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Natural places and archaeology
First time I heard of something like “natural places” was some fifteen years ago at a conference in Slovenia. Several, mostly young researchers were proud to demonstrate an existence of…
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Chronologies: a purified past ?
If anything, archaeologists are much annoyed by messed up chronologies. There are always some “intrusive finds”, “residual artefacts” or “stray objects” that need to be sorted out and removed from…
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Combining hillshades: beauty is not all there is to it!
[This is the third post in my series on hillshades: previous ones were on the functionality of QGIS Terrain Shading module and some ramblings on the combination of multiple hillshades.]…
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Cartographier, penser : des cartes du foie à la foi en cartes
Introduction Les cartes, géographiques ou autres, sont une fenêtre remarquable sur l'espace mental de leurs producteurs et utilisateurs. Mais, les cartes sont excessivement rares en archéologie… peut-être parce que nous…
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Pebbles, faces and landscapes: the archaeology of simulacra
Chichibu museum (photo: www.thisiscolossal.com) Several weeks ago I stumbled upon an amusing article on a museum displaying pebbles and rocks resembling human faces, situated in Chichibu, Japan. The stones are…
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Le géosymbole et la sémiotique, vus par l’archéologie
Le concept de géosymbole est issu du mouvement culturaliste en géographie des années 80, suite au désenchantement par les approches structuralistes. Ces dernières semblaient reléguer l’humain en marges du grand…
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Name the enemy: geographic projections in GIS
So, you have your data, you’ve installed a GIS program … and there we go: slope gradient – check, solar exposition – check, water drainage – check, visibility range –…
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Analysing visual impact of high buildings: the Urkulu tower
Introduction A common problem in visibility analysis is to determine the visual impact of a tall building, for instance a skyscraper or a wind turbine. Now, there is a variety…
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Bulk editing posts for Jekyll
This website is generated by Jekyll, a static site generator. Static sites do not require complex backend engines, such as databases and software which recreate site content for each visitor.…
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Historicity and chronological puritanism.
If anything, archaeologists are much annoyed by messed up chronologies. There are always some “intrusive finds”, “residual artefacts” or “stray objects” that need to be sorted out and removed from…