Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie (Mar 2009)
Espaces funéraires et réseaux viaires protohistoriques en Basse-Normandie
Abstract
In Lower Normandy, many Bronze and Iron Age barrows have been located by the periodical aerial surveys since 20 years. Nowadays, the database contains more than 300 barrows which is enough to be representative and then to apply statistical and spatial methods. Nevertheless, the lack of chronological information leads to use more fundamental methods of spatial analysis. Thus, on one side, the application of the Dijkstra's algorithm highlights the link between the barrow settlement dynamics and the long distance paths. On the other side, the application of the K-means method allows to propose a space partition which would correspond to several subsistence areas.
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