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Spatial Organization Of Settlements

Spatial Organization of Settlements is the systematic arrangement and distribution of built structures, activity areas, and communal spaces within a settlement as evidenced through archaeological remains, distinguished by its focus on the intentional patterning and functional relationships among spatial elements in past human habitation contexts.

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Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation

Lewis R. Binford · American Antiquity · 1980 · 2.6K citations

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Human Territoriality: Its Theory and History

Fred M. Shelley, Robert David Sack · Geographical Review · 1987 · 1.7K citations

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Observational Procedure of Settlement Prediction

Akira Asaoka · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS · 1978 · 586 citations

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Technological Organization and Settlement Mobility: An Ethnographic Examination

Michael Shott · Journal of Anthropological Research · 1986 · 457 citations

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Spatial Analysis in Archaeology

Brian M. Fagan, Ian Hodder, Clive Orton · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1978 · 442 citations

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  1. ME
    Michael E. Smith

    Arizona State University, United States

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Scott G. Ortman

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    11 publications · 756 citations

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  3. JL
    José Lobo

    Arizona State University, United States

    10 publications · 617 citations

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  4. GM
    Gary M. Feinman

    Field Museum of Natural History, United States

    10 publications · 475 citations

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  5. SA
    Stephen A. Kowalewski

    University of Georgia, United States

    6 publications · 277 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    23 h-index

    71 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    51 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    867 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    777 citations

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  1. American Antiquity

    73 publications · 6.7K citations

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science

    36 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

    32 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Field Archaeology

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Habitat International

    22 publications · 1.5K citations

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