Landscape use (Other Keyword)
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The Viedma lake basin -connected to the Patagonian Southern Ice Field- has been recently incorporated to the discussion about the human occupation of southern Patagonia. The distribution of artifacts in different sectors of steppe: 1) plateaus (950-1000 masl), 2) plateaus basis (750 masl), 3) intermediate pampas (300-700 masl)-, large open spaces formed by glacial deposits- and 4) the north coast of the lake (255-300 masl) has been surveyed. The study was complemented with technological artifact...
Landscape Use in Southeastern Ethiopia (2017)
The widespread availability of satellite data has opened up parts of the world that have long been inaccessible for archaeological research. One such area is the border between Ethiopia and Somalia, which has been embroiled in civil conflicts for the past 30 years. As such, little is known about the cultural heritage of southeastern Ethiopia and the greater Somalia region. This project shows how using geographic information systems (GIS) as a form of initial survey can reveal substantial results...
Understanding Home-Making and Urban Landscape Creation in Montgomery, Alabama (2020)
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the summer of 2018 an architectural survey of African American communities around downtown Montgomery, Alabama was conducted. This urban environment was built between 1870 and 1950, and home construction correspondingly progresses from late Victorian, to bungalows, and then to ranch-style homes. Shotgun houses represent a persistent small-house form over time. However, the...