Beyond GIS: The archaeology of social spaces

Title

Beyond GIS: The archaeology of social spaces

Creator(s)

Barceló, Joan A.

Pallarés, Maria

Date

1998

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

9

Pages

47–80

Language

eng

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

URI

http://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/id.php?id=248

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/UM6HQDIK/item-list

Abstract

The growing use and increasing sophistication of GIS methods to manage archaeological data is not related to an increase in diversity of use. After two decades on a trial basis, we evaluate in this paper the current ability of Spanish Archaeological GIS applications to meet the expectations placed upon them, especially concerning their role in archaeological method and theory. The purpose of this paper is threefold. Firstly, we summarize the main trends in Spanish GIS-based applications over the last years using a sample of the most recent bibliography. Secondly, we critically examine and evaluate the inherent shortcomings of some existing GIS applications, and finally we review different underlying conceptions of space in GIS projects and propose how such a software can be integrated into a proper theory of social space.