ABSTRACT
Archaeological predictive modeling (APM) comprises a diverse set of approaches that have found application, primarily, in cultural resource management (CRM). The general aim of these approaches is to estimate the occurrence of archaeological material throughout a landscape given what is known about an existing archaeological sample (Sebastian and Judge 1988). Such knowledge has proved useful for improving the management of cultural heritage by permitting more effective regional conservation strategies (Hall and Lomax 1996; Kincaid 1988). However, it is also possible to outline some wider applications for the set of approaches that APM comprises. For the study outlined in this chapter, APM was used as an exploratory data tool to examine the factors determining the location of archaeological finds within a region in northwest central Queensland, Australia.
