On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
154
Utgivningsdatum
2000-12-01
Förlag
Oxford University School of Archaeology
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(A Tschan & P Daly). 154p, b/w illus, tbs
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240 x 170 x 12 mm
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1
ISBN
9780947816513

On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing

av Gary Lock, Kayt Brown
Häftad,  Engelska, 2000-12-01
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These nine papers, based on the 4th World Archaeological Congress held in South Africa in 1999, take a critical view of computer usage in archaeology and study its impact on the discipline and especially in terms of archaeological method and theory. Contents: Introduction (Gark Lock & Kayt Brown) ; Computers and archaeological cultural change (J Huggett) ; Archaeological computing and disciplinary theory (J Gidlow) ; Mathematics and computers (H Forsyth) ; Virtual reality (G Goodrick & M Gillings) ; Archaeological archives for the 21st century (F Grew) ; Intellectual excavation (A Beck) ; English sites and monuments records (B Robinson) ; Can computers help aerial survey? (R Palmer) ; Is there such a thing as `Computer Archaeology'?
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This is a book that should be on all course reading lists. It is a valuable addition to the literature on the effects of the ICT revolution on archaeology.--Julien D Richards "Internet Archaeology, 2001 "

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Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. His research interests include computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology especially Geographical Information Systems, their application and theoretical aspects (current interests are modelling visibility and movement).

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Computers and archaeological culture change, Jeremy Huggett; archaeological computing and disciplinary theory, Jayne Gidlow; mathematics and computers, Hannah Forsyth; constructs, simulations and hyperreal worlds - the role of virtual reality (VR) in archaeological research, Glyn Goodrick and Mark Gillings; from museum store to data warehouse - archaeological archives for the 21st century, Francis Grew; intellectual excavation and dynamic information management systems, Anthony Beck; English sites and monuments records - information, communication and technology, Ben Robinson; a view from above - can computers help aerial survey?, Rog Palmer; is there such a thing as "computer archaeology"?, Andre Tschan and Patrick Daly.

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