Spatial Analysis Applied to Archaeological Sites from Protohistory to the Roman Period

Ghent University

2 & 3 December 2010

Spatial Analysis

Applied to Archaeological Sites

from Protohistory

to the Roman Period

Spatial Analysis Applied to Archaeological Sites

from Protohistory to the Roman Period

Workshop on Spatial Archaeology at the Ghent University

Het Pand - Ghent , Belgium (2 & 3 December 2010)

Spatial location is an intrinsic dimension of the archaeological data: every artefact, every structure and every site is located somewhere … From the isolated object to the region, the spatial component appears in all scales of analysis. Spatial analysis of artefacts or structures, whether intra- or inter-site, examines the specific arrangement of archaeological remains as well as their organization and their relations; in this way, it contributes to the description and to the interpretation of sites and their context.

Spatial analysis, at the crossroads of various disciplines, already has a long history, with some key moments such as the emergence of the New Archaeology in the 1960s. During the last two decades, spatial analysis experienced a revival thanks to the introduction of geographical information systems (GIS).

This workshop will focus on the methodological aspects of intra- and intersite spatial archaeology and archaeological applications on Protohistory and the Roman period in Europe.

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