U K Chapter Of Computer Applications And Quantitative Methods In Archaeology

This volume records contributions made at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology UK Chapter 2009 (CAA UK 2009). Preface (Andrew Wilson); 1) Collections Online: New Access to the British Museums Archaeology Collections (Pam Young and Sarah Hammond); 2) Metadata for the mundane: Reasons and mechanisms for community archaeologists and small commercial units to document their digital photographs (Alan Gillott); 3) Audio Podcasting and Archaeology (Alan M. Greaves); 4) Modelling Early Bronze Age I-III South Levantine Urban Landscapes (Jason Jorgenson); 5) Modelling the Experience of Communal Spaces in the Near Eastern Neolithic (Alexis McBride); 6) Exploring the use of space using relativity (Ehren Milner); 7) Illuminating the Burials in the Aegean Bronze Age: Natural & Artificial Light in a Mortuary Context (Konstantinos Papadopoulos); 8) Surveying and modelling the settlement context of a late antique church at Ras el Bassit, Syria (Ulla Rajala and Nicolas Beaudry); 9) Using a three-dimensional multi-user virtual environment to teach spatial theory in archaeology (Palitha Edirisingha, Mark Pluciennik and Ruth Young).

These nine papers are derived from the fourth meeting of the U.K. Chapter of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology' held at Cardiff, 1999. Contents: Preface (Caitlin Buck); The sigillographic database: easier artefact analysis (Eric Cooper); Landscapes in Motion: interactive computer imagery and Neolithic landscapes of the Outer Hebrides (Vicky Cummings); BCal: the development of an interactive Internet application (G N James); An approach for integrating multisensory data: Sesklo and the Teleorman Valley (Steve Mills); Developing an archaeology soapbox and marketplace on the WWW (Leonel Morgado & Mila Simoes de Abreu); A numismatic database with icon and string-searching features (Leonel Morgado and Mario Guedes); Electronic drawing or manual drawing? Experiences from work with rock-paintings (Emma Jane Read & Christopher Chippindale); Exploring archaeometric data using projection pursuit methodology (S Westwood & M J Baxter); Beyond significant patterns towards past intentions: the location of Orcadian chambered tombs

A study illustrating the use of computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology.

This volume of original chapters written by experts in the field offers a snapshot of how historical built spaces, past cultural landscapes, and archaeological distributions are currently being explored through computational social science. It focuses on the continuing importance of spatial and spatio-temporal pattern recognition in the archaeological record, considers more wholly model-based approaches that fix ideas and build theory, and addresses those applications where situated human experience and perception are a core interest. Reflecting the changes in computational technology over the past decade, the authors bring in examples from historic and prehistoric sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas to demonstrate the variety of applications available to the contemporary researcher.

Today, archaeologists are spending more and more time examining the past with the aid of computers. How does this increased dependence on technology affect the theory and practice of archaeology? Using Computers in Archaeology is a comprehensive review of computer applications in archaeology from the archaeologist's perspective. The book deals with all aspects of the discipline, from survey and excavation, to museums and education. Discussion covers the theoretical aspects of computer applications, with particular reference to GIS and the analysis of data, but technical jargon is kept to a minimum. With numerous illustrations, case-studies and examples, Using Computers in Archaeology is a timely introduction to this increasingly important area of archaeology, catering both for the student and the experienced archaeologist.

The role of exact sciences in connection with cultural heritage now is well established and a new scientific branch has been generated: Archaeometry. Literally, Archaeometry means measurement on ancient objects. It is a multidisciplinary field of Investigations where the rigorous methods of exact sciences give a fundamental contribution to solving the problems associated with conservation and restoration, as well as to the study itself of the cultural heritage. Archaeometry, as a scientific research field, involves interdisciplinary groups formed by scholars of the humanistic area together with scientists: physicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists, engineers, etc. The primary justification for the need of involving exact sciences in the field which, in the past, traditionally has been exclusive of Art Historians must no doubt be found in the conservation and restoration activities. The second argument which, in the public opinion, justifies the involvement of science with the world of Art is the confidence that scientific methods are Infallible in unmasking forgeries. But in our opinion the awareness of the central role of scientific methods as a support for philological and

Over the past three decades, “landscape” has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From the processualist study of settlement patterns to the phenomenologist’s experience of the natural world, from human impact on past environments to the environment’s impact on human thought, action, and interaction, the term has been used. In this volume, for the first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be the benchmark for decades to come. All royalties on this Handbook are donated to the World Archaeological Congress.

The Glasgow Conference is published with its 40 papers divided into seven sections; Innovation, Confrontation and Transformation ( an overview of the technological state of the discipline); IT in Education and Communication; Quantitative Applications and Methodologies; Survey and GIS Applications; Regional and National Database Applications; Excavation and Post-Excavation Applications and Textual Applications.