GIS and historical archaeology. The case of the island of Hvar in Croatia

Title

GIS and historical archaeology. The case of the island of Hvar in Croatia

Creator(s)

Gaffney, Vincent

Stančič, Zoran

Date

1994

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

5

Pages

257-267

Language

eng

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

URI

http://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/id.php?id=101

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/6T59PJN3/item-list

Abstract

The authors illustrate the application of a GIS technology within the field of historical archaeology. They discuss a GIS pilot study of the Adriatic island of Hvar in Croatia, using the Geographical Resource Analysis Support System (GRASS), a Unix based software. Basic data was obtained through a survey of all the archaeological monuments on the island. In contrast to Greek literary sources, the GIS application gives a different perspective of the historical Greek colonisation of the island of Hvar (385/4 BC). In fact, after founding Pharos, there is no evidence of permanent Greek settlements extending beyond the plane, so the life of native communities would have continued unchanged.