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A Gis Approach To Landscape Scale Archaeoacoustics, Kristy Elizabeth Primeau
A Gis Approach To Landscape Scale Archaeoacoustics, Kristy Elizabeth Primeau
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This research presents the development and critical assessment of an Archaeoacoustics Toolbox for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology written in the Python programming language, and applies this methodology to cross cultural case studies exploring the importance of soundsheds in an anthropological-archaeological context. As counterpoint to a common critique of experiential theoretical approaches the Soundshed Analysis and Soundshed Analysis-Variable Cover tools provide a replicable means of modeling baseline estimates of the experience of sound. Testing against modern acoustical studies establishing scientific accuracy, and explanations of the sound physics calculations performed by the tools are provided. The tools are then applied to …