ABSTRACT While the site concept continues to be fundamental to archaeology there are a number of known practical and theoretical problems with sites as units of observation. In the digital age, geospatial technologies give us the capacity to detect, record, index, and analyze sites at scales impossible in the analog age when the notion of a site entered our lexicon. Using examples from recent research, I present a critical review of how geospatial technologies have complicated how we think about sites, specifically centering on three trends: 1) increasing application of remote sensing; 2) the new ways we make field observations with high resolution recording techniques, like 3D scanning; and 3) site indices that must balance the inherent conflict between obscuring site locations to protect them from unwanted visitation and damage, and displaying site location as a necessary prerequisite of advocating for their protection.

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场地问题：数字时代考古中场地概念的批判性回顾

摘要尽管遗址的概念仍然是考古学的基础，但存在许多以遗址为观测单位的实际和理论问题。在数字时代，地理空间技术使我们能够以模拟时代（站点概念进入我们的词典）时无法达到的规模检测，记录，索引和分析站点。我使用最新研究的实例，对地理空间技术如何使我们如何思考站点进行了批判性评论，特别是围绕以下三个趋势：1）遥感应用的增加；2）我们采用高分辨率记录技术（例如3D扫描）进行野外观察的新方法；和3）网站索引必须平衡网站位置之间的固有冲突，以保护网站免受不必要的访问和破坏，