Assessing the siting of war heritage: A new approach using digital terrain analysis and stochastic data exploration

IF 4.7 2区地球科学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Anthropocene Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-22 DOI:10.1016/j.ancene.2026.100550

Zbigniew Podgórski , Marta Brzezińska , Alberto Bosino , Dawid Szatten

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Abstract

Our research describes how digital terrain analysis and stochastic data exploration can be used to determine the location of objects of strategic importance, such as war-inherited manufacturing sites. Thus far, the use of spatial data in war geoarchaeology has focused mainly on identifying and cataloguing traces of conflicts highlighting polemoforms. The current research aims to find an efficient method for quantifying the terrain-driven predictability of strategic military siting using innovative technologies and tools. Using spatial data relating to the European theatre of World War II, the detailed survey of land altered into a war landscape was conducted at the former DAG Fabrik armaments factory in Poland. Applying the Maximum Entropy Model (MaxEnt), the spatial pattern of the exploitation of natural terrain features for camouflage was assessed, and preferred locations for strategic projects were identified. At the same time, the environmental, technological and strategic factors for siting objects of tactical importance were evaluated. Research based on 45 known building locations reported 6 retained predictors, where buildings are sited on short dune slopes with limited sky-view factor and short view distances. Successful spatial analyses have opened a discussion about the widespread implementation of modern technologies and tools for protecting cultural heritage, including war landscapes, for future generations.

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评估战争遗产的选址：使用数字地形分析和随机数据探索的新方法

我们的研究描述了如何使用数字地形分析和随机数据探索来确定具有战略重要性的对象的位置，例如战争遗留的制造场所。到目前为止，空间数据在战争地理考古学中的使用主要集中在识别和编目突出极端形态的冲突痕迹。目前的研究旨在找到一种有效的方法来量化地形驱动的战略军事选址的可预测性，使用创新技术和工具。利用与第二次世界大战欧洲战区有关的空间数据，在波兰前DAG Fabrik武器工厂对改变为战争景观的土地进行了详细调查。利用最大熵模型（MaxEnt），评估了自然地形特征用于伪装的空间格局，并确定了战略项目的首选地点。同时，对战术重要目标选址的环境、技术和战略因素进行了评价。基于45个已知建筑位置的研究报告了6个保留的预测因子，其中建筑物位于短沙丘斜坡上，天景因子有限，视野距离短。成功的空间分析开启了关于为子孙后代广泛实施现代技术和工具保护文化遗产（包括战争景观）的讨论。

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Anthropocene Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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102 days

期刊介绍： Anthropocene is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed works addressing the nature, scale, and extent of interactions that people have with Earth processes and systems. The scope of the journal includes the significance of human activities in altering Earth’s landscapes, oceans, the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems over a range of time and space scales - from global phenomena over geologic eras to single isolated events - including the linkages, couplings, and feedbacks among physical, chemical, and biological components of Earth systems. The journal also addresses how such alterations can have profound effects on, and implications for, human society. As the scale and pace of human interactions with Earth systems have intensified in recent decades, understanding human-induced alterations in the past and present is critical to our ability to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to changes in the future. The journal aims to provide a venue to focus research findings, discussions, and debates toward advancing predictive understanding of human interactions with Earth systems - one of the grand challenges of our time.