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Title

Archaeological prediction and risk management : alternatives to current practice / edited by Hans Kamermans, Martijn van Leusen, Philip Verhagen.

Publication

[Leiden], the Netherlands : Leiden University Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Kamermans, Hans.
• Leusen, Martijn van.
• Verhagen, Philip, 1966-

Description

160 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

The Netherlands are one of the few countries in Europe where predictive models play an important role in cultural heritage management. The models are used to predict archaeological site location in order to guide future developments in the modern landscape. Many scholars however consider the application of predictive models for this purpose highly controversial. Between 2002 and 2006 a team of Dutch researchers conducted strategic research into predictive modelling on behalf of Dutch cultural resource management. One of the goals was to develop best practices for the production and application of these models. This book is the second and final edited volume of publications of this Predictive Modelling project. It brings together technical papers on developing new methods for predictive modelling and applied, interdisciplinary "action research" focusing on how the models are, or should be, used by stakeholders in cultural heritage management in the Netherlands.

Series Statement

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 17

Uniform Title

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 17.

Subject

• Archaeology > Netherlands > Methodology
• Archaeology > Netherlands > Forecasting
• Cultural property > Protection > Netherlands
• Risk management > Netherlands
• Archaeology > Methodology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Predictive Modelling and Archaeological Heritage Management: 1. Archaeological prediction and risk management / Hans Kamermans, Martijn van Leusen and Philip Verhagen; 2. The future of archaeological predictive modelling / Philip Verhagen, Hans Kamermans and Martijn van Leusen; 3. On costs and benefits in archaeological prospection / Marten Verbruggen; 4. The high price or the first prize for the archaeological predictive model / Martin Meffert; 5. Archaeology as a risk in spatial planning: manoeuvring between objectivity and subjectivity / René Isarin, Philip Verhagen and Boudewijn Goudswaard; 6. Archaeological predictions contested: the role of the Dutch Indicative Map of Archaeological Values (IKAW) in local planning procedures / Martijn van Leusen -- II. New Methods: 7. Testing archaeological predictive models: a rough guide / Philip Verhagen; 8. Predictive models put to the test / Philip Verhagen; 9. Dealing with uncertainty in archaeological prediction / Martijn van Leusen, Andrew R. Millard and Benjamin Ducke.

ISBN

• 9789087280673
• 908728067X

OCLC

456904730

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library