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	予測的遺跡立地選定	視域解析（Viewshed Analysis）
分野	考古学	考古学
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	2006	1995
提唱者	Steven Phillips	David Wheatley
種類	Site probability modeling	Landscape-scale analysis
原典	Phillips, S. J., Anderson, R. P., & Schapire, R. E. (2006). Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions. Ecological Modelling, 190(3-4), 231-259.	Wheatley, D. (1995). Cumulative viewshed analysis: a GIS-based method for investigating intervisibility, and its archaeological application. In G. R. Lock & Z. Stancic (Eds.), Archaeology and GIS (pp. 171-185).
別名	predictive modeling, maxent modeling	visibility analysis, landscape archaeology
関連	2	2
概要	Predictive site location modeling uses machine learning algorithms (particularly maximum entropy models) to predict the probability of archaeological site occurrence across a landscape based on environmental and spatial variables. Developed for ecology but adapted for archaeology, predictive modeling identifies areas with high archaeological potential, guiding survey strategies and resource management.	Viewshed analysis examines what is visible from specific locations or within a defined area using digital elevation models (DEMs) and geographic information systems (GIS). Pioneered by David Wheatley in the 1990s, the method reveals how landscape features (hilltops, valleys, water sources) controlled visibility and movement. Archaeologists use viewshed analysis to understand settlement placement, ritual monument visibility, and territorial organization in prehistoric and historic landscapes.