Created by: Iñaki Intxaurbe Alberdi
Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects
(Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
PACEA UMR 5199
(Université du Bordeaux)
e-mail: inaki.intxaurbe@ehu.eus; inaki.intxaurbe@u-bordeaux.fr; inaki.intxaurbe@gmail.com
ORDICD nº: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3643-3177
Date: 2022-06-04
Copyright (C) 2022 Iñaki Intxaurbe
This repository contains R scripts and data workflows developed to analyze the archaeological evidence of human use of caves during the Pleistocene. The project combines quantitative statistical methods, correspondence and multivariate analyses, and data visualization to explore relationships between cultural evidences, cave depth, and accessibility. It was published firstly in the DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02007-3.
You must create a folder named as "C/Paleospeleology" in your "C" Folder, and paste the files found in the "0_Input" folder, along with the code. To find the code: https://github.com/inakiintxaurbe/Paleospeleology/blob/master/Paleospeleology.py
To make it work, you need to install the script "paleospeleology.py" in ArcGIS Catalog.
Next, we launch the code:
After the analysis, we will obtain 5 folders with different files.
The first folder called "Accessibility" contains some files of interest.
The file "EstimatedPositionArtist.shp" contains the data for the "Distance to ground" (Distance) and "Posture" (Posture) variables:
The "Time.shp" file contains the data for the "Estimated Time of Arrival" (Minutes) variable:
The "LCP.shp" file contains the data for the variables "Difficulty value of access" (PATHCOST) and "Least cost path lentgh" (SLength):
The fifth folder called "Visibility and Capacity" contains other files of interest.
The files "VisibilityStanding.tif", "VisibilityStooping.tif" and "VisibilityLyingDown.tif" contain the data for the variables "Viewers upright", "Seated viewers" and "viewers lying down" (Occupancy). The "Total viewers" variable is the sum of the last three variables. In the atribute table, the "Value" 1 is considered a low value of visibility (from that position can be seen between 0.01 and 33.33 % of the GU), the "Value" 2 is considered a medium value of visibility (from that position can be seen between 33.33 and 66.66 % of the GU) and 3 is high value (between 66.66 and 100 % of the GU). To count a person, we round a number: 4.58 vould be considered as minimun 5 viewers.
The other 3 folders "Rock-Art", "Metadata" and "Topography" contain other interesting files to perform other studies (e.g., the file "Slope.tif" creates a plan of the ground, and the "LSSelect.shp" show the selected Lines of Sight in ArcScene.
There are other files in the folders.
We have not uploaded the other folders, because of their weight.
You can find instructions for installing the file at the following link: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10816-022-09552-y/MediaObjects/10816_2022_9552_MOESM1_ESM.pdf.
There are some files for check its use in the folowing link: https://github.com/inakiintxaurbe/GIS_Test_Santimami-e_Old_Chamber_of_Paintings.