On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing
. Ed(S): Lock, Gary; Brown, Kayt
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Paperback. A collection of papers based on a session held at the 4th World Archaeological Congress in Cape Town in 1999. The aim is to assess the impact of IT on both the theory and practice of archaeology today. Editor(s): Lock, Gary; Brown, Kayt. Num Pages: 154 pages, (A Tschan & P Daly). 154p, b/w illus, tbs. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780947816513
SKU
V9780947816513
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About . Ed(S): Lock, Gary; Brown, Kayt
Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. His research interests include computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology especially Geographical Information Systems, their application and theoretical aspects (current interests are modelling visibility and movement).
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