Practice question · Put in order
Order the steps of a landscape survey that builds a settlement pattern.
- Define the survey region and its terrain zones
- Test spacing with the nearest-neighbour statistic
- Rank sites by size and function into a hierarchy
- Systematically walk and record all surface sites
- Interpret deviations against rivers, routes, and defense
Hints
- The area must be defined before anyone walks it.
- The statistic is a step, not the conclusion.
Show the answer
- Define the survey region and its terrain zones
- Systematically walk and record all surface sites
- Rank sites by size and function into a hierarchy
- Test spacing with the nearest-neighbour statistic
- Interpret deviations against rivers, routes, and defense
Why
Define, walk, rank, test, interpret. The statistic is a step, not the conclusion, the meaning lives in why the real pattern departs from the ideal.
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