On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing

Lock, Gary (Editor)/ Brown, Kayt (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0947816518 / ISBN 13: 9780947816513

Editore: Oxford Univ School of Archaeology, 2000

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• Titolo: On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing
• Editore: Oxford Univ School of Archaeology
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0947816518
• ISBN 13: 9780947816513
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,3 chilogrammi

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Riassunto

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'?

Recensione

This is a book that should be on all course reading lists. It is a valuable addition to the literature on the effects of the ICT revolution on archaeology. --Internet Archaeology