Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia

Autores
Figuerero Torres, María José; Pereyra, Fernando X.; Movia, Chiara P.; Cusato, Leonor; Figuerero Torres, María José; Izeta, Andrés Darío
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
inglés
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parte de libro
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Discovery of archaeological materials is at the heart of archaeological reconnaissance and survey whether for research or the management of cultural resources. Ground visibility refers to the environmental conditions exposing archaeological materials yet there is a great diversity in the ways this is observed, measured and reported or correlated with other environmental variables. This has a bearing on how visibility is considered when evaluating the representativeness of the results or when making comparisons with other regions. But in Patagonia greater control and comparability has to be balanced with the need to survey large research areas. We present a GIS model based on landforms and vegetation that are sensitive to the main features of present day climate that were analyzed employing comparable scales of resolution. The surface visibility model represents the potentiality of detecting archaeological materials and thus can be used as a tool in planning coverage and selecting the best survey techniques as well as in interpreting survey results. This is relevant for Patagonia where large areas with both stratified occupations and artifact scatters must be surveyed and where the densities of artifact distributions are used in interpreting the intensity of land use.
El descubrimiento de materiales arqueológicos es medular a cualquier tarea de reconocimiento o prospección ya sea para la investigación o el manejo de recursos culturales. Aunque la visibilidad superficial se refiere a las condiciones ambientales que exponen a los materiales arqueológicos, hay una gran diversidad de maneras en que esta se puede observar, medir, informar o correlacionar con otras variables ambientales. En Patagonia un mayor control y grado de comparación debe ser balanceado con la necesidad de prospectar áreas de investigación de gran tamaño. Presentamos un modelo SIG construido sobre la base de procesos geomorfológicos y las unidades de vegetación sensibles a los componentes principales del clima actual que fueron analizados atendiendo escalas de resolución comparables. El modelo de visibilidad superficial representa la potencialidad con que contamos para detectar materiales arqueológicos y puede ser empleado tanto como una herramienta en la planificación de la cobertura y técnicas de relevamiento como en así en la interpretación de los resultados de una prospección. Esto es relevante para la región patagónica donde se relevan ocupaciones en estratigrafía y distribuciones superficiales en áreas de grandes dimensiones y donde las densidades de artefactos se emplean en la interpretación de la intensidad en el uso del espacio.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
Materia
Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonia (Argentina)
sitios arqueológicos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
visibilidad superficial
estratigrafía
uso del espacio
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
archaeological GIS
archaeological site formation processes
site management of archaeological sites
archaeological survey
human mobility
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spelling Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern PatagoniaFiguerero Torres, María JoséPereyra, Fernando X.Movia, Chiara P.Cusato, LeonorFiguerero Torres, María JoséIzeta, Andrés DaríoCiencias NaturalesArqueologíaPatagonia (Argentina)sitios arqueológicosSanta Cruz (Argentina)visibilidad superficialestratigrafíauso del espacioGeographical Information Systems (GIS)archaeological GISarchaeological site formation processessite management of archaeological sitesarchaeological surveyhuman mobilityDiscovery of archaeological materials is at the heart of archaeological reconnaissance and survey whether for research or the management of cultural resources. Ground visibility refers to the environmental conditions exposing archaeological materials yet there is a great diversity in the ways this is observed, measured and reported or correlated with other environmental variables. This has a bearing on how visibility is considered when evaluating the representativeness of the results or when making comparisons with other regions. But in Patagonia greater control and comparability has to be balanced with the need to survey large research areas. We present a GIS model based on landforms and vegetation that are sensitive to the main features of present day climate that were analyzed employing comparable scales of resolution. The surface visibility model represents the potentiality of detecting archaeological materials and thus can be used as a tool in planning coverage and selecting the best survey techniques as well as in interpreting survey results. This is relevant for Patagonia where large areas with both stratified occupations and artifact scatters must be surveyed and where the densities of artifact distributions are used in interpreting the intensity of land use.El descubrimiento de materiales arqueológicos es medular a cualquier tarea de reconocimiento o prospección ya sea para la investigación o el manejo de recursos culturales. Aunque la visibilidad superficial se refiere a las condiciones ambientales que exponen a los materiales arqueológicos, hay una gran diversidad de maneras en que esta se puede observar, medir, informar o correlacionar con otras variables ambientales. En Patagonia un mayor control y grado de comparación debe ser balanceado con la necesidad de prospectar áreas de investigación de gran tamaño. Presentamos un modelo SIG construido sobre la base de procesos geomorfológicos y las unidades de vegetación sensibles a los componentes principales del clima actual que fueron analizados atendiendo escalas de resolución comparables. El modelo de visibilidad superficial representa la potencialidad con que contamos para detectar materiales arqueológicos y puede ser empleado tanto como una herramienta en la planificación de la cobertura y técnicas de relevamiento como en así en la interpretación de los resultados de una prospección. Esto es relevante para la región patagónica donde se relevan ocupaciones en estratigrafía y distribuciones superficiales en áreas de grandes dimensiones y donde las densidades de artefactos se emplean en la interpretación de la intensidad en el uso del espacio.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoArchaeopress2013info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionCapitulo de librohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:ar-repo/semantics/parteDeLibroapplication/pdf73-90http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/31118enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/9781407311135info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ar/Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 Argentina (CC BY-ND 2.5)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T10:57:48Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/31118Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 10:57:48.308SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
title Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
spellingShingle Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
Figuerero Torres, María José
Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonia (Argentina)
sitios arqueológicos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
visibilidad superficial
estratigrafía
uso del espacio
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
archaeological GIS
archaeological site formation processes
site management of archaeological sites
archaeological survey
human mobility
title_short Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
title_full Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
title_fullStr Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
title_sort Archaeological surface visibility: a GIS model for the lago Posadas basin, Santa Cruz province, Southern Patagonia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Figuerero Torres, María José
Pereyra, Fernando X.
