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site catchment analysis — Archaeol. the examination by survey, excavation, maps, and graphs of a contained area to evaluate the productivity of the resources customarily exploited by the inhabitants of a settlement, especially a prehistoric one. [1970] … Useful english dictionary
SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS — The increase in field survey and urban excavation since the 1950s has led to a new area of Etruscan research, initially supported by British and Swedish field teams and now energetically undertaken by Italian scholars. An important influence… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
ARCHAEOLOGY — The term archaeology is derived from the Greek words archaios ( ancient ) and logos ( knowledge, discourse ) and was already used in ancient Greek literature in reference to the study of ancient times. In its modern sense it has come to mean the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Eric Sidney Higgs — (1908–1976) was an English archaeologist.He was an extreme proponent of the Cambridge Palaeoeconomy School, a school of thought that focused on the economic aspects of archaeology. His name is closely connected with the Site catchment Analysis … Wikipedia
New Archaeology — Die New Archaeology [njuː ɑːkiˈɒlədʒi] (auch Processual Archaeology) ist ein in den 1960er Jahren entwickelter Forschungsansatz der prähistorischen Archäologie, der vor allem in den USA und Großbritannien diskutiert wurde und im Wesentlichen auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mekong — River (Mae Nam Khong) Megaung Myit, แม่น้ำโขง (Maenam Khong), Mékôngk, Tonle Thom, Cửu Long, Mê Kông, 湄公 (Méigōng) … Wikipedia
GIS in archaeology — GIS or Geographic Information Systems has over the last 10 years become an important tool in archaeology. Indeed, archaeologists were some of the early adopters, users, and developers of GIS and GISCience, Geographic Information Science. The… … Wikipedia
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
hydrologic sciences — Introduction the fields of study concerned with the waters of the Earth. Included are the sciences of hydrology, oceanography, limnology, and glaciology. In its widest sense hydrology encompasses the study of the occurrence, the… … Universalium
