A GIS-based archaeological decision-support model for Cultural Resource Management
- Title
- A GIS-based archaeological decision-support model for Cultural Resource Management
- Creator(s)
- Mehrer, Mark W.
- Date
- 2002
- Is Part Of
-
Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 125–133
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- Cultural resource management (CRM) work in the United States has recently produced vast amounts of data that are now being assembled in large databases. Thus, the potential has grown for useful site location models in support of heritage conservation. As Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become more powerful, they have become more useful to archaeologists. The realm of archaeological predictive modeling has grown to include at least three types of models that focus either on site-prospection, on understanding ancient ways of life, or on decision-support for cultural resource managers. Decision-support modelling seems to have the greatest near-term potential as a useful modelling tool. However, there are also significant methodological and theoretical issues yet to be resolved before such tools can be widely used. An example of an archaeological site location model currently in development illustrates the potential of decision-support modeling. Some of the problems inherent in site-prospection and ancient-behavior analysis can be avoided in models designed as decision-support tools.
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