Essays about: "Viewshed analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Viewshed analysis.

  1. 1. Fortificationscapes in southern Sweden : A consideration of the different reasons for fortifications in the 17th century AD compared to pre-history

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : andré nylander; [2023]
    Keywords : Landscape analysis; Fortificationscape; Scandinavia; Viewshed;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling studerar befästningar i deras landskapssammanhang. Den undersöker vilka faktorer som bidragit till byggandet av befästningar, var de finns och förhållandet mellan bosättning och befästningar. Fokus ligger på stadsborgen från 1600-talet e.Kr. READ MORE

  3. 2. Virtual Phenomenology and Viewshed Analysis of the Colossi of Memnon during the reign of Amenhotep III in VR and GIS based environment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Niklas Ekholm; [2020]
    Keywords : Colossi of Memnon; Kôm-el Hetan; Amenhotep III; Phenomenology; VR; Virtual reality; Viewshed analysis; Visibility; Borehole analysis; Nile river; Reconstruction; Constructed landscape.; Memnons stoder; Kôm-el Hetan; Amenhotep III; Fenomenologi; VR; Virtuell verklighet; Borrhålsanalys; Rekonstruktion.;

    Abstract : The Colossi of Memnon are a prominent feature of the constructed landscape at ancient Thebes (modern day Luxor, Egypt). They were built on the West Bank during the later years of Amenhotep III reign and they stood in front of his royal cult temple, Mansion of Millions of Years, known today colloquially as Kôm el-Hetan. READ MORE

  4. 3. Villages and valleys: connectivity and land use in Northern Messenia during Middle and Late Helladic periods.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Vasiliki Tsoumari; [2019]
    Keywords : Bronze Age; Middle Helladic; Late Helladic; GIS; spatial analysis; viewshed; visibility; kernel density estimation; least cost path; connectivity; Messenia; Greece;

    Abstract : The use of past archaeological survey data for examination of landscape dynamics became very popular during the last decades of the 20th century, when Geographical Information Systems analysis were introduced in archaeology. In the present thesis, past survey data from Northern Messenia’s Middle and Late Helladic periods are combined to the topography and the environment of the region. READ MORE

  5. 4. An exploratory study of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age site locations in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley using landscape analysis : a GIS approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Angela Kabiru; [2017]
    Keywords : geography; geographical information systems; archaeology; Kenya; Central Rift Valley; landscape analysis; Middle Stone Age; Later Stone Age; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Kenyan central rift has witnessed dramatic climatic changes over relatively short periods of time in response to global climatic changes, with the water levels of the lakes within the rift rising and falling with these changing conditions. There is considerable evidence showing extreme wet and dry phases throughout their existence. READ MORE

  6. 5. The limes of Roman Dacia near the auxiliary fort of Bologa. An application of GIS viewshed analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Edmond Nagy; [2017]
    Keywords : Roman frontiers; limes; Roman army; watchtowers; signaling; Roman Dacia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the frontier defensive system found in the vicinity of the Roman auxiliary fort near modern-day Bologa, Cluj County, Romania. The goal is to study the visual relationship between the more certain watchtowers and the other military installations (the auxiliary fort and other fortlets) to understand how arrangements and visibility might have contributed to the functioning of the local and the provincial defensive system. READ MORE