Placement Archaeological Sites of Bronze Age in Saimareh Valley with Geographical Information System

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Khodakaram Mazaheri ¹ (Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad university Ilam Branch, Ilam, Iran.)
Rahim Nazari ² (M.A. Student in HSE, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2023-07-22 Accepted : 2023-07-22 Published : 2009-02-19

Keywords: Geographical Information System (GIS), Bronze Age, Saimareh Valley, Archaeological Settlement Sites, Archaeological Non-settlement Sites,

Abstract :

Geographical information system (GIS) is one of the technologies that in recently decades able to remarkable helpful to archaeology. With this system in the one side we able to preparing geographical various maps about space relation of archaeological sites with natural resources in the perimeter them and on the other hand that system able to us to preparing variety patterns of the archaeological sites geographical distribution and at the finally we analysis it. We can use results of these studies in other such areas. In this research according to archaeological surveys that had done in the Saimareh Valley and with aid of GIS, we do explanation of the geography role in form and distribution of Bronze Age archaeological sites in this valley .In the first collect the required spatial and descriptive information and simultaneous we have prepared the required equipment. After enter the information to computer, in the next stage in GIS environment we analysis information, produce outputs in the form of table and map and produce data banks. Discovery relationship between archaeological sites and relationship between archaeological sites with natural resources; and then reveal it, is one of the most results that forming in the finally.