A regional model of archaeological distributions for Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42º, Patagonia, Argentina

SCHEINSOHN, VIVIAN; S.D. MATTEUCCI

Uso de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) en la arqueología sudamericana

Archaeopress- BAR

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2013; p. 61 - 72

This paper presents a regional model of archaeological distributions in the context of a project framed by landscape ecology and landscape archaeology. The spatial model is constructed using Binford?s (2001) broad behavioural huntergatherer and climatic data and the specific spatial configuration of the study area. The location of archaeological materials from Northwestern Andean Patagonia, Argentina is modelled using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and image processing techniques. The model was tested against the spatial distribution of known archaeological rock art sites and it shows to be a good predictor of them.