Archaeology and the information age [electronic resource] : a global perspective / edited by Paul Reilly, Sebastian Rahtz.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Corporate Author: World Archaeological Congress
Other Authors: Reilly, Paul, Rahtz, S. P. Q.
Other title:Archeology and the information age.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Series:One world archaeology ; 21.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: archaeology and the information age / Paul Reilly
  • chapter 2 The impact of information technology on the archaeology of southern and eastern Africa--the first decades
  • chapter 3 Dissemination of archaeological information: the east African experience / Karega-Munene
  • chapter 4 Polish archaeology and computers: an overview / Arkadiusz Marciniak
  • chapter 5 Computer archaeology in Hungary / Attila Suhajda
  • chapter 6 Japanese archaeological site databases and data visualization / Akifumi Oikawa
  • part 7 Archaeological data in the USSR
  • collection, storage and exploitation: has IT a role?
  • chapter Acknowledgements
  • chapter 8 On the importance of high-level communication formats in world archaeology / John Wilcock
  • part Visualization
  • chapter 9 Visualizing spatial data: the importance of Geographic Information Systems / Gary Lock
  • chapter 10 The display and analysis of ridge-and-furrow from topographically surveyed data / Mike Fletcher
  • chapter nstruction modelling ...
  • chapter 12 Three-dimensional modelling and primary archaeological data / Paul Reilly
  • part Analysis
  • chapter 13 The simulation and recovery of archaeologically meaningful levels / Todd Koetje
  • chapter 14 Current information technology applications to archaeological data from Lower Nubia / Paul Sinclair
  • chapter 15 Cultural change, the prehistoric mind and archaeological simulations
  • chapter 16 Syntax and semantics of figurative art: a formal approach / Costis Dallas
  • chapter l VANDAL: an expert system dealing with the provenance of archaeological ceramics, based on chemical, mineralogical and data analysis information / Marie-SalomeĢ Lagrange
  • chapter 18 Designing a workbench for archaeological argument / Arthur Stutt
  • part Communication
  • chapter 19 From virtuality to actuality: the archaeological site simulation environment / Brian Molyneaux
  • chapter 20 The electronic capture and dissemination of the cultural practice of Tibetan Thangka painting / Ranjit Makkuni
  • chapter 21 The implications of large scale image storage for primary archaeological research / Roger Martlew
  • chapter 22 The development of dynamic archaeological publications.