Archaeological Predictive Modelling in Cultural Resource Management

Predictive models are becoming increasingly often used in archaeological cultural resource management. Beside this, extremely successful and productive application, predictive mod-els can be and are used as an effective tool in archaeological site location explanation. The main objective of this presentation is to discuss and present some aspects of practical appli-cations of predictive modelling. The presentation will start with theoretical introduction to predictive modelling and will be followed with some methodological issues. Special empha-sis will be paid to the presentation of several case studies. The first set of case studies will focus on the application of multiple overlays of spatial information layers for modelling potential of Bronze Age settlement sites location and barrows. Further more some results of the multivariate statistics for the analysis of Roman settlement patterns will be presented. Finally, we will demonstrate how site locations were predicted in Slovenian highway con-structions project. Presentation will be concluded with some general remarks and practical suggestions for future work. 1. Backgroun