Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
PART I. WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING -- Introduction: Archaeological theory and digital pasts / Patrick Daly, Thomas I. Evans -- Digital archaeology: a historical context / Ezra B.W. Zubrow -- PART II. DATA COLLECTION -- Archaeological survey in a digital world / Matt Bradley -- Drowning in data? Digital data in a British contracting unit / Paul Backhouse -- PART III. QUANTIFICATION MADE EASY -- You, me and IT: the application of simple quantitative techniques in the examination of gender, identity and social reproduction in the Early to Middle Iron Age of northeastern France / Thomas L. Evans -- PART IV. MODELLING THE PAST -- Jouma's tent: Bedouin and digital archaeology / Carol Palmer, Patrick Daly -- Digital archaeology and the scalar structure of pastoral landscapes: modeling mobile societies of prehistoric Central Asia / Michael Frachetti -- What you see is what you get? Visualscapes, visual genesis and hierarchy / Marcos Llobera -- PART V. VIRTUAL WORLDS -- 'Digital gardening': an approach to simulating elements of palaeovegetation and some implications for the interpretation of prehistoric sites and landscapes / Benjamin R. Gearey, Henry P. Chapman -- At the gates of the lens: photography, graphical constructions and cinematography / Graeme P. Earl -- PART VI. DISSEMINATING THE DATA -- Electronic publication in archaeology / Julian D. Richards -- Computers, learning and teaching in archaeology: life past and present on the screen / Gary Lock -- What's another word for thesaurus? Data standards and classifying the past / Andrew Baines, Kenneth Brophy -- PART VII. CONCLUSION -- Afterword / Patrick Daly, Thomas L. Evans |
Summary |
Digital Archaeology addresses how digital technologies have been and can be incorporated within different aspects of archaeology and heritage management |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Archaeology -- Methodology.
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Digital electronics.
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Electronic digital computers.
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Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Cultural property -- Protection.
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Computers.
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computers.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Computers
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
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Archaeology -- Methodology
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Archaeology -- Philosophy
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Cultural property -- Protection
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Digital electronics
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Electronic digital computers
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Evans, Thomas L. (Thomas Laurence)
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Daly, Patrick T., 1975-
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LC no. |
2004028972 |
ISBN |
0203005260 |
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9780203005262 |
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9786610291823 |
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6610291829 |
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9781134388196 |
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1134388195 |
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9781134388141 |
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1134388144 |
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9781134388189 |
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1134388187 |
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