Conclusions. Conclusively, GIS are a very powerful tool of spatial analysis in
Archaeology. As a tool however, it is value-laden and this has been obvious in the orientation of
archaeological research. GIS can become a constitutive element of current archaeological theory,
as long as research moves towards new applications and a clear distinction is made between
objective explanation and interpretation through modeling.
Although the improvement of GIS technology will facilitate the implementation of more
sophisticated analyses, the gap between archaeological and GIS theory will still negatively affect
the successful incorporation of GIS in archaeological research. In order to overcome this
problem, a shift in GIS research interest towards specific archaeological problems should take
place, embodying archaeological methodology issues and theories and translating them to a body
of archaeology-focused GIS tools. The systematic exploration of these functions within the
domains ofontology, visualization and time can reveal new ways for the organization,analysis
and representation of archaeological data. This can be reinforced by effectively using the
experience of the current archaeological focused applications, in order to record the needs of
contemporary archaeological research, point the problematic issues of current analysis and
declare the expectations of such a conjunction.
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