -- 22 Reconstructing ritual : some thoughts on the location of petroglyph groups in the Nasca Valley, Peru / Ana Nieves -- 23 "What you see is where you are" : an examination of Native North American place names / Christine Schreyer -- 24 Burials and the landscapes of Gournia, Crete, in the Bronze Age / Georgios Vavouranakis -- 25 The origins of transhumant pastoralism in temperate Southeastern Europe / Elizabeth R. Arnold, Haskel J. Greenfield --^

26 Clovis progenitors : from Swan Point, Alaska to Anzick site, Montana in less than a decade? / G. Vance Haynes, Jr. -- 27 Impacts of imperialism : Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine landscapes in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan / Graeme Barker, Patrick Daly, Paul Newson -- 28 Comparing landscapes of transportation : riverine-oriented and land-oriented systems in the Indus civilization and the Mughal Empire / Heather M.-L. Miller -- 29 The life and times of a British logging road in Belize / Olivia Ng, Paul R. Cackler -- 30 Moving mountains : the trade and transport of rocks and minerals within the greater Indus Valley region / Randall Law -- 31 Hidden passage : Graeco-Roman roads in Egypt's eastern desert / Jennifer E. Gates -- 32 Boats, bitumen and bartering : the use of a utilitarian good to track movement and transport in ancient exchange systems / Mark Schwartz, David Hollander --^

33 Weaving space : textile imagery and landscape in the Mixtec codices / Sharisse D. McCafferty, Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- 34 Engendering Roman spaces / Penelope M. Allison -- 35 A star of Naranjo : the celestial presence of God L / Michele Mae Bernatz 36 Performing Coatepec : the raising of the banners festival among the Mexica / Rex Koontz --37 Archaeology in the new world order : what we can offer the planet / Carole L. Crumley.

Spatial analysis is the archaeology of space and place and is concerned with the creation of a cultural landscape focusing on archaeoastronomy, geoarchaeology, and ancient landscapes. Incorporating emerging technology such as GPS positioning and new forms of diagnostic imaging, spatial analysis can enable scientists to study the wider landscape of ancient human settlements. The ability to peer through time and clearly view the distribution of settlements and particular landforms, and to determine resource areas, provides researchers with invaluable information regarding the social relations, economy, and ecology of any community in the distant past. The papers were selected from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference, designed to examine human interaction with the environment, both physically and cognitively.