id
	15761
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/15761
Resource template
	Book Section
Resource class
	bibo:BookSection
Title
	A Roman puzzle. Trying to find the Via Belgica with GIS
Creator
	Verhagen, Philip
	Jeneson, K.
Publisher
	University of Michigan Press
Date
	2012
Language
	eng
Abstract
	In this paper we address the issue of using least cost path (LCP) modelling for a practical case study: the prediction of a 7 km stretch of Roman road (the Via Belgica) in the Dutch province of Limburg. Despite extensive archaeological research, the nature of the evidence is such that it does not allow us to project the route with sufficient confidence. LCP modelling can then be helpful to develop possible scenarios, departing from the available evidence and general assumptions about Roman road building. Using these scenarios, we managed to come up with a few plausible routes that we hope to test in the near future. Developing the scenarios made us think harder about the nature of Roman road building strategies and the interpretation of the available evidence. However, we also had to conclude that the available tools and theories are not very well suited for the kind of models that we would like to produce.
Is Part Of
	Thinking beyond the Tool: Archaeological computing and the interpretive process
Spatial Coverage
	Ann Arbor, MI
Editor
	Chrysanthi, Angeliki
	Murrieta Flores, Patricia
	Papadopoulos, Constantinos
Isbn
	978-1-4073-0927-9 978-1-4073-3910-8
Uri
	https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/pc289k676
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/B3TM72WP/item-list

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