GIS database of archaeological remains on Samoa

Data set that contains information on archaeological remains of the pre historic settlement of the Letolo valley on Savaii on Samoa. It is built in ArcMap from ESRI and is based on previously unpublished surveys made by the Peace Corps Volonteer Gregory Jackmond in 1976-78, and in a lesser degree on excavations made by Helene Martinsson Wallin and Paul Wallin. The settlement was in use from at least 1000 AD to about 1700- 1800. Since abandonment it has been covered by thick jungle. However by the time of the survey by Jackmond (1976-78) it was grazed by cattle and the remains was visible. The survey is at file at Auckland War Memorial Museum and has hitherto been unpublished. A copy of the survey has been accessed by Olof Håkansson through Martinsson Wallin and Wallin and as part of a Masters Thesis in Archeology at Uppsala University it has been digitised.

Olof Håkansson has built the data base structure in the software from ESRI, and digitised the data in 2015 to 2017. One of the aims of the Masters Thesis was to discuss hierarchies. To do this, subsets of the data have been displayed in various ways on maps. Another aim was to discuss archaeological methodology when working with spatial data, but the data in itself can be used without regard to the questions asked in the Masters Thesis. All data that was unclear has been removed in an effort to avoid errors being introduced. Even so, if there is mistakes in the data set it is to be blamed on the researcher, Olof Håkansson. A more comprehensive account of the aim, questions, purpose, method, as well the results of the research, is to be found in the Masters Thesis itself. Direkt link http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1149265&dswid=9472

Purpose:

The purpose is to examine hierarchies in prehistoric Samoa. The purpose is further to make the produced data sets available for study.

Prehistoric remains of the settlement of Letolo on the Island of Savaii in Samoa in Polynesia

波利尼西亚地区萨摩亚萨瓦伊岛莱托洛史前定居点遗存

本数据集包含该史前定居点的考古遗存相关信息，采用ESRI公司的ArcMap软件构建，数据基础为美国和平队志愿者格雷戈里·杰克蒙德（Gregory Jackmond）1976年至1978年间开展的此前未公开发表的考古调查，同时部分参考了海伦·马丁松·瓦林（Helene Martinsson Wallin）与保罗·瓦林（Paul Wallin）的考古发掘工作。

该定居点的使用年代至少可追溯至公元1000年，直至约1700至1800年左右。定居点被废弃后，被茂密的丛林完全覆盖；但在杰克蒙德1976年至1978年开展调查期间，该区域曾被牛群放牧，考古遗存得以显露。

此次考古调查的资料现存于奥克兰战争纪念博物馆，此前始终未公开。奥洛夫·哈坎松（Olof Håkansson）通过海伦·马丁松·瓦林与保罗·瓦林获取了该调查的副本，并将其作为乌普萨拉大学考古学硕士学位论文的一部分完成了数字化处理。

奥洛夫·哈坎松于2015年至2017年间搭建了基于ESRI软件的数据库架构，并完成了数据的数字化工作。该硕士学位论文的研究目标之一为探讨史前社会层级问题，为此以多种可视化方式在地图上展示了数据集的子集；另一研究目标为探讨空间考古数据的研究方法，但本数据集本身可脱离该硕士论文的研究议题独立使用。

为避免引入研究误差，所有存在歧义的数据均已被剔除。即便如此，若本数据集仍存在疏漏或错误，责任均由研究者奥洛夫·哈坎松承担。关于本研究的目标、研究问题、研究方法与研究成果的详细阐释，可查阅该硕士学位论文原文。直接链接：http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1149265&dswid=9472

数据集用途：
本数据集旨在探究波利尼西亚萨摩亚地区的史前社会层级，同时将所生成的研究数据集开放以供学界开展相关研究。