New Techniques for Old Times - CAA 98: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Proceedings of the 26th Conference, Barcelona, March 1998

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Proceedings of the 26th Conference, Barcelona, March 1998 This book includes papers from the CAA 1998 Conference. Sections include Using computers in archaeological fieldwork; Using computers for archaeological explanation; and Using computers for archaeological heritage; there are 61 papers presented. Download includes CAA 98 images, as well as nearly 300 Mb of freeware, shareware and commercial demos of computer programs created for archaeologists. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Contents New Techniques for Old Times. A General Introduction to Computing Archaeology New Techniques for Old Times: Invited Lectures Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Archaeology Statistics in Archaeology: New directions USING COMPUTERS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK 1. Obtaining Data in the Field Data analysis of a magnetic survey to contrast the most commontreatments of data procedures in shallow archaeological surveys Archaeological Research On 'The Protohistoric Sanctuary OfGastiburu', Arrazua, Biscay, Using Electrical Devices USING COMPUTERS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK 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 Image Processing Techniques in the Study and Restoration of Byzantine Mural Paintings Digital Recording of the Condition of America Tropical, a Muralby David Alfaro Siqueiros Teaching Computer Aided Documentation to Conservation Specialists New Procedures for Tracing Paleolithic Rock Paintings: Digital Photography Studying the Archaeological Record from Photogrammetry Real Time, in situ; Computerized Graphic Documentation in Archaeological Excavation Total Station Recording of Large Ship Structures inconnection with the Excavation of Eight Ship-wrecks at theB&W Site in Copenhagen USING COMPUTERS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK 3. Storing and Retrieving Spatial Data Joining the Club: Issues, Problems, and Practices in Initiating GIS KARTAGO as a Viewer of GIS- and Multivariate Archaeological Data in the Ajvide and Carrowmore Projects - The Full Concept GIS and Archaeology: the ''Caere'' survey An Archaeological Geographical Information System in Arc/Info 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 Taking digital Notes in the Field: the Archeo tool-set Computer Supported Cooperative Work in field archaeology: theAde system FieldNote: extending a GIS into the field P.E.T.R.A.-Data: an Integrated Environment for Archaeological Data Processing. Digital Cartographical Databases and their Application to Archaeology The Eurialo Project: a Vector GIS for the Integrated Management of the Archeological Data of Pontecagnano (Italy) Field Mapping the Ahu Ra'ai, La Perouse Area, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) USING COMPUTERS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION 1. Statistical Analysis Sample Size Problems with Multivariate Archaeometric Data Variable Selection in Archaeometry: the Statistical Analysis of Glass Compositional Data Three-dimensional Data Display Using Kernel Density Estimates. Debating about the Graphic Representation of the Spatial Distributions of points: 3-D vs. 2-D Czekanowski's Diagrama Method of Multidimensional Clustering Multivariate Resampling Techniques for Assessing Sample Sizesfor Biplots Quantification in Archaeobotany: Charcoal Analysis and Fire Wood Management Is Plump Later ? The Possibilities of Dating Sarcophagi by means of their Proportions Checked by PCA-analysis on the North-WesternNecropolis Sarcophagi of Hierapolis (Phrygia, Turkey). Typometric Characterisation of the Lithic Industry USING COMPUTERS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION 2. Modelling Viewshed and Cost Surface Analysis Using GIS (Cartographic Modelling in a Cell-Based GIS II) Predictive Modelling in Dutch Archaeology, Joining Forces Settlement Pattern Modelling through Boolean Overlays of Socialand Environmental Variables Statistical Methods and Computer High Technology for the Studyof Archaeological Presence in the Sabina Tiberina Area Clarifying the British Palaeolithic: Unsystematic Traditions GIS-assisted Data Analysis - Finding Meanings in Complex Spatial Data Sets Looking at Change, Continuity and Time in GIS: an examplefrom the Sangro Valley, Italy The Abandonment of the Early Bronze Age Lake-settlement of Bodman-Schachen 1: A CAD and GIS Approach to the Lake-levelFluctuation Hypothesis The Landscape of Lake Sevan (Armenia) during the UrartianPeriod A Computer-aided Geo-archaeological Survey of the Classical Landscape of Central Anatolia Virtual Constructs: Traveling the Tenth Century Timing is everything: Commentary on Managing Temporal Variables in Geographic Information Systems USING COMPUTERS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE 1. Management Proactive User Interfacesfor Cultural Resource Management Systems Database Design and the Electronic Publication of ArchaeologicalInformation An Introduction to Object-Oriented GIS in Archaeology POLEMON:A Federated Database Management System for the Documentation, Management and Promotion of Cultural Heritage The Archaeological Database of Serbia SIRBeC - The Regional Informative System about the Cultural Heritage in Lombardy AN EXAMPLE OF USING A RELATIONAL DATA BASE FORDELIMITING TECHNOLOGICAL DOMAIN SYSTEMS INTHE PREHISTORY OFTHE IBERIAN PENINSULA: PROJECT AU Distribution of Copper Ores in the Carpathians.Data Management With Relational Databases Astro-Dacia PROJECT, ROMANIA. A Data Base with Images and Programs for Archaeological, Archaeometrical and Archaeoastronomical Research in RomanianStatistical Analysis Geographic Information Systems and Archaeological Resource Management in Andalusia (Spain) Protection of the Archaeological Patrimony and G.I.S. The Elaboration of an Archaeological Cartography Aimed at theProblems of Territorial Planning in the Emilia Romagna Region USING COMPUTERS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE 2. Diffusion and Learning Beyond traditional Web page designs - a communication language between designers and web page developers A Web Site Engine for the Development of Heritage-related Sites Contrebia Belaisca: The Celtic Culture In The Net From Wroxeter to the Web: The British Telecom Access to Archaeology Project New Techniques for Old Times: Concluding Address