For about ten years this research team has been experimenting with techniques of spatial and visual perceptual analysis using GIS on the Nuragic landscapes (Middle and Late Bronze Age) of different areas of southern Sardinia. Over time, various field campaigns have been developed on the monumental manifestations produced by the Nuragic communities; towers, fortresses, villages, tombs of giants and sacred wells suggest a marked attention to the display of a message of power, strength and monumentality on the part of the human group studied. An aspect often emphasized by these researches is the relationship of monuments with mobility and with the routes and strategic points of the territory, often verified through matches of different LCPAs that cross the territory by connecting different patterns of points. However, the real efficiency of the paths predicted by the GIS has never been directly tested on the ground. The paper presents the result of field analyzes by our group of archaeologists on the paths resulting from the GIS analysis in the Marmilla territories: travel times, energy expenditure and the real possibility of a path to actually cross a given territory are provided. Working with the LCPAs is still to be explored, however it remains a valid tool, if an analysis unrelated to preconceptions and with a holistic evidence framework is carried out, for territorial research.
Da circa dieci anni questo team di ricerca sperimenta tecniche di analisi percettiva spaziale e visuale mediante GIS sui paesaggi nuragici (Bronzo Medio e Recente) di diverse aree della Sardegna meridionale. Nel tempo sono state effettuate diverse campagne sul campo sulle manifestazioni monumentali prodotte dalle comunità nuragiche; torri, fortezze, villaggi, tombe di giganti e pozzi sacri suggeriscono una spiccata attenzione alla manifestazione di un messaggio di potenza, forza e monumentalità da parte del gruppo umano studiato. Un aspetto spesso sottolineato da queste ricerche è il rapporto dei monumenti con la mobilità e con i percorsi e i punti strategici del territorio, spesso verificato attraverso abbinamenti di diverse LCPA che attraversano il territorio collegando diversi pattern di punti. Tuttavia, la reale efficienza dei percorsi previsti dal GIS non è mai stata testata direttamente sul campo. Il lavoro presenta il risultato delle analisi di campagna del nostro gruppo di archeologi sui percorsi risultanti dall'analisi GIS nei territori della Marmilla: vengono forniti tempi di percorrenza, dispendio energetico e la reale possibilità di un percorso di attraversare effettivamente un dato territorio. L'utilizzo degli LCPA è ancora da esplorare, ma resta comunque uno strumento valido per la ricerca territoriale se si conduce un'analisi slegata da preconcetti e con un quadro di evidenza olistico.
Testare sul campo la Least Cost Path Analysis: riflessioni intorno ai paesaggi dell’età del Bronzo della Sardegna centro-meridionale (Italia)
Marco Cabras
;Riccardo CicilloniUltimo
2023-01-01
Abstract
For about ten years this research team has been experimenting with techniques of spatial and visual perceptual analysis using GIS on the Nuragic landscapes (Middle and Late Bronze Age) of different areas of southern Sardinia. Over time, various field campaigns have been developed on the monumental manifestations produced by the Nuragic communities; towers, fortresses, villages, tombs of giants and sacred wells suggest a marked attention to the display of a message of power, strength and monumentality on the part of the human group studied. An aspect often emphasized by these researches is the relationship of monuments with mobility and with the routes and strategic points of the territory, often verified through matches of different LCPAs that cross the territory by connecting different patterns of points. However, the real efficiency of the paths predicted by the GIS has never been directly tested on the ground. The paper presents the result of field analyzes by our group of archaeologists on the paths resulting from the GIS analysis in the Marmilla territories: travel times, energy expenditure and the real possibility of a path to actually cross a given territory are provided. Working with the LCPAs is still to be explored, however it remains a valid tool, if an analysis unrelated to preconceptions and with a holistic evidence framework is carried out, for territorial research.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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