
Research Summary
Research interests include cultural ecology; settlement ecology; anthropological archaeology; landscape anthropology/archaeology; agricultural intensification and niche inheritance; and GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis.
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Recent Publications
Defining Cultural Resources: A Case Study from the Mid-Atlantic United States
Brown, M., Murtha, T., Schroder, W. & Wang, L., Mar 2022, In: Human Organization. 81, 1, p. 47-59 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying Cultural Resource Hotspots via Crowdsourcing and Expert Perspectives
Brown, M., Chen, C., Wang, L. & Murtha, T., 2022, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2022, 7, p. 155-163 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Lessons from Livestreaming Fieldtrips: Evaluating an Alternative Fieldtrip Approach in Teaching Landscape Architectural Studios
Chen, C., Wang, L., Murtha, T. & Hulse, D., 2022, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2022, 7, p. 616-623 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Airborne Lidar survey, density-based clustering, and ancient Maya settlement in the upper usumacinta river region of Mexico and Guatemala
Golden, C., Scherer, A. K., Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Morell-Hart, S., Fernandez Diaz, J. C., Del Pilar Jiménez Álvarez, S., Firpi, O. A., Agostini, M., Bazarsky, A., Clark, M., Van Kollias, G., Matsumoto, M., Recinos, A. R., Schnell, J. & Whitlock, B., Oct 1 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 20, 4109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sourcing the source: Bald Eagle Jasper quarries and the Houserville Habitation Complex
Murtha, T. M. & Scheetz, B. E., Oct 2021, In: North American Archaeologist. 42, 4, p. 402-419 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A confluence of communities: households and land use at the junction of the Upper Usumacinta and Lacantún Rivers, Chiapas, Mexico
Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Broadbent, E. N. & Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., 2021, In: World Archaeology. 53, 4, p. 688-715 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
UAV LiDAR survey for archaeological documentation in Chiapas, Mexico
Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Golden, C., Scherer, A. K., Broadbent, E. N., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Herndon, K. & Griffin, R., Dec 1 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 23, 4731.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
How sprawl shapes public parks in an urban system: Spatial analysis of historical urban growth in orlando metropolitan region, Florida, USA
Wang, L. & Murtha, T., 2021, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2021, 6, p. 278-286 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mapping landscape values with social media
Brown, M., Murtha, T., Wang, L. & Wang, Y., 2020, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2020, 5, p. 542-548 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mayas y olmecas: Nuevas perspectivas
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The lowland Maya settlement landscape: Environmental LiDAR and ecology
Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Golden, C., Anaya Hernández, A., Scherer, A., Morell-Hart, S., Almeyda Zambrano, A., Broadbent, E. & Brown, M., Oct 2020, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 33, 102543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Park suitability index: Developing a landscape metric for analyzing settlement patterns in the context of a rapidly urbanizing area in Central Florida, USA
Wang, L., Murtha, T. & Brown, M., 2020, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2020, 5, p. 447-456 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Anthropological approaches for cultural resource conservation design and planning
Brown, M. & Murtha, T., Oct 2 2019, In: Environmental Practice. 21, 4, p. 179-188 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
ILAS: Intrinsic landscape assessment system for landscape design and planning in the national capital region
Brown, M., Murtha, T., Wang, Y. & Wang, L., 2019, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2019, 4, p. 84-94 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrating natural and cultural resources in North American large-landscape conservation
Brown, M. & Murtha, T., Apr 3 2019, In: Environmental Practice. 21, 2, p. 57-68 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review