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
The Maya Landscape of El Infiernito, Chiapas, Mexico: Comparison of Occupied and Unoccupied Airborne LiDAR Mapping Systems
Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Scherer, A. K., Morell-Hart, S., Golden, C., Broadbent, E. N., Zambrano, A. M. A. & Fernandez-Diaz, J. C., Dec 2024, In: Remote Sensing. 16, 23, 4459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Critical evaluation of the spatiotemporal behavior of UHI, through correlation analyses based on multi-city heterogeneous dataset
Singh, M., Sharston, R. & Murtha, T., Sep 1 2024, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 110, 105576.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Google Earth Engine for archaeologists: An updated look at the progress and promise of remotely sensed big data
Herndon, K. E., Griffin, R., Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Golden, C., Contreras, D. A., Cherrington, E., Wang, L., Bazarsky, A., Kollias, G. V. & Alcover Firpi, O., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 50, 104094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Regional household variation and inequality across the Maya landscape
Schroder, W., Murtha, T., Golden, C., Brown, M., Griffin, R., Herndon, K. E., Morell-Hart, S. & Scherer, A. K., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 72, 101552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring Suitable Indicators for Residential Development and Resilient Landscape: A Case Study in Orlando Metropolitan Region
Wang, L., Murtha, T. & Tepe, E., 2023, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2023, 8, p. 92-100 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Are Threats the Connection? Linking Cultural and Natural Resource Conservation
Brown, M., Schroder, W. & Murtha, T., Oct 2022, In: Conservation and Society. 20, 4, p. 313-324 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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