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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…

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Some thoughts on hillshade models for Lidar analysis

Hillshade modelling is a standard form of terrain representation in cartography. The idea is to simulate lighting of a terrain from a certain direction (or multiple directions). The method is…

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Installing Python packages in QGIS 3 (for Windows)

Python is in the heart of QGIS (or in the guts if you prefer), which enables us to use tons of third party Python libraries. In Linux systems, QGIS will…

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Natural places and archaeology

First time I heard of something like “natural places” was some ten years ago at a conference in Slovenia. Several, mostly young researchers were proud to demonstrate an existence of…