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Document Details : Title: Spatial Distribution Analyses and Database Management with GIS in Bronze Age Palaikastro, Crete Author(s): HACIGUZELLER, Piraye Journal: Terra Incognita Volume: 1 Date: 2006 Pages: 105-112 DOI: 10.2143/TI.1.0.2015272 Abstract : This study utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to manage and analyse the artefactual data at Palaikastro, a Bronze Age site on Crete. Data from the 1986-1996 excavation seasons are assigned keywords, and then queried during the analyses according to their raw materials, interpretations, types, attributed chronological phases, or any logical combination of these four. The analyses are performed to discuss the role of GIS as an intra-site database management tool in archaeological projects and to test the existence of meaningful and consistent spatial patterning of artefacts across the area considered. The study concludes that the power of GIS in handling archaeological spatial data in Palaikastro is indisputable. Having examined the artefacts’ spatial patterning, this study also concludes that at Palaikastro, certain structures show distinctive functionalities, some of which were already pointed out by the excavators mainly relying on architectural evidences. |
