The study of size-grade of prehistoric settlements in the Circum-Songshan area based on SOFM network

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

LU, P.

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking Univ., Beijing, Chine

Inst. of Geography, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, Chine

TIAN, Y.

Inst. of Geography, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, Chine

YANG, R.

Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, CAS, Beijing, Chine

Description :
Choosing site area, cultural layer thickness, significant relics and significant remains as the variables, the AA. applied cluster analysis to the ancient settlements of four cultural periods, respectively, which were Peiligang, Yangshao, Longshan and Xiashang, in 9 000-3 000 a BP, around Songshan Mountain. Through application of the SOFM (self-organizing feature map) networks, every type of ancient settlements was classified into different size-grades. The results reflected the regional differences in cultural characteristics in a particular period, which were mainly represented in that there were three Peiligang cultural systems distributed in different areas. Such differences also existed in the spatial distributive characteristics between the Xia and Shang cultures.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2013, vol. 23, n°. 3, p. 538-548, nombre de pages : 11, Références bibliographiques : 31 ref.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine

Langue :
Anglais