Computing Archaeology for Understanding the Past - CAA 2000: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Proceedings of the 28th Conference, Ljubljana, April 2000: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Proceedin

This volume contains the proceedings of the first conference ever of the two professional organizations, Computer Applications and Quantitive Methods in Archaeology (CAA), and the Union International des Sciences Préhistorique et Protohistorique (UISPP),Commission IV. The conference was held (April 2000) in Ljubljana, and brought together experts and members of two of the largest professional organizations in computer and quantitative methods in archaeology. Fifty-six papers from the conference are presented in the collected proceedings. A New Technique For Recording Archaeological Excavations / Geoffrey John Avern -- Integrated Use Of Dgps And The Total Station For The Survey Of Archaeological Sites / Francesca Colosi, Roberto Gabrielli, Dario Rose -- Computerised Techniques For Field Data Acquisition / Enrico Reali, Tommaso Zoppi -- Understanding And Using Archaeological Topographic Surveys / Henry Chapman -- 3d Visual Information And Gis Technologies For Documentation Of Paintings In The M Sepulcher In The Vatican Necropolis / Maurizio Forte ... [et Al.] -- Past, Present, And Future Of Quantitative Methods In United States Archaeology / George L. Cowgill -- Artefact Analysis / François Djindjian -- Grouping Ceramic Compositional Data / Christian C. Beardah, Mike J. Baxter -- Why The Application Of A Gaussian Curve And Seriation Programs Can Be Detrimental / Andrej Pleterski. Quantities, Possibilities And Probabilities / Iva Mikl Curk -- Image Quanitification As Archaeological Description / Juan A. Barceló, Jordi Pijoan, Oriol Vicente -- The Shape Lab / Frederic F. Leymarie ... [et Al.] -- An Experimental Method For The Analysis Of Attributes Of Flint Artefacts Using Image Processing / Sorin Hermon, Marco Petrone, Luigi Calori -- Transforming Diversity Into Uniformity / Torsten Madsen -- Archaeological Applications Of Fuzzy Databases / Franco Niccolucci, Andrea D'andrea, Marco Crescioli -- A Metastructure For Thesauri In Archaeology / Martin Doerr, Demetrios Kalomoirakis -- Smr In New Clothes / Lars Bagge Nielsen, Henrik Jarl Hansen, Claus Dam -- National Registries Of Sites And Monuments In Norway / Evy Berg -- A Gis Driven Regional Database Of Archaeological Resources For Research And Crm In Casco Bay, Maine / Matthew Bampton, Rosemary Mosher. Using A Relational Database Management System For The Recording Of Ancient Settlements And Sites In The Vrachneika Territory In Western Greece / Vangelis G. Tsakirakis -- Vienna Archaeological Gis (vagis) / Wolfgang Börner -- Nars, Nabunken Aerial Photograph