Research Catalog

Title

New techniques for old times, CAA 98 : computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology ; proceedings of the 26th Conference, Barcelona, March 1998 / edited by Juan A. Barceló, Ivan Briz, Assumpció Vila.

Author

Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference (26th : 1998 : Barcelona, Spain)

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Briz, Ivan.
• Vila, Asunción.
• Barceló, Juan A.

Description

iv, 388 pages : illustrations; 30 cm +

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 757

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 757.

Subject

• Archaeology > Data processing > Congresses
• Archaeology > Mathematical models > Congresses
• Archaeology > Statistical methods > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

• [pt.1]. New techniques for old times. Invited lectures. Computer science, artificial intelligence and archaeology / Josep Puyol-Gruart -- Statistics in archaeology: new directions / Pedro Delicado -- [pt. 2]. Using computers in archaeological fieldwork. 1. Obtaining data in the field. Data analyis of a magnetic survey to contrast the most common treatments of data procedures in shallow archaeological surveys / José Antonio Peña [and others] -- Archaeological research on "The protohistoric sanctuary of Gastiburu', Arrazua, Biscay, using electrical devices / Luis Valdés [and others] -- 2. Storing and retrieving image data. The Via Aurelia in the Tarquinia area: new results from an aerial photograph study by the Matlab Image Processing Program / Giuliano Pelfer -- Image processing techniques in the study and restoration of Byzantine mural paintings / Nicholas Zarifis -- Digital recording of the condition of América Tropical, a mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros / Mitchell Hearns Bishop [and others] -- Teaching computer aided documentation to conservation specialists / Donatella Attura [and others] -- New procedures for tracing paleolithic rock paintings: digital photography / Roberto Cacho Toca, Nerea Gálvez Lavín -- Studying the archaeological record from photogrammetry / Angel Astorqui -- Real time, in situ; computerized graphic documentation in archaeological excavation / Natalie E.R. Messika -- Total station recording of large ship structures in connection with the excavation of eight ship-wrecks at the B & W site in Copenhagen / Klaus Støttrup Jensen, Christian P.P. Lemée -- 3. Storing and retrieving spatial data. Joining the club: issues, problems, and practices in initiating GIS / Caroline Beebe -- KARTAGO as a viewer of GIS- and multivariate archaeological data in the Ajvide and Carrowmore projects: the full concept / Göran Burenhult -- GIS and archaeology: the 'Caere' survey / Paola Moscati -- An archaeological geographical information system in Arc/Info / Angela Peduto -- The application of GIS to intra-site spatial analysis: preliminary results from Alpe Veglia (VB) and Mondeval de Sora (BL), two mesolithic sites in the Italian Alps / N. Vullo, F. Fontana, A. Guerreschi -- Taking digital notes in the field: the Archeo tool-set / M. Ancona [and others] -- Computer supported cooperative work in field archaeology: the Ade system / M. Ancona [and others] -- FieldNote: extending a GIS into the field / Nick Ryan, Jason Pascoe, David Morse -- P.E.T.R.A.-Data: an integrated environment for archaeological data processing / Marco Crescioli, Franco Niccolucci -- Digital cartographical databases and their application to archaeology / J. Baena [and others] -- The Eurialo Project: a vector GIS for the integrated management of the archeological data of Pontecagnano (Italy) / Andrea D'Andrea, Roberto De Nicola, Antonio Giordano -- Field mapping the Ahu Raʹai, La Pérouse Area, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Matthew Bampton, Pernilla Flyg.
• [pt. 3]. Using computers for archaeological explanation. 1. Statistical analysis. Sample size problem with multivariate archaeometric data / S. Westwood, M.J. Baxter, C.C. Beardah -- Variable selection in archaeometry: the statistical analysis of glass compositional data / C.M. Jackson, M.J. Baxter -- Three-dimensional data display using kernel density estimates / Christian C. Beardah, Mike J. Baxter -- Debating about the graphic representation of the spatial distributions of points: 3-D vs. 2-D / Germá Wünsch -- Czekanowski's diagram: a method of multidimensional clustering / Arkadiusz Soltysiak, Piotr Jaskulski -- Multivariate resampling techniques for assessing sample sizes for biplots / J.A. Hopkins -- Quantification in archaeobotany: charcoal analysis and fire-wood management / Raquel Piqué -- Is plump later? The