Computer tools for investigating ancient cadastres

Some computer tools for investigating ancient cadastres

Computer tools can simplify the study of ancient cadastres, including Roman centuriations. Several of these aids have been developed and/or used here. Some of them are akin to instruments such as microscopes, in that they allow a more detailed or more accurate view of the data. They are for:

Calculating grid references of theoretical cadastral intersections (termini) .
Calculating the orientation and module of theoretical cadastral grids.
Measuring the association between sites and centuriation grids.
Searching for possible subdivisions of the centuries.

A computer tool of another type allows us to test our perception of a particular pattern - the apparent links between centuriation grids and oblique features.

Ancient Landscapes, Information Systems and Computers

Last updated on 13 August 2009 by John Peterson

(e-mail j.peterson@uea.ac.uk)