On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing (Paperback)

Kayt Brown

ISBN 10: 0947816518 / ISBN 13: 9780947816513

Editore: Oxford University School of Archaeology, Oxford, 2000

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Paperback. 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'? 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing (Paperback)
• Editore: Oxford University School of Archaeology, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0947816518
• ISBN 13: 9780947816513
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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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