Run to the Hills: A Stratified Sampling Approach to Site Clustering on High Grounds in Ancient Samnium (Molise, Italy).
The Tappino Area Archaeological Project, initiated in 2013, investigates ancient settlement dynamics in Molise, Italy. Ancient literary sources suggest a unique, non-urban settlement system for this mountainous region. Preliminary surveys for the Hellenistic period indicate a concentration of rural...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Field Archaeology Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 397 - 408 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=186807548&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 186807548 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00934690 3VS jtl: Journal of Field Archaeology issn: 00934690 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 50 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 186807548 10.1080/00934690.2024.2443312 ppf: 397 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Run to the Hills: A Stratified Sampling Approach to Site Clustering on High Grounds in Ancient Samnium (Molise, Italy). aug: au: Waagen, Jitte Stek, Tesse D. affil: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR), Rome, Italy su: Landscape archaeology Land settlement patterns Spatial arrangement Physiographic provinces Sampling (Process) Rurality Archaeology Molise (Italy) Italy sug: subj: Molise (Italy) Italy Landscape archaeology Land settlement patterns Spatial arrangement Physiographic provinces Sampling (Process) Rurality Archaeology keyword: archaeological field survey landscape archaeology Settlement patterns statistics stratified sampling ab: The Tappino Area Archaeological Project, initiated in 2013, investigates ancient settlement dynamics in Molise, Italy. Ancient literary sources suggest a unique, non-urban settlement system for this mountainous region. Preliminary surveys for the Hellenistic period indicate a concentration of rural settlements on hill plateaus, suggesting a societal organization based on rural clusters. However, we must rigorously assess whether this pattern reflects genuine settlement organization or a research bias, a frequent challenge in landscape archaeology. This paper applies standard survey techniques with a proportionate stratified sampling approach, incorporating less-studied landscape areas. Additionally, we examine how factors like archaeological visibility, land use, and lithology may influence our understanding of settlement patterns and demography, using a statistically adequate framework to strengthen the analysis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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