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020			_a9780195085754
082			_a301.0285 _bALD
100			_aAldenderfer, Mark
245			_aAnthropology, space, and geographic information systems
260			_bOxford University Press, _c1996. _aNew York:
300			_aviii, 294p.; _bhbk; _c24cm.
440			_aSpatial information series
504			_aIncludes references and index
520			_aMajor advances in the use of geographic information systems have been made in both anthropology and archaeology. Yet there are few published discussions of these new applications and their use in solving complex problems. This book explores these techniques, showing how they have been successfully deployed to pursue research previously considered too difficult--or impossible--to undertake. Among the projects described here are studies of land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon, settlement patterns in the Pacific northwest, ethnic distribution within the Los Angeles garment industry, and prehistoric sociopolitical development among the Anasazi. Following an introduction that discusses the theory of geographic information systems in relation to anthropological inquiry, the book is divided into sections demonstrating actual applications in cultural anthropology, archaeology, paleoanthropology, and physical anthropology. The work will be of much interest within all these communities. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780195085754.001.0001/isbn-9780195085754
650			_aCartography
650			_aData processing
650			_aSpatial analysis
650			_aAnthropology--Data processing
650			_aGeographic information systems
650			_aEnglish iron age
650			_aGIS--Archaeological context
700			_aMaschner, Herbert D. G. _eCo-auhtor
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