GIS IN MODELLING THE VIKING AGE ENVIRONMENT IN TAIPALSAARI
Tuija Kirkinen, Southern Karelia · 1995
This paper describes the possibilities of GIS (Geographic Infonnation Systems) in archaeolo gy. GIS-analyses have been used to study the relationship between prehistoric settlement and environmental resources. The Iron Age sites of southern Karelia and Savo, especially the Taipalsaari area, are given as examples. Tuija Kirkinen, Dept. of Archaeology, P.O.Box 13, FIN-OOOI4 University of Helsinki, Fin land.