Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Mobile and Semisedentary Peoples: Analytical Approaches to Reconstructing Occupation History

The authors of this volume employ various techniques to quantify artifact spatial patterning and create general models that are comparable across time periods and geographic space. They argue that commonalities in human behavior lead to similar patterns in the organization and maintenance of space by people, and present ideas and approaches to recognize universals in human behaviors, which allow archaeologists to better compare intrasite spatial patterns. The book creates a baseline for new intrasite spatial analyses in the twenty-first century.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2022
Publisher: University of Utah Press,U.S.

The study of artifact spatial patterning is a complex and subjective endeavor, yet there are ways to quantify and compare patterns across time periods and geographic spaces. The authors of this volume employ various techniques, such as large sample sizes, model-driven analyses of the ethnographic record, bone and lithic refitting, and careful consideration of artifact attributes, to elucidate spatial patterning. These detailed analyses enable archaeologists to better interpret site formation processes and address large-scale anthropological questions.

The volume includes studies that span archaeological and ethnographic contexts, from highly mobile Paleoindian foragers to semi-sedentary preagriculturalists of the Epipaleolithic and modern pastoralists in Mongolia. The authors argue that commonalities in human behavior lead to similar patterns in the organization and maintenance of space by people. They present a series of ideas and approaches to recognize universals in human behaviors, which allow archaeologists to better compare intrasite spatial patterns.

The book serves as a baseline for new intrasite spatial analyses in the twenty-first century. It contributes to our understanding of human behavior and spatial organization and provides valuable insights for archaeologists and other scholars interested in this field.

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647690441