Expanding omnidirectional geospatial modeling for archaeology: A case study of dispersal in a “New England” colonial frontier (ca. 1600–1750)
Abstract
Geospatial landscape connectivity modeling techniques are widely used in archaeological studies of past human movement patterns and landscape interactions. Recent advancements in the development of omnidirectional modeling approaches present new avenues for research design and require introduction into the field. In this paper, we present a novel adaptation of a point-based omnidirectional model design that we use to advance understandings of early colonial expansion (ca. 1600–1750 CE) into a social and ecological frontier landscape in the Northeastern United States, the Great Bay Estuary. We build case-specific resistance surfaces and use Circuitscape modeling to simulate the outward dispersal of settler colonists from the landscape's central water bodies while accounting for the influences of both water-based and overland travel, as well as the availability of specific natural resources. The outcome of the simulation performs well when tested statistically against the archaeological record and the value of multivariate model parameterization is highlighted both quantitatively and qualitatively. This case study offers a framework others could use to advance their own contextually-informed modeling of past human dispersal and landscape interactions.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
An analysis of variance test for normality (complete samples)
SHAPIRO, S. S., & WILK, M. B. (1965) · Biometrika · doi:10.1093/biomet/52.3-4.591 · Cited by 23,480 · see citing works
Individual Comparisons by Ranking Methods
Wilcoxon, F. (1945) · Biometrics Bulletin · doi:10.2307/3001968 · Cited by 15,354 · see citing works
Asymptotic Theory of Certain "Goodness of Fit" Criteria Based on Stochastic Processes
Anderson, T. W., & Darling, D. A. (1952) · The Annals of Mathematical Statistics · doi:10.1214/aoms/1177729437 · Cited by 3,542 · see citing works
USING CIRCUIT THEORY TO MODEL CONNECTIVITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND CONSERVATION
McRae, B. H., Dickson, B. G., Keitt, T. H., & Shah, V. B. (2008) · Ecology · doi:10.1890/07-1861.1 · Cited by 2,215 · see citing works
Minireview: Quantifying Landscape Spatial Pattern: What Is the State of the Art?
Gustafson, E. J. (1998) · Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s100219900011 · Cited by 1,671 · see citing works
MEASURING LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY: THE CHALLENGE OF BEHAVIORAL LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
Bélisle, M. (2005) · Ecology · doi:10.1890/04-0923 · Cited by 496 · see citing works
Circuit‐theory applications to connectivity science and conservation
Dickson, B. G., Albano, C. M., Anantharaman, R., Beier, P., Fargione, J., Graves, T. A., Gray, M. E., Hall, K. R., Lawler, J. J., Leonard, P. B., et al. (2018) · Conservation Biology · doi:10.1111/cobi.13230 · Cited by 439 · see citing works
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Kupperman, K. O., & Cronon, W. J. (1984) · Journal of American History · doi:10.2307/1899845 · Cited by 405 · see citing works
Four Centuries of Change in Northeastern United States Forests
Thompson, J. R., Carpenter, D. N., Cogbill, C. V., & Foster, D. R. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072540 · Cited by 331 · see citing works
Landscape connectivity for wildlife: development and validation of multispecies linkage maps
Koen, E. L., Bowman, J., Sadowski, C., & Walpole, A. A. (2014) · Methods in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1111/2041-210x.12197 · Cited by 293 · see citing works
Spatial Graphs: Principles and Applications for Habitat Connectivity
Fall, A., Fortin, M., Manseau, M., et al. (2007) · Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s10021-007-9038-7 · Cited by 264 · see citing works
Beyond the map : archaeology and spatial technologies
Lock, G., & Technologies, S. (2000) · Cited by 255 · see citing works
Circuitscape: A Tool for Landscape Ecology
Shah, V. B., & McRae, B. (2008) · Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences · doi:10.25080/ewdj4033 · Cited by 172 · see citing works
Howey, M. C. L. (2007) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.01.002 · Cited by 172 · see citing works
Self-citationHowey, M. C. L. (2011) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.024 · Cited by 164 · see citing works
Self-citationCircuitscape in Julia: High Performance Connectivity Modelling to Support Conservation Decisions
(2020) · JuliaCon Proceedings · doi:10.21105/jcon.00058 · Cited by 163 · see citing works
Pelletier, D., Clark, M. M., Anderson, M. G., Rayfield, B., Wulder, M. A., & Cardille, J. A. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084135 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Self-citationSmall-Scale Continental Landform Maps
Hammond, E. H. (1954) · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · doi:10.1080/00045605409352120 · Cited by 138 · see citing works
Circuitscape in julia: empowering dynamic approaches to connectivity assessment
Hall, K. R., Anantharaman, R., Landau, V. A., Clark, M., Dickson, B. G., Jones, A., Platt, J., Edelman, A., & Shah, V. B. (2021) · Land · doi:10.3390/land10030301 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Self-citationLlobera, M. (2012) · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · doi:10.1007/s10816-012-9139-2 · Cited by 114 · see citing works