possibilities of dating sarcophagi by means of their proportions checked by PCA-analysis on the north-western Necropolis sarcophagi of Hierapolis (Phrygia, Turkey) / H. Vanhaverbeke, M. Waelkens, and T. Ritti -- Typometric characterisation of the lithic industry / Alvaro Arrizabalaga -- 2. Modelling. Viewshed and cost surface analysis using GIS (cartographic modelling in a cell-based GIS II) / Martijn van Leusen -- Predictive modeling in Dutch archaeology, joining forces / Hans Kamermans and Milco Wansleeben -- Settlement pattern modelling through boolean overlays of social and environmental variables / Zoran Stančič, Kenneth L. Kvamme -- Statistical methods and computer high technology for the study of archaeological presence in the Sabina Tiberina Area / F. Colosi [and others] -- Clarifying the British palaeolithic: unsystematic traditions / Robert T. Hosfield -- GIS-assisted data analysis -- finding meanings in complex spatial data sets / Tuija Kirkinen -- Looking at change, continuity and time in GIS: an example from the Sangro Valley, Italy / Gary Lock, Patrick Daly -- The abandonment of the early Bronze Age lake-settlement of Bodman-Schachen 1: a CAD and GIS approach to the lake-level fluctuation hypothesis / Francesco Menotti -- The landscape of Lake Sevan (Armenia) during the Urartian period / N. Parmegiani, M. Poscolieri -- A computer-aided geo-archaeological survey of the classical landscape of Central Anatolia / Frank Vermeulen -- Virtual constructs: traveling the tenth century / Leigh Symonds -- Timing is everything: commentary on managing temporal variables in geographic information systems / Patrick T. Daly, Gary Lock.
• [pt. 4]. Using computers for archaeological heritage. 1. Management. Proactive user interfaces for cultural resource management systems / César A. González Pérez -- Database design and electronic publication of archaeological information / David Schloen -- An introduction to object-oriented GIS in archaeology / André P. Tschan -- POLEMON: a federated database management system for the documentation, management and promotion of cultural heritage / Ch. Bekiari, Ch. Gritzapi, D. Kalomoirakis -- The archaeological database of Serbia / Viktor Farčić [and others] -- SIRBeC -- the regional informative system about the cultural heritage in Lombardy / Teresa Medici -- An example of using a relational data base for delimiting technological domain systems in the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula: Project Au / Oscar García Vuelta, Alicia Perea -- Distribution of copper ores in the Carpathians. Data management with relationa databases / Manuella Kadar -- Astro-Dacia PROJECT ROMANIA. A data base with images and programs for archaeological, archaeometrical and archaeoastronomical research in Romanian statistical analysis / Florin Stanescu, Marius Ciuta, Nicolae Rodean -- Geographic information systems and archaeological resource management in Andalusia (Spain) / Amores, F. [and others] -- Protection of the archaeological patrimony and G.I.S. The elaboration of an archaeological cartography aimed at the problem of territorial planning in the Emilia Romagna Region / Maria Pia Guermandi -- 2. Diffusion and learning. Beyond traditional web page designs -- a communication language between designers and web page developers / José Bulas-Cruz [and others] -- A web site engine for the development of heritage-related sites / Leonel Morgado [and others] -- Contrebia Belaisca: the Celtic culture in the Net / Manuel Medrano Marqués, María Antonia Días Sanz -- From Wroxeter to the web: the British Telecom Access to Archaeology Project / Sally Exon, Vince Gaffney -- The new technologies and designer archaeology / Vicente Lull -- Contents of CD.

Call Number

JFG 99-924

ISBN

• 0860549615
• 9780860549611

LCCN

99211895

OCLC

41389058

Conference

Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference (26th : 1998 : Barcelona, Spain)

Title

New techniques for old times, CAA 98 : computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology ; proceedings of the 26th Conference, Barcelona, March 1998 / edited by Juan A. Barceló, Ivan Briz, Assumpció Vila.

Imprint

Oxford : Archaeopress, 1999.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

BAR international series ; 757

BAR international series ; 757.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

Added Author

Briz, Ivan.

Vila, Asunción.

Barceló, Juan A.

Other Form:

Online version: Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference (26th : 1998 : Barcelona, Spain). New techniques for old times, CAA 98. Oxford : Archaeopress, 1999 (OCoLC)606470530

Research Call Number

JFG 99-924