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Footprints and Cartwheels on a Pixel Road: On the Applicability of GIS for the Modelling of Ancient (Roman) Routes

Parcero-Oubiña, César, Güimil-Fariña, Alejandro, Fonte, João, Costa-García, José Manuel·2019·Computational Social Sciences
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-04576-0_14
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GIS-based digital modelling tools, such as the well-known least cost paths (LCP), have been widely used in archaeology in recent years as ways of approaching forms of mobility in the past. Roman roads are among the best-known examples of ancient networks of paths and have been widely studied using such approaches. In this paper, we shall make a general reflection on the applicability of those tools for the modelling and analysis of ancient routes, with a special focus on Roman roads. Drawing from a case study in the NW Iberian Peninsula, we shall discuss certain aspects related to the potential and limits of Cumulative Costs, LCP and other related tools for the modelling and analysis of ancient roads. We will illustrate how the use of tools which explore potential mobility in less restricted ways can help to overcome some of the limitations of LCP.

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  • New ways of modelling ancient movement that look beyond LCPs to explore multiple optimal routes or the range of probable routes between points have been proposed, such as those utilizing circuit theory, flow accumulation, focal mobility networks, or Monte Carlo simulation.

    “new ways of modelling ancient movement that look beyond LCPs to explore multiple optimal routes or the range of probable routes between points have come to be proposed, such as those utilizing circuit theory (”

    From ‘Benefit Maximizing Routes’: Development and Evaluation Using the Historical Roads of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) (2022) · cites this paper as Parcero-Oubiña et al. 2019

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Authors
Parcero-Oubiña, C., Güimil-Fariña, A., Fonte, J., & Costa-García, J. M.
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Computational Social Sciences
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published
2019
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291-311
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  • 2509-9574
  • 2509-9582
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-04576-0_14
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