Devin A. White received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He works at Integrity Applications Incorporated and is also a research associate at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.Sarah L. Surface-Evans received her PhD from Michigan State University and is a postdoctoral fellow in archae-ology at Central Michigan University.

“Very significant. Scholarly contributions like this book will move archaeology rapidly into a new paradigm, beyond processualism and post-processualism, and into an identity of its own.”—Douglas C. Comer, author of Ritual Ground: Bent’s Old Fort, World Formation, and the Annexation of the Southwest

• 1. An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Devin A. WhitePart 1: Traditional Applications of Existing Methods2. Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain John D. Rissetto3. Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland PeruKurt Rademaker, David A. Reid, and Gordon R. M. Bromley4. Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New MexicoShaun M. Phillips and Phillip O. Leckman5. A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient InteractionKevin C. Nolan and Robert A. CookPart 2: Nontraditional Applications of Existing Methods6. Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax AnalysisErin J. Hudson7. Social Interaction at the Maya Site of CopÁn, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational AnalysisHeather Richards-Rissetto8. Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land UseSarah L. Surface-EvansPart 3: Custom Applications and Emerging MethodsModeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain Isaac I. Ullah and Sean M. BerginNo Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? Patrick LivingoodPrehistoric Trail Networks of the Western PapaguerÍa: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis Devin A. WhitePart 4: Constructive Criticisms and Theoretical DiscussionsSeven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways Scott BrantingRealism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path AlgorithmsJohn KantnerLeast Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and UtilityDavid G. AndersonList of Contributors Index

Devin A. White received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He works at Integrity Applications Incorporated and is also a research associate at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.Sarah L. Surface-Evans received her PhD from Michigan State University and is a postdoctoral fellow in archae-ology at Central Michigan University.

“Very significant. Scholarly contributions like this book will move archaeology rapidly into a new paradigm, beyond processualism and post-processualism, and into an identity of its own.”—Douglas C. Comer, author of Ritual Ground: Bent’s Old Fort, World Formation, and the Annexation of the Southwest

• 1. An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Devin A. WhitePart 1: Traditional Applications of Existing Methods2. Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain John D. Rissetto3. Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland PeruKurt Rademaker, David A. Reid, and Gordon R. M. Bromley4. Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New MexicoShaun M. Phillips and Phillip O. Leckman5. A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient InteractionKevin C. Nolan and Robert A. CookPart 2: Nontraditional Applications of Existing Methods6. Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax AnalysisErin J. Hudson7. Social Interaction at the Maya Site of CopÁn, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational AnalysisHeather Richards-Rissetto8. Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land UseSarah L. Surface-EvansPart 3: Custom Applications and Emerging MethodsModeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain Isaac I. Ullah and Sean M. BerginNo Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? Patrick LivingoodPrehistoric Trail Networks of the Western PapaguerÍa: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis Devin A. WhitePart 4: Constructive Criticisms and Theoretical DiscussionsSeven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways Scott BrantingRealism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path AlgorithmsJohn KantnerLeast Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and UtilityDavid G. AndersonList of Contributors Index

Devin A. White received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He works at Integrity Applications Incorporated and is also a research associate at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.Sarah L. Surface-Evans received her PhD from Michigan State University and is a postdoctoral fellow in archae-ology at Central Michigan University.

“Very significant. Scholarly contributions like this book will move archaeology rapidly into a new paradigm, beyond processualism and post-processualism, and into an identity of its own.”—Douglas C. Comer, author of Ritual Ground: Bent’s Old Fort, World Formation, and the Annexation of the Southwest

• 1. An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes Sarah L. Surface-Evans and Devin A. WhitePart 1: Traditional Applications of Existing Methods2. Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain John D. Rissetto3. Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland PeruKurt Rademaker, David A. Reid, and Gordon R. M. Bromley4. Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New MexicoShaun M. Phillips and Phillip O. Leckman5. A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient InteractionKevin C. Nolan and Robert A. CookPart 2: Nontraditional Applications of Existing Methods6. Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax AnalysisErin J. Hudson7. Social Interaction at the Maya Site of CopÁn, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational AnalysisHeather Richards-Rissetto8. Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land UseSarah L. Surface-EvansPart 3: Custom Applications and Emerging MethodsModeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain Isaac I. Ullah and Sean M. BerginNo Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? Patrick LivingoodPrehistoric Trail Networks of the Western PapaguerÍa: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis Devin A. WhitePart 4: Constructive Criticisms and Theoretical DiscussionsSeven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways Scott BrantingRealism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path AlgorithmsJohn KantnerLeast Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and UtilityDavid G. AndersonList of Contributors Index