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Patch-based survey methods for studying prehistoric human land-usein agriculturally modified landscapes: A case study from the Canal de Navarrés, eastern Spain

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Patch-based survey methods for studying prehistoric human land-usein agriculturally modified landscapes: A case study from the Canal de Navarrés, eastern Spain

dc.contributor.author	Snitker, Grant
dc.contributor.author	Diez Castillo, Agustín
dc.contributor.author	Barton, C. Michael
dc.contributor.author	Bernabeu, Joan, 1954-
dc.contributor.author	García Puchol, Oreto
dc.contributor.author	Pardo Gordó, Salvador
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-14T08:52:33Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-14T08:52:33Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.citation	Snitker, Grant Díez Castillo, Agustín Barton, C. Michael Bernabeu, Joan García Puchol, Oreto Pardo Gordó, Salvador 2018 Patch-based survey methods for studying prehistoric human land-usein agriculturally modified landscapes: A case study from the Canal de Navarrés, eastern Spain Quaternary International 2018 1 18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/65465
dc.description.abstract	In landscapes whose surface has been modiﬁed by terracing and other agricultural land-use, the spatial and temporal patterning of prehistoric settlement can be difﬁcult to detect using traditional, site- orientated archaeological survey methods, especially for small-scale societies. In these contexts, methods that can reveal occupational patterns at landscape scales, without the need to pinpoint speciﬁc sites of human occupation, can be especially useful. We employ a stratiﬁed, randomly selected patch- based survey strategy to examine socio-ecological dynamics from the Middle Paleolithic through Bell Beaker (Chalcolithic) periods within the Canal de Navarre,s, eastern Spain. We divide the study region into survey strata according to differences in topography and vegetation communities and use a random selection of demarcated, terraced ﬁelds as data collection patches. All survey data is digitally recorded using tablets in the ﬁeld, creating a streamlined and more accurate workﬂow, where observations of artifacts, soils, ground visibility, and photographs are georeferenced and ready for analysis in a GIS. Surface artifact densities, estimated from sampled patches, are used to generate prehistoric land-use maps and empirical Bayesian methods allow us to track shifts in occupational patterns through time. Regional reference collections of well-dated lithic artifacts provide the 'prior knowledge' required to make estimates of the probability of prehistoric occupation in each sampled patch. This combination of ﬁeld and analytical methods makes possible the study of regional-scale land-use dynamics in agriculturally modiﬁed landscapes
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaternary International, 2018, vol. 2018, p. 1-18
dc.subject	Arqueologia Metodologia
dc.title	Patch-based survey methods for studying prehistoric human land-usein agriculturally modified landscapes: A case study from the Canal de Navarrés, eastern Spain
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2018-03-14T08:52:33Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.quaint.2018.01.034
dc.identifier.idgrec	124086
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES