id
	10230
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10230
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Unbiasing the archaeological record
Creator
	van Leusen, Martijn
Date
	1996
Language
	eng
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Abstract
	The Wroxeter Hinterland Project is a three-year regional research project employing GIS technology in the planning, management, research and publication of a study of the Iron Age and Roman landscape around the Roman city of Viroconium (Wroxeter) in Shropshire. The use of GIS technology in projects such as this has again highlighted the problems associated with scientific interpretation of the known archaeological record, built up mainly over the past century. In particular, the capability of GIS to recognise, extract, and extrapolate patterns in multivariate map data has meant that archaeologists must now resist the temptation to interpret such patterns as anything more than relatively recently introduce biases of site preservation and visibility. This paper explores ways in which GIS can be used to discover, and correct, such biases.
Is Part Of
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/2002
Pages
	129–135
Uri
	http://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/id.php?id=131
Volume
	7
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/7XWAUXLL/item-list

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