Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1993

✍ Scribed by John Wilcock (editor), Kris Lockyear (editor)

• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 278
• Series: BAR British Archaeological Reports International Series 598
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume contains forty papers from the CAA93 conference held at Staffordshire University in April 1993. As always the contributions reflect the most recent research in computer applications in archaeology, and fall under 8 broad headings: Image processing; Prospection and survey techniques; Strategic planningissues; Excavation recording and analysis; Spatial analysis and area studies; Statistics and trace element analysis; Computer aided learning in archaeology; Recording techniques for the conservation and preservation of standing buildings.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
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1. A management consultant's view of the present state of CAA, and some thoughts on its possible future
2. The CAA93 image processing competition
3. The Dresden Frauenkirche — rebuilding the past
4. Artefact matching and retrieval using the Generalised Hough Transform
5. Complex measurements made easy: morphometric analysis of artefacts using Expert Vision Systems
6. Remote sensing in underwater archaeology: simulation of side scan sonar images using ray tracing techniques
7. Simulation of Ground Penetration Radar
8. Some techniques for cost-effective three-dimensional mapping of underwater sites
9. A simulation of anomalies to aid the interpretation of magnetic data
Strategic Planning Issues: Preface
10. Information systems strategies in national organisations and the identification, legal protection and management of the most important sites in England
11. Recording and managing the national heritage
12. The management of archaeological information — a strategy
13. Computers and the evolution of archaeological organisations
14. Developing an information systems strategy for the National Museum of Science & Industry
15. From Excavation drawing to archaeological playground: CAD applications for excavations
16. Combining stratigraphic information and finds
17. A different perspective: spatial analysis of Hazendonk unit C by layer reconstruction based dimension reduction
18. Who will make the drawings?
19. Using a three-dimensional digitiser and CAD software to record and reconstruct a Bronze Age fissure burial
Spatial analysis and area studies in archaeology: Preface
20. A computerised register of pre-Hispanic architecture
21. The York archaeological assessment: computer modelling of urban deposits in the City of York
22. A GIS study of potential traces of a Roman cadastre and soil types in Romney Marsh
23. A GIS-based analysis of Later Prehistoric settlement patterns in Dolenjska, Slovenia
24. Back-propagation algorithms to compute similarity relationships among archaeological artefacts
25. Finds from the fortress: artefacts, buildings and correspondence analysis
26. Numerical techniques for burial analysis
27. Analysis of multidimensional matrices for archaeological data
28. Glassmaking at Geoy Tepe (Azerbaijan) during the early 2nd millennium BC: a study of blue colourants using PIXE spectrometry
29. Clay resources at early Chinese kiln sites: The search for a reliable INAA fingerprint
30. Archaeological geophysics for mere mortals: the use of GEOSPAN© in archaeological training and site assessment
31. The development of a CAL multimedia tutorial system for archaeology undergraduate teaching
32. A computer-based tutorial workbench
33. Deus ex machina: studying archaeology by computer
Recording techniques for the conservation and presentation of standing buildings: Preface
34. AutoCAD 'The Beast of Bolsover' (a sequel to 'Into Battle with AutoCAD')
35. Survey data enhancement and interpretive works for the recording and conservation of Pendragon Castle
36. A methodology for recording pre-Hispanic mural paintings
37. Personal computer-based three-dimensional reconstruction modelling of standing buildings
38. Architectural history and computing: developing a new discipline
39. GIS principles applied to an English country house: the Brodsworth Hall project
40. Postscript: memorable moments from the annals of CAA