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| Presentation Time: 2:45 PM-3:00 PM | ||
| A GIS ANALYSIS OF MOUND SPACING AT THE TOLTEC SITE, CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ||
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VOGEL, Gregory, Environmental Dynamics, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, gvogel@uark.edu. This paper presents a new approach to quantifying the spacing of prehistoric earthworks at the Toltec site (3LN42) in central Arkansas. Distances between the site's nineteen mounds and enclosing embankment have previously been interpreted as expressing a regular "module" of 47.5 meters. As the exact location of many of the mounds is not known, however, choosing locations for measurement is somewhat subjective. This approach employs a database created by digitizing mound locations at high resolution and measuring all possible combinations of distances to and from mounds within the site (a total of over 15 million observations at the resolution used). The database of measurements is analyzed using statistical time-series techniques to determine significant distance frequencies. This technique could be applied to quantify the spacing of entities even when the exact locations are not known. | ||
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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)
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| Session No. 168 Application of GIS and Remote Sensing to Archaeological Geology Colorado Convention Center: A105/107 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | ||
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