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T1 Footprints and cartwheels on a pixel road: on the applicability of GIS for the modelling of ancient (Roman) routes
A1 Parcero Oubiña, Óscar
A1 Güimil Fariña, Alejandro
A1 Fonte, João
A1 Costa García, José Manuel
K1 Movilidad
K1 Vías romanas
K1 GIS
K1 Noroeste ibérico
K1 Multiple least cost paths (LCP)
K1 Roman roads
K1 Mobility
K1 Multiple least cost paths
K1 NW Iberian Peninsula
AB GIS-based digital modelling tools, such as the well-known least costpaths (LCP), have been widely used in archaeology in recent years as ways ofapproaching forms of mobility in the past. Roman roads are among the best-knownexamples of ancient networks of paths and have been widely studied using suchapproaches. In this paper, we shall make a general re ection on the applicability ofthose tools for the modelling and analysis of ancient routes, with a special focus onRoman roads. Drawing from a case study in the NW Iberian Peninsula, we shalldiscuss certain aspects related to the potential and limits of Cumulative Costs, LCPand other related tools for the modelling and analysis of ancient roads. We willillustrate how the use of tools which explore potential mobility in less restrictedways can help to overcome some of the limitations of LCP.
PB Springer
SN 978-3-030-04576-0
SN 978-3-030-04575-3
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23916
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23916
LA eng
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