Archaeology and the information age : a global perspective
1992, 1st edition. London : Routledge. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392229
Series: One World Archaeology, 21. Physical description: xxiv, 395 pages, 24 cm. Notes: Derived from the Second World Archaeological Congress, held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Sept. 1990. Includes bibliographies and index. 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-Salom 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. Subjects: Archaeology Data processing; Congresses; Archaeology Methodology; Archaeology Applications of computer systems; Information Technology.
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