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Developing computational approaches for the study of movement: assessing the role of visibility and landscape markers in terrestrial navigation during Iberian Late Prehistory
Murrieta-Flores, Patricia
Murrieta-Flores, Patricia
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The topic of movement in archaeology has been extensively studied. Research on human
movement during prehistory has become in archaeology and anthropology one of the bases
for understanding the dynamics of social and economic relationships, technology, social
identity and territoriality, among many other important themes. Although archaeological
investigations related to movement have increased in the last decade, the majority have
usually relied on “static” evidence, that is, on the analysis of the materials or objects that are
found in specific sites, establishing the relationship between them and their points of origin
or destination (Branting 2004). In recent years, using spatial technologies, more research
has aimed to investigate movement from a landscape perspective, in which more attention
has been paid to the processes that may have happened on journeys. Some of these
studies have directly or indirectly analysed the possible factors influencing the decisions
about which paths to take, the mechanics of movement and the archaeological evidence
related to it (Llobera 2000; Fairén Jiménez 2004; Cruz Berrocal 2004; Fábrega Alvarez
2006; Fábrega Alvarez / Parcero Oubiña 2007; Llobera / Slukin 2007; Fiz / Orengo 2008;
Murrieta-Flores 2010, 2012a; Mlekuzˇ 2010; in the current volume, Lock et al. and Mlekuzˇ
among others). In the specific case of Iberia, megalithic monuments are among the archaeological
elements at a landscape scale that have been linked to potential patterns of movement,
and it has been argued that, besides their symbolic and funerary meanings, they may
also have been utilized as landscape markers.
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Murrieta-Flores, P. (2014): Developing computational approaches for the study of movement: The impact of visibility in terrestrial navigation during Iberian Late Prehistory. In S. Polla & P. Verhagen (Eds.), Computational Approaches to the Study of Movement in Archaeology: Theory, practice and interpretation of factors and effects of long term landscape formation and transformation (99-132). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter.
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9783110288384