GIS-databas över arkeologiska lämningar på 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 It is built in ArcMap from ESRI and is based on previously unpublished surveys made by the Peace Corps Volonteer Gregory Jackmond in 1976-78, and in a lesser degree on excavations made by Helene Martinsson Wallin and Paul Wallin.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 The survey is at file at Auckland War Memorial Museum and has hitherto been unpublished.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

本数据集涵盖萨摩亚萨瓦伊岛莱托洛河谷史前定居点的考古遗存相关信息。该数据集由ESRI旗下的ArcMap构建，核心数据源自和平队志愿者格雷戈里·杰克蒙德（Gregory Jackmond）于1976年至1978年间开展的首次未公开勘测，同时少量参考了海伦·马丁松·瓦林（Helene Martinsson Wallin）与保罗·瓦林（Paul Wallin）的考古发掘工作。该定居点的使用年限至少从公元1000年延续至约1700-1800年。被废弃后，遗址被茂密的丛林完全覆盖，但在杰克蒙德1976-1978年开展勘测时，该区域因被牧牛啃食植被，考古遗存仍清晰可见。该项勘测数据存档于奥克兰战争纪念博物馆，此前始终未对外公开。奥洛夫·哈坎松（Olof Håkansson）通过瓦林夫妇获取了该勘测数据的副本，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数字化处理。奥洛夫·哈坎松于2015年至2017年间使用ESRI软件搭建了数据库架构，并完成了全部数据的数字化工作。该硕士论文的研究目标之一是探讨史前社会的层级结构，为此通过多种可视化方式在地图上展示了数据集的子集；另一目标则是探讨空间数据考古研究的方法论，但本数据集本身可脱离该论文的研究问题独立使用。为避免引入误差，所有存疑数据均已被剔除。即便如此，若本数据集仍存在错误，责任均由研究者奥洛夫·哈坎松承担。关于该研究的目标、研究问题、研究方法以及研究成果的详细阐述，均可参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。本数据集的研究目的在于探究波利尼西亚萨摩亚地区史前社会的层级结构，同时将本次研究产出的数据集开放以供后续学术研究使用。本数据集对应波利尼西亚萨摩亚萨瓦伊岛莱托洛河谷的史前定居点遗存。