Identification of Painted Rock-Shelter Sites Using GIS Integrated with a Decision Support System and Fuzzy Logic

The conservation and protection of painted rock shelters is an important issue. Throughout the world, if unprotected, they are vulnerable to vandalism or to industrial activities such as quarrying. This research explores the integrated use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) with a multi-criter...

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Published inISPRS international journal of geo-information Vol. 7; no. 8; p. 326
Main Authors Banerjee, Ruman, Srivastava, Prashant, Pike, A., Petropoulos, George
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2018
Subjects
Anthropogenic factors
Archaeology
Central India
Datasets
Decision support systems
Fuzzy logic
Fuzzy sets
Fuzzy systems
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
GIS
Historic sites
Industrial areas
Information systems
Landscape
Methods
Modelling
Multiple criterion
Paints
Petroglyphs
Policies
predictive modelling
Prehistoric era
Protection
Protective coatings
Quarrying
Remote sensing
rock art
Rocks
Satellite navigation systems
Shelters
site characterisation
Spatial data
Stone
Surveys
Topography
Vandalism
Greece
Netherlands
United Kingdom > UK
India
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Summary:The conservation and protection of painted rock shelters is an important issue. Throughout the world, if unprotected, they are vulnerable to vandalism or to industrial activities such as quarrying. This research explores the integrated use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) with a multi-criteria decision support system and fuzzy logic to identify possible rock art sites over the Vindhyan Plateau in the district of Mirzapur, Central India. The methodology proposed compares results obtained by spatial modelling with validation data derived from recent exhaustive field surveys of more than forty newly discovered rock-shelters in the Vindhyan region. The zones obtained by predictive modelling are in agreement with validation datasets and show that the method can be used for new site prospection. This method represents a potential tool for landscape planners and policy makers to employ when seeking protection from anthropogenic activities of potential areas of painted rock-shelter sites and archaeological deposits.
ISSN:2220-9964
2220-9964
DOI:10.3390/ijgi7080326