Geographical Information Systems in Archaeology

✍ Scribed by James Conolly, Mark Lake

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 360
Series: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is a rapidly developing archaeological method which is moving from the domain of the computer specialist into that of the broader archaeological community. This comprehensive manual on the use of GIS in archaeology explores the concept of GIS and illustrates how it can be adapted for practical use. Examining issues such as spatial databases, data acquisition, spatial analysis, and techniques of visualization, the book is an essential tool for both students and professional archaeologists.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction and theoretical issues in archaeological GIS
First principles
Putting GIS to work in archaeology
The geodatabase
Spatial data acquisition
Building surface models
Beginning exploratory data analysis
Spatial analysis
Map algebra, surface derivatives and spatial processes
Regions: territories, catchments and viewsheds
Routes: networks, cost paths and hydrology
Maps and digital cartography
Maintaining spatial data

✦ Subjects

Remote Sensing GIS Computer Modelling Engineering Transportation Information Systems Geography Earth Sciences Science Math History Philosophy Archaeology Politics Social Mathematics New Used Rental Textbooks Specialty Boutique

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