NOUVEL , Pierre

This paper presents a work in progress within the ANR project Archaedyn, which concerns the development of an 'alphabet' designed to characterize and compare the evolution of the settlement pattern in several French microregions during the Roman period.The 'alphabet' is a composite indicator, built from 3 criteria relating to the quantitative,...

The increase or decrease of the number of settlements is frequently used to assess the interactions between ancient societies and their environment. Beside this quantitative indicator, the pattern and the spatial extent of a settlement are crucial to estimate the " human pressure " on the environment. Within the ArchaeDyn program, several...

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