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- Löwenborg, Daniel, 1975-
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Dynamiska kartor för landskapsforskning i informationsåldern : En GIS-baserad studie av Västmanlands järnålder
- 2008
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Ingår i: Kartan i forskningens tjänst. - Uppsala : Textgruppen i Uppsala AB. - 9789185352777 ; , s. 145-157
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- With the presence of GIS technology today, there are increased opportunities for landscape research by combining different datasets in an analysis. Archaeology as a discipline has always depended upon the ability to handle spatial relationships, and thus has great use for GIS. In Sweden there is much data available in digital format, which makes it possible to do research on large amounts of material without the time consuming process of first digitising everything that needs to be included in the study. The potential of this line of investigation is demonstrated through an example of how GIS has been used to calculate watersheds in the district of Västmanland and comparing these to the medieval administrative unit, the hundare. This study suggests that the hundare might have developed from natural regions formed around watersheds, since water had a uniting function that tied territories together through a communication network. The same relationships between regions and watersheds can be seen throughout the world.
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- Löwenborg, Daniel, 1975-
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Landscapes of death : GIS modelling of a dated sequence of prehistoric cemeteries in Västmanland, Sweden
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - York : Antiquity Publications. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 83:322, s. 1134-1143
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We will never be able to excavate everything – nor should we – but it would be good to know howto make the best use of what is visible in the landscape to write social prehistories. In this projectthe author creates a set of parameters for the 1000 mound-cemeteries seen north of Lake M¨alarenand clusters them by period, using 51 examples that have been excavated and dated. The resultis that 1000 cemeteries can now be allocated to period, with that special kind of confidence inwhich statisticians rejoice.
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- Löwenborg, Daniel, 1975-
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Watersheds as a Method for Reconstructing Regions and Territories in GIS
- 2007
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Ingår i: Digital Discovery. Exploring New Frontiers in Human Heritage. - Budapest : Archaeolingua. - 9789638046901 ; , s. 143-149
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper a method for reconstructing territories through the calculation of watersheds from the topography is put forward. Watershed could, in some cases, work as a natural uniting factor for a region, e.g., connecting a region through a system of rivers used for communications,as a unit for land management, or as an otherwise uniting element. This method provides an opportunity to analyze territories and regions that, although often difficult to distinguish in the archaeological material, are crucially important for the understanding of past societies. This article illustrates the use of watershed analyses in relation to territorial units through examples from the province of Västmanland in central Sweden, and Hawaii, but the method could be applied to any geographical area.
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