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Benson (2000)
Spatial relationships of bullet type and time have been modelled of artefacts collected from the battle of little big horn to answer questions about the battle that are unresolved from the historic record.
Figure 2. 300-yard buffer around bullet point. Figure 1. Location of three .40 caliber bullets on the 1891 terrain model.
300-yard buffer around bullet point Location of three .40 calibre bullets on the 1891 terrain model.
Hurry et al (2001) St Mary's city in Maryland has more than 3 million artefacts and 350 archaeological sites. They have been incorporated in to a GIS to analyse the spatial distribution of artefacts excavated from survey pits as well as to map the town layout.
Bowen (1988) Used domestic animal size, exchange networks and the need to preserve meet due to climate to study Euro American settlers dietary adaptations
Tracey 

(1996)

Used soil profiles, alluvial deposition, spatial arrangement of Dams, races and Flumes to investigate the technologies used to extract gold using Hydraulic methods - He felt that Historical sources did not accurately portray the technology.
The exposed alluvial deposits at Bombay on the Shoalhaven River

 

Map of The alluvial workings at Bombay
Hood (1996) Examined how environment (topography, resources and location) coupled with spatial arrangement and segregation of that environment in space determined social relations and how that historical spatial arrangement impeded change to modern agricultural industry.
Wurst (1991) Needed to be aware of the spatial relation ships of the cemeteries in the ideology study as different communities subscribed to different beliefs based on status and economics.
Macphail (1999) Used pollen and spores to investigate the change in attitudes of colonial Sydney to natural and imported vegetation. 

Sediment deposition, estuarine mud, pollen and spores to locate the position of the first steam engine used in Sydney.

The topographic setting of tillage in Millers point of marks preserved in soil.

 

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