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New Computational and Mathematical Methods for Archaeological Fieldwork at the Extreme South of the Populated World
- Arctic Anthropology
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Volume 46, Numbers 1-2, 2009
- pp. 202-213
- 10.1353/arc.0.0017
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We present the methodology of computer modeling of an archaeological excavation. The method allows the study of archaeological formation, modification and transformation processes. Our main goal has been to build a computer model of midden-site formation processes. The main purpose of these models is converting excavation data to visual elements (lines, surfaces, and solids) which can be used as a representation of that data. Furthermore, geostatistics and other quantitative spatial analysis methods are also discussed to characterize the processes having generated the spatial distribution of archaeological data.