Movia, Chiara P.
Cusato, Leonor
Figuerero Torres, María José
Izeta, Andrés Darío
author Figuerero Torres, María José
author_facet Figuerero Torres, María José
Pereyra, Fernando X.
Movia, Chiara P.
Cusato, Leonor
Izeta, Andrés Darío
author_role author
author2 Pereyra, Fernando X.
Movia, Chiara P.
Cusato, Leonor
Izeta, Andrés Darío
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonia (Argentina)
sitios arqueológicos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
visibilidad superficial
estratigrafía
uso del espacio
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
archaeological GIS
archaeological site formation processes
site management of archaeological sites
archaeological survey
human mobility
topic Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonia (Argentina)
sitios arqueológicos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
visibilidad superficial
estratigrafía
uso del espacio
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
archaeological GIS
archaeological site formation processes
site management of archaeological sites
archaeological survey
human mobility
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Discovery of archaeological materials is at the heart of archaeological reconnaissance and survey whether for research or the management of cultural resources. Ground visibility refers to the environmental conditions exposing archaeological materials yet there is a great diversity in the ways this is observed, measured and reported or correlated with other environmental variables. This has a bearing on how visibility is considered when evaluating the representativeness of the results or when making comparisons with other regions. But in Patagonia greater control and comparability has to be balanced with the need to survey large research areas. We present a GIS model based on landforms and vegetation that are sensitive to the main features of present day climate that were analyzed employing comparable scales of resolution. The surface visibility model represents the potentiality of detecting archaeological materials and thus can be used as a tool in planning coverage and selecting the best survey techniques as well as in interpreting survey results. This is relevant for Patagonia where large areas with both stratified occupations and artifact scatters must be surveyed and where the densities of artifact distributions are used in interpreting the intensity of land use.
El descubrimiento de materiales arqueológicos es medular a cualquier tarea de reconocimiento o prospección ya sea para la investigación o el manejo de recursos culturales. Aunque la visibilidad superficial se refiere a las condiciones ambientales que exponen a los materiales arqueológicos, hay una gran diversidad de maneras en que esta se puede observar, medir, informar o correlacionar con otras variables ambientales. En Patagonia un mayor control y grado de comparación debe ser balanceado con la necesidad de prospectar áreas de investigación de gran tamaño. Presentamos un modelo SIG construido sobre la base de procesos geomorfológicos y las unidades de vegetación sensibles a los componentes principales del clima actual que fueron analizados atendiendo escalas de resolución comparables. El modelo de visibilidad superficial representa la potencialidad con que contamos para detectar materiales arqueológicos y puede ser empleado tanto como una herramienta en la planificación de la cobertura y técnicas de relevamiento como en así en la interpretación de los resultados de una prospección. Esto es relevante para la región patagónica donde se relevan ocupaciones en estratigrafía y distribuciones superficiales en áreas de grandes dimensiones y donde las densidades de artefactos se emplean en la interpretación de la intensidad en el uso del espacio.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description Discovery of archaeological materials is at the heart of archaeological reconnaissance and survey whether for research or the management of cultural resources. Ground visibility refers to the environmental conditions exposing archaeological materials yet there is a great diversity in the ways this is observed, measured and reported or correlated with other environmental variables. This has a bearing on how visibility is considered when evaluating the representativeness of the results or when making comparisons with other regions. But in Patagonia greater control and comparability has to be balanced with the need to survey large research areas. We present a GIS model based on landforms and vegetation that are sensitive to the main features of present day climate that were analyzed employing comparable scales of resolution. The surface visibility model represents the potentiality of detecting archaeological materials and thus can be used as a tool in planning coverage and selecting the best survey techniques as well as in interpreting survey results. This is relevant for Patagonia where large areas with both stratified occupations and artifact scatters must be surveyed and where the densities of artifact distributions are used in interpreting the intensity of land use.
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