Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes
Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Devin A. WhitePart 1: Traditional Applications of Existing Methods 2. Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain John D. Rissetto 3. Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland PeruKurt Rademaker, David A. Reid, and Gordon R. M. Bromley 4. Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New MexicoShaun M. Phillips and Phillip O. Leckman 5. A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient InteractionKevin C. Nolan and Robert A. Cook
Part 2: Nontraditional Applications of Existing Methods 6. Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax AnalysisErin J. Hudson 7. Social Interaction at the Maya Site of Copán, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational AnalysisHeather Richards-Rissetto 8. Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land UseSarah L. Surface-Evans
Part 3: Custom Applications and Emerging Methods Modeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain Isaac I. Ullah and Sean M. Bergin No Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? Patrick Livingood Prehistoric Trail Networks of the Western Papaguería: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis Devin A. White
Part 4: Constructive Criticisms and Theoretical Discussions Seven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways Scott Branting Realism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path AlgorithmsJohn Kantner Least Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and UtilityDavid G. Anderson List of Contributors Index