Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes

Predictive models have become an integral part of archaeological research, particularly in the discovery of new archaeological sites. In this paper, we apply predictive modeling to map high potential Pleistocene archaeological locales on the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The model d...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Theodora Moutsiou, Christian Reepmeyer, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Zomenia Zomeni, Athos Agapiou
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2ed600b1d2cc466d9c0768996f8a81c5
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:2ed600b1d2cc466d9c0768996f8a81c5
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ed600b1d2cc466d9c0768996f8a81c52021-11-04T06:49:43ZModelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/2ed600b1d2cc466d9c0768996f8a81c52021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550414/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Predictive models have become an integral part of archaeological research, particularly in the discovery of new archaeological sites. In this paper, we apply predictive modeling to map high potential Pleistocene archaeological locales on the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The model delineates landscape characteristics that denote areas with high potential to unearth Pleistocene archaeology while at the same time highlighting localities that should be excluded. The predictive model was employed in surface surveys to systematically access high probability locales on Cyprus. A number of newly identified localities suggests that the true density of mobile hunter-gatherer sites on Cyprus is seriously underestimated in current narratives. By adding new data to this modest corpus of early insular sites, we are able to contribute to debates regarding island colonisation and the role of coastal environments in human dispersals to new territories.Theodora MoutsiouChristian ReepmeyerVasiliki KassianidouZomenia ZomeniAthos AgapiouPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Theodora Moutsiou Christian Reepmeyer Vasiliki Kassianidou Zomenia Zomeni Athos Agapiou Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
description	Predictive models have become an integral part of archaeological research, particularly in the discovery of new archaeological sites. In this paper, we apply predictive modeling to map high potential Pleistocene archaeological locales on the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The model delineates landscape characteristics that denote areas with high potential to unearth Pleistocene archaeology while at the same time highlighting localities that should be excluded. The predictive model was employed in surface surveys to systematically access high probability locales on Cyprus. A number of newly identified localities suggests that the true density of mobile hunter-gatherer sites on Cyprus is seriously underestimated in current narratives. By adding new data to this modest corpus of early insular sites, we are able to contribute to debates regarding island colonisation and the role of coastal environments in human dispersals to new territories.
format	article
author	Theodora Moutsiou Christian Reepmeyer Vasiliki Kassianidou Zomenia Zomeni Athos Agapiou
author_facet	Theodora Moutsiou Christian Reepmeyer Vasiliki Kassianidou Zomenia Zomeni Athos Agapiou
author_sort	Theodora Moutsiou
title	Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
title_short	Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
title_full	Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
title_fullStr	Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
title_full_unstemmed	Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes
title_sort	modelling the pleistocene colonisation of eastern mediterranean islandscapes
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2ed600b1d2cc466d9c0768996f8a81c5
work_keys_str_mv	AT theodoramoutsiou modellingthepleistocenecolonisationofeasternmediterraneanislandscapes AT christianreepmeyer modellingthepleistocenecolonisationofeasternmediterraneanislandscapes AT vasilikikassianidou modellingthepleistocenecolonisationofeasternmediterraneanislandscapes AT zomeniazomeni modellingthepleistocenecolonisationofeasternmediterraneanislandscapes AT athosagapiou modellingthepleistocenecolonisationofeasternmediterraneanislandscapes
_version_	1718445075197853696

Modelling the Pleistocene colonisation of Eastern Mediterranean islandscapes

Ejemplares similares