%0 Generic
%A Ducke, Benjamin
%A Kroefges, Peter C.
%C Bonn
%D 2008
%E Posluschny, A.
%E Lambers, K.
%E Herzog, I.
%F propylaeumdok:550
%P 245-251
%R 10.11588/propylaeumdok.00000550
%T From points to areas: constructing territories from archaeological site patterns using an enhanced Xtent model
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/550/
%X Territorial reasoning is a basic topic of spatial archaeology. The ability to establish territorial extents of political, religious or economic zones allows us to move from point to area-based observations and hypotheses. We present a substantially enhanced, GIS-based version of Renfrew and Level’s classic Xtent algorithm. Our version offers various advantages over the original. It respects terrain properties, a priori physical movement constraints and hierarchical relations between sites, maximum territory sizes are easy to control and a measure of uncertainty is provided. The software implementation used in this paper was done within the framework of the open source GRASS geographic information system.