Sentence examples for archaeological patterns from inspiring English sources

Thus, the argument that links these archaeological patterns with the Iranian migration into the area associates the Iron Age I and II cultures with the early penetration of the Iranians into the more eastern Zagros and with their infiltration westward along the major routes crosscutting the main mountain alignments.

In this paper we consider a crucial issue for survey archaeology: how we identify and make sense of the heterogeneous and often inter-dependent behaviours and processes responsible for apparent archaeological patterns across the landscape.

The overall archaeological pattern suggests a settlement system with relatively few people living in the landscape and using a "low impact" subsistence pattern that allowed Neanderthals to coexist with cave bears without driving their populations to extinction.

Archaeological distribution patterns are often biased by cultural and environmental processes.

The application of this methodology could contribute to the reconstruction of river histories, a key factor in understanding the distribution of valley floor archaeological settlement patterns.

Key question here is to what extent archaeological settlement patterns are an artefact of landscape change, with deposition obscuring large parts of the ancient Mediterranean landscape.

Furthermore the history, intensity and methodology of the archaeological research in the region influence the known archaeological distribution pattern and therefore an understanding of the archaeological practice in the region is necessary in the study of the past landscapes of that region.

We compared our archaeological results to patterns of both experimental point breakage and practical morphometric thresholds for successfully hunting deer.

Geospatial technologies give us new tools and abilities to recognize patterns in archaeological sites and landscapes.

Multispectral satellite imagery analysis is employed to spatially relate vegetation patterns and archaeological features connected with herding.

We emphasise the importance of the coastal archaeological record in understanding patterns of human settlement and dispersal and draw attention to the large potential biases introduced by the destructive or obscuring effects of Pleistocene sea-level change.