Spatial network analysis of a terminal prehispanic and early colonial settlement in?highland Peru

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• 作者：Steven A. Wernke ; ^{s.wernke@vanderbilt.edu}
• 关键词：GIS ; Spatial analysis ; Network analysis ; Space syntax analysis ; Built environment ; Architecture ; Inca ; Andes ; Colonial archaeology ; Historical archaeology
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：April 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：39
• 期：4
• 页码：1111-1122
• 全文大小：2142 K

文摘

This study uses GIS-based spatial network analysis (SNA) to simulate patterns of foot traffic and analyze the manipulation of the built environment of a small Inka imperial outpost that became an early Franciscan doctrina (doctrinal settlement) in the Andean highlands of southern Peru. Excavations show evidence for growth and remodeling of the site's public and domestic spaces over its short use life as a doctrina, pointing to an increasingly orthodox regime of indoctrination. The results of SNA-based walking simulations show specifically how movement through the site was rerouted to isolate the old Inka ceremonial core, producing new rhythms of interaction and directing public processionals to the colonial plaza and chapel of the doctrina. The complementarity of SNA with other established forms of access analysis and its broader utility for archaeological research design, sampling strategies, hypothesis testing, and interpretation are discussed.