id
	11381
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/11381
Resource template
	Book
Resource class
	bibo:Book
Title
	Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems
Publisher
	Oxford University Press
Date
	1996
Language
	eng
Abstract
	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.
Spatial Coverage
	New York
Cited by
	11072
Editor
	Aldenderfer, Mark
	Maschner, Herbert D. G.
Isbn
	978-0-19-508575-4
Number of pages
	304
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/HJYW3B2L/item-list

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