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This volume explores the use of GIS Weights of Evidence) in the cultural resource management of precolonial archaeological sites in Trinidad, the Caribbean's southernmost island. The book produces predictive models of selected watersheds in Trinidad based on GIS Weights of Evidence. It also addresses important issues relating to GIS data input, access, retrieval, data management within the context of Trinidad's archaeology. Also included is a useful discourse on the history of archaeology research in Trinidad, the island's physical environment as well as the role of GIS in settlement…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This volume explores the use of GIS Weights of Evidence) in the cultural resource management of precolonial archaeological sites in Trinidad, the Caribbean's southernmost island. The book produces predictive models of selected watersheds in Trinidad based on GIS Weights of Evidence. It also addresses important issues relating to GIS data input, access, retrieval, data management within the context of Trinidad's archaeology. Also included is a useful discourse on the history of archaeology research in Trinidad, the island's physical environment as well as the role of GIS in settlement archaeology and cultural resource management. This volume should provide a mine of information for archaeologists, historians, GIS experts, heritage managers, environmentalists, Caribbean scholars and interested members of the public.
Autorenporträt
Basil A. Reid is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in the Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago). He is the author of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History and the editor Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean.