This is a call for papers for our session on Landscape Archaeology at 
the New Ground Archaeological Conference in Sydney, September 2007. 
We can read papers if you would like to contribute but find it 
impossible to attend
                                                                Susan



New Approaches in Landscape Archaeology

Session co-chaired by Pamela A. Smith (
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and Susan Piddock [log in to unmask]

Department of Archaeology, Flinders University



Analyses of cultural landscapes assist in deepening our understanding 
of human impacts on the environment and research into the cultural 
uses of landscapes provide insights into past human behaviours and 
how they shaped the landscapes we live in today. A range of new 
approaches for the documentation and interpretation of archaeological 
landscapes has been presented in recent archaeological literature. 
These landscape paradigms, developed by archaeologists from a 
diversity of backgrounds, aim to identify the complex patterns 
connecting human behaviour with a particular place and time.

Global Information Systems (GIS) technologies, in particular, are now 
regularly used by landscape archaeologists and cultural heritage 
managers. They are increasingly used for site location studies, 
heritage management planning and GIS procedure related studies, such 
as predictive modeling. In addition, as spatial technologies evolve, 
the need for new standards is also being recognized by a number of 
heritage organizations.

Papers in this session aim to show-case recent approaches in 
landscape archaeology and new developments in the use of spatial 
technologies by archaeologists.


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