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Using computers in archaeology : towards virtual pasts

Title
Using computers in archaeology : towards virtual pasts / Gary Lock.
Author
Lock, G. R. (Gary R.)
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description
xv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
Computers play an ever-increasing role in archaeology. This text examines how increasing dependence on data processing is affecting the theory & practice of the science, from survey & excavation to museums & education. There is particular reference to GIS & the analysis of data.
Subject
  • Archaeology > Data processing
  • Archaeology > Information technology
  • Geographic information systems
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • geographic information systems
  • Archaeology > Data processing
  • Geographic information systems
  • Archäologie
  • Computerunterstütztes Verfahren
  • Archeologie
  • Computermethoden
  • Arqueologia > Metodologia
  • Arqueologia > Datació
  • Sistemes d'informació geogràfica
  • Arqueologia > Models matemàtics
Genre/Form
  • geographic information systems.
  • Geographic information systems
  • Geographic information systems.
  • Systèmes d'information géographique.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-292) and index.
Contents
1. Archaeology and computers -- 2. Survey and prospection -- 3. Excavation and computers -- 4. Beyond excavation -- 5. Digital landscapes -- 6. Preserving and managing evidence of the past -- 7. Communicating archaeology -- 8. Virtual futures.
ISBN
  • 0415166209
  • 9780415166201
  • 0415167701
  • 9780415167703
LCCN
2002035669
OCLC
  • ocm50684467
  • 50684467
  • SCSB-1289196
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library