Using the Widom-Rowlinson penetrable sphere model to understand past human occupation.

Point Pattern Analysis (PPA)

PPA (Baddeley, A., Rubak, E., Turner, R., 2015) has been performed using the package spatstat (Baddeley and Turner, 2005) within the software system for statistical computing R (R Core Team, 2022) through the visual interface of Rstudio (RStudio Team, 2022).

The GIS dataset of Nuraghes has been retrieved on https://www.nurnet.net/.

List of files included in Nur_PPM.zip:

1. R_script_code named "Nur_PPM" in .rmd and .html formats.
2. Output folder: png and .txt products of the R script code
3. GeoTiff folder (.TIFF file format):
   • Elevation
   • Slope
   • Eastness
   • Northness
   • Geomorphons
   • Topographic Position Index (TPI) 100, 500 and 1000
   • Convergence Index (CI)
   • Cost distances from ore deposits
   • Cost distances from water springs
   • Cost distances from water streams
   • Soil permeability
   • Soli Ph
4. EsriSHP folder (.shp file format):
   • nuraghe folder: qubbas arcaheological sites (nuraghe.shp)
   • roi folder: Region Of Interest (roi.shp)

Corresponding Authors

• dr. Filippo Brandolini (McCord Centre for Landscape - School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne - NE1 7RU)