Upgrading site‐catchment analyses with the use of GIS: Investigating the settlement patterns of horticulturalists

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents a GIS‐based methodology for conducting site‐catchment analysis that allows the researcher to represent the physiographic characteristics using existing classification systems and provide a system of data management. This paper presents the position that catchment analysis can be conducted with greater accuracy and with more avenues for analysis. To demonstrate this point Late Woodland, horticultural village sites are analyzed. The analysis focuses specifically on soil data to demonstrate the range of analysis that can be conducted and the type and amount of data that can be generated with a single physiographic variable.