| Title: |
Computing for archaeologists |
| Series: |
Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monographs
|
| Volume: |
18
|
| Biblio Note |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database.
The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions.
|
| Publication Type: |
Monograph (in Series)
|
| Abstract: |
The volume is introduced by Seamus Ross in `Introduction: computing, digging and understanding' (1--9) in which he makes some general observations about computer applications in archaeology and outlines the topics covered and omitted in the ensuing chapters. The five parts of the volume each have their own short introduction. The first section, Part I: Archaeological computing and system design (11--53) opens with Jonathan Moffett giving an archaeologist's perspective of the role and value of computers in `Computers and archaeology: approaches and applications past and present' (13--39). Seamus Ross follows with an overview of the requirements and implications of designing a relevant computing package in `Systems engineering for archaeological computing' (41--53). Part II: Statistics and the computer trap (55--95) attempts to demystify statistics for archaeologists who are unused to using them with `An introduction to statistics for archaeologists' by Gary Lock (57--95). Part III: Databases for archaeologists (97--125) begins with `Analysing information for database design: an introduction for archaeologists' (99--109) in which Lou Bernard puts forward various techniques for resolving information handling problems. Dan Smith continues the theme with an outline of the main features of relational databases in `Database fundamentals for archaeologists' (111--25), concluding that making use of the system is the key to fully understanding it. Paul Reilly is the author of Part IV: Viewing data and representing the past (127--51) with a paper on the computer modelling of various types of archaeological data in `Visualising the problem: advancing graphic systems in archaeological analysis' (131--51). Part V: The archaeological perspective (153--205) concentrates on the use made in field archaeology of the various computer technologies, beginning with `From the trench to the bookshelf: computer use at the Heslerton Parish Project' by Dominic Powlesland (155--69). In `Computers as an aid to post-excavation interpretation' (171--86) Julian Richards discusses the far-reaching effects computer use can have in the way site records are used, and a specific example is given by Tim Williams in `The use of computers in post-excavation and publication work at the Department of Urban Archaeology, Museum of London' (187--200). In the book's final chapter Julian Henderson emphasises the value of computers across the spectrum of archaeological applications in `The use and abuse of computers' (201--5). AR |
| Author: |
Jonathan Moffett
|
| Issue Editor: |
Seamus Ross
Julian Henderson
|
| Year of Publication: |
1991
|
| ISBN: |
0 947816 18 6 |
| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Seamus Ross |
|
| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1991
|
| Source: |
BIAB
(The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
|
| Created Date: |
21 Jan 2002 |
