| On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing Contributor(s): Lock, Gary (Author), Brown, Kayt (Author) |
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ISBN: 0947816518 ISBN-13: 9780947816513 Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 930.102 |
| Physical Information: 154 pages |
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| Publisher Description: These nine papers, based on the 4th World Archaeological Congress held in South Africa in 1999, take a critical view of computer usage in archaeology and study its impact on the discipline and especially in terms of archaeological method and theory. Contents: Introduction (Gark Lock & Kayt Brown); Computers and archaeological cultural change (J Huggett); Archaeological computing and disciplinary theory (J Gidlow); Mathematics and computers (H Forsyth); Virtual reality (G Goodrick & M Gillings); Archaeological archives for the 21st century (F Grew); Intellectual excavation (A Beck); English sites and monuments records (B Robinson); Can computers help aerial survey? (R Palmer); Is there such a thing as Computer Archaeology'? |
Contributor Bio(s): Lock, Gary: - Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. His research interests include computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology especially Geographical Information Systems, their application and theoretical aspects (current interests are modelling visibility and movement). |