Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic

Traditionally, Least Cost Paths (LCP) are used for exploring mobility across archaeological landscapes. However, LCPs only highlight optimal paths, and implementing maritime mobility is arduous. In this paper, Circuit Theory (CT) analysis is used to analyse potential mobility. Key to this is the eff...

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Autores: McLean, Andrew, Rubio, Xavier
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Viatges per mar
Història de l'urbanisme
Civilització romana
Adriàtica (Mar)
Adriàtica (Regió)
Ocean travel
History of city planning
Roman civilization
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic region
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spelling Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman AdriaticMcLean, AndrewRubio, XavierViatges per marHistòria de l'urbanismeCivilització romanaAdriàtica (Mar)Adriàtica (Regió)Ocean travelHistory of city planningRoman civilizationAdriatic SeaAdriatic regionTraditionally, Least Cost Paths (LCP) are used for exploring mobility across archaeological landscapes. However, LCPs only highlight optimal paths, and implementing maritime mobility is arduous. In this paper, Circuit Theory (CT) analysis is used to analyse potential mobility. Key to this is the effect of wind patterns, dependent on the month and direction of travel, on maritime mobility. This analysis is applied to the case study of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic, and it is shown that CT provides considerably more quantitative data than LCP. These data can then be used in deeper analysis of the archaeological landscape, showing the impact of potential mobility on various factors. The impact on site distribution appears to be significant, with urban centres consistently being located in areas with above average potential mobility values, particularly those in the Northern Adriatic. The impact on population hierarchy is more complex, and while the urban centres with the largest populations generally have higher potential mobility values, there is no straightforward correlation between the two, and so additional factors must have played a more significant role in determining this hierarchy, than in site distribution.Elsevier Ltd2022202220222022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion14 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/182370Articles publicats en revistes (Didàctiques Aplicades)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105534Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022, vol. 138, p. 105534https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105534cc-by-nc-nd (c) McLean et al., 2022https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1823702026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
title Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
spellingShingle Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
McLean, Andrew
Viatges per mar
Història de l'urbanisme
Civilització romana
Adriàtica (Mar)
Adriàtica (Regió)
Ocean travel
History of city planning
Roman civilization
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic region
title_short Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
title_full Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
title_fullStr Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
title_full_unstemmed Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
title_sort Beyond Least Cost Paths: Circuit theory, maritime mobility and patterns of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv McLean, Andrew
Rubio, Xavier
author McLean, Andrew
author_facet McLean, Andrew
Rubio, Xavier
author_role author
author2 Rubio, Xavier
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Viatges per mar
Història de l'urbanisme
Civilització romana
Adriàtica (Mar)
Adriàtica (Regió)
Ocean travel
History of city planning
Roman civilization
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic region
topic Viatges per mar
Història de l'urbanisme
Civilització romana
Adriàtica (Mar)
Adriàtica (Regió)
Ocean travel
History of city planning
Roman civilization
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic region
description Traditionally, Least Cost Paths (LCP) are used for exploring mobility across archaeological landscapes. However, LCPs only highlight optimal paths, and implementing maritime mobility is arduous. In this paper, Circuit Theory (CT) analysis is used to analyse potential mobility. Key to this is the effect of wind patterns, dependent on the month and direction of travel, on maritime mobility. This analysis is applied to the case study of urbanism in the Roman Adriatic, and it is shown that CT provides considerably more quantitative data than LCP. These data can then be used in deeper analysis of the archaeological landscape, showing the impact of potential mobility on various factors. The impact on site distribution appears to be significant, with urban centres consistently being located in areas with above average potential mobility values, particularly those in the Northern Adriatic. The impact on population hierarchy is more complex, and while the urban centres with the largest populations generally have higher potential mobility values, there is no straightforward correlation between the two, and so additional factors must have played a more significant role in determining this hierarchy, than in site distribution.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105534
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022, vol. 138, p. 105534
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