The aspects of Aspect: Understanding land exposure and its part in geographic information systems analysis

Malaperdas, George; Panagiotidis, Vayia V.

doi:10.1177/0958305x18766322

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“…With regards to the climatological conditions it was observed that the majority of the sites are located in southern directions (Malaperdas and Panagiotidis 2018), so that maximum sunshine conditions prevailed and the sites were protected from the strong cold north winds.…”

Section: Indicators Of Climatological Factorsmentioning

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The habitation Model Trend Calculation (MTC): A new effective tool for predictive modeling in archaeology

Malaperdas

Zacharias

2019

Geo-spatial Information Science

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The aim of this paper is to create and present a new archaeological predictive model via GIS, incorporating what archaeologists consider the most important criterion absent of similar past models, that of critical thinking. The new model suggested in this paper is named habitation Model Trend Calculation (MTC) and is not only integrates the archaeological questions with a critical view, but it can be easily adjusted, according to the conditions or the questions concerning the archaeological community. Furthermore, it uses new topographical and geomorphological indexes such as Topographical Index (TPI), Hillslope and Landform Classification that give a new sense of the topographical and geomorphological characteristics of the examined area; therefore this model is a more powerful tool compared to older models that did not use new topographical and geomorphological indexes. The success of the created model is checked as a case study in the region of Messenia, Greece during the Mycenaean era. The region of Messenia is considered as one of the most important Mycenaean regions of Greece due to the great number and the importance of Mycenaean sites identified. For the present paper, 140 habitation sites were divided into four hierarchical categories (centers, large villages, villages, and farms) based on the extent and the plurality of the tholos tombs that exist in the broader region and according to the hierarchical categorization used by the archaeologists who have studied the area. The new predictive model presented in this work can assist in solving a series of criticisms that have been expressed in the previous studies regarding such models. Additionally, in the case of Mycenaean Messenia, the model shows excellent results in relation to the habitats of the time.

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Section: Indicators Of Climatological Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The habitation Model Trend Calculation (MTC): A new effective tool for predictive modeling in archaeology

Malaperdas

Zacharias

2019

Geo-spatial Information Science

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“…Data provided by the aspect analyses of the area in combination with very mild winds suggest a stable environment protected from extreme meteorological conditions. South facing slopes provide higher temperatures with lower humidity creating a better living environment (Malaperdas and Panagiotidis 2018). Despite the moderate and steep sloped terrain of the area walking distances and times are manageable supporting a deliberate connection between the selected areas.…”

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Environmental aspects of ancient city planning: a pilot study on Ancient Thouria in the Peloponnese, Greece

Panagiotidis

Malaperdas

Valantou

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STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research

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In this paper environmental, topographic and geological data of the Classical till Roman Times thriving city of Ancient Thouria situated in Messenia, SW Peloponnese, Greece are presented in context to their archaeological interpretation of the study area's landscape and usage. Using environmental and geographic factors in collaboration with soil characterization, a preliminary spatial analysis was conducted, aiming at the archaeological interpretation of parameters such as water availability, weather conditions, topography, settlement accessibility and land fertility, taking under account analytical data of soil samples retrieved from a section of an ongoing excavation. The study was conducted using a digital elevation model of the area that enabled the examination of the criteria of watershed, slope, aspect and visibility and assisted X-ray Fluorescence analysis of soil samples from the Asklepieion excavated area thus highlighting the contribution of spatial and in situ analysis to archaeology.

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“…Two major uses of DEMs are the calculation of the slope and aspect [3,5,12]. Using relatively simple algorithms, slope and orientation models are derived from the DEMs.…”

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A New Approach to the Quality Control of Slope and Aspect Classes Derived from Digital Elevation Models

2021

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The usefulness of the parameters (e.g., slope, aspect) derived from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is limited by its accuracy. In this paper, a thematic-like quality control (class-based) of aspect and slope classes is proposed. A product can be compared against a reference dataset, which provides the quality requirements to be achieved, by comparing the product proportions of each class with those of the reference set. If a distance between the product proportions and the reference proportions is smaller than a small enough positive tolerance, which is fixed by the user, it will be considered that the degree of similarity between the product and the reference set is acceptable, and hence that its quality meets the requirements. A formal statistical procedure, based on a hypothesis test, is developed and its performance is analyzed using simulated data. It uses the Hellinger distance between the proportions. The application to the slope and aspect is illustrated using data derived from a 2×2 m DEM (reference) and 5×5 m DEM in Allo (province of Navarra, Spain).

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The aspects of Aspect: Understanding land exposure and its part in geographic information systems analysis

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

The habitation Model Trend Calculation (MTC): A new effective tool for predictive modeling in archaeology

The habitation Model Trend Calculation (MTC): A new effective tool for predictive modeling in archaeology

Environmental aspects of ancient city planning: a pilot study on Ancient Thouria in the Peloponnese, Greece

A New Approach to the Quality Control of Slope and Aspect Classes Derived from Digital Elevation Models

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