1. Understanding past territorial dynamics through the integrated study of movement, pathways and transport networks
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Nuninger, Laure, Verhagen, Philip, Opitz, Rachel, Vurpillot, Damien, Bertoncello, Frédérique, Čučković, Zoran, Fovet, Elise, Fruchart, Catherine, Kokalj, Ziga, Štular, Benjamin, De Kleijn, Maurice, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement Claude Nicolas Ledoux (UAR 3124) (MSHE), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Research Institute for Culture, History and Heritage (CLUE+), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (VU), Archaeology, School of Humanities, Univ. of Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies (IAPŠ) (ZRC SAZU), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU - Institut za arheologijo, Institut za arheologijo (ZRC SAZU), CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, PICS MoveScape, and Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement Claude Nicolas Ledoux (MSHE)
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models ,[SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,territorial dynamics ,networks ,pathways ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,movement ,[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences - Abstract
International audience; Settlement patterns and path networks represent different but connected perspectives on human-environment interaction through movement, manifested through the appropriation and organisation of landscape by societies. Settlement patterns and path networks evolve with unharmonized temporalities, but in constant interaction which render the territorial studies very challenging. Remote sensing, GIS and 3D modeling have greatly contributed to our knowledge and understanding of movement as encapsulated in routes, but the methods employed make it difficult to connect with theories of engagement through travel. Pragmatically, it is difficult to integrate LiDAR-detected traces of pathways, which conflate temporalities, with network analysis techniques and settlement pattern analysis which focus on changing patterns over time.This paper argues for an integrated approach. After a general review of the main methods developed to detect and model movement, pathways and networks of transportation, a conceptual framework will be presented that will enable us to make the connection between the material evidence of routes and various computer-based models of movement, and thus better understand territorial dynamics. This conceptual framework investigates connectivity at various spatiotemporal scales. Most importantly, it creates an explicit framework for research using both detection and modelling-led approaches. A comparison of regional case studies from the literature will be presented to discuss the balance between general models and specific contextualisation.
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- 2018