The Basics of Least Cost Analysis for Archaeological Applications
White, D. A. (2015) · Advances in Archaeological Practice · doi:10.7183/2326-3768.3.4.407 · Cited by 80 · see citing works
The ecology of the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine: An Estuarine Profile and Bibliography
Short, F. T. (1992) · University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Least cost path analysis of early maritime movement on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Gustas, R., & Supernant, K. (2016) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2016.11.006 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Richards-Rissetto, H., & Landau, K. (2013) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.006 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
Rowe, S. (1990) · Cited by 63 · see citing works
(1995) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.32-6216 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Comparison of methods for estimating omnidirectional landscape connectivity
Phillips, P. M., Clark, M. M., Baral, S., Koen, E. L., & Bowman, J. (2021) · Landscape Ecology · doi:10.1007/s10980-021-01254-2 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Self-citationSmith, J. T., & Royster, P. (2006) · Lincoln (University of Nebraska) · Cited by 40 · see citing works
McLean, A., & Rubio-Campillo, X. (2022) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105534 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Foster, D. R., Donahue, B., Kittredge, D. B., Motzkin, G., Hall, B. R., Turner, B., & Chilton, E. S. (2008) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780195367966.003.0003 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Seitsonen, O., & Viljanmaa, S. (2021) · Journal of Field Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00934690.2021.1881723 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Algeo, T. P., Slate, D., Caron, R. M., Atwood, T. C., Recuenco, S., Ducey, M. J., Chipman, R. B., & Palace, M. (2017) · Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease · doi:10.3390/tropicalmed2030044 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Self-citationCrossing the western Altiplano: The ecological context of Tiwanaku migrations
Vining, B. R., & Williams, P. R. (2019) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2019.105046 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Wildland and Woodlands: A Forest Vision for New England
Foster, D. R., Donahue, B., Kittredge, D. B., Fallon-Lambert, K., Hunter, M. L., Hall, B., Irland, L. C., Lilieholm, R. J., Orwig, D. A., D’Amato, A. W., et al. (2010) · Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Colonial America: A History to 1763
Middleton, R., & Lombard, A. S. (2011) · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Howey, M. C. L., & Burg, M. B. (2021) · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101272 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Self-citationDynamic Landscape Connectivity Special Issue Editorial
Jennings, M. K., Zeller, K. A., & Lewison, R. L. (2021) · Land · doi:10.3390/land10060555 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Snowshoe Country: An Environmental and Cultural History of Winter in the Early American Northeast
Gunther, M. (2019) · Journal of American History · doi:10.1093/jahist/jaz362 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 5
- Candee, 1970, Merchant and millwright: the water powered sawmills of the Piscataqua, Old Time N. Engl., 60, 131
- Howey, 2017, Assessing the state of archaeological GIS research: unbinding analyses of past landscapes. Journal of archaeological science, archaeological GIS today: persistent challenges, pushing old boundaries, and Exploring New Horizons, 84, 1
- Kohut, 2018, A multidirectional model for studying mobility affordance of past landscapes. Journal of Archaeological Science:, Report, 19, 239
- Veracini, 2010, vol. 10
- Wernke, 2017, A GIS of affordances: movement and visibility at a planned colonial town in highland Peru. Journal of archaeological science, archaeological GIS today: persistent challenges,, Pushing Old Boundaries, and Exploring New Horizons, 84, 22
Cited by
Still being checked.
- Authors
- Kelly, D. R., Clark, M. M., Palace, M., & Howey, M. C. L.
- Affiliations
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- The Nature Conservancy (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kelly, Dylan R.
- ORCID
- Kelly, Dylan R.
- Venue
- Journal of Archaeological Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-02
- Volume
- 150
- Pages
- 105710
- ISSN
- 0305-4403 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4313623230
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4
- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Archaeological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Archaeological Research and Protection
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Keywords
- Circuitscape, human dispersal, colonial frontier, Great Bay Estuary, resistance surfaces, natural resource availability, landscape interaction
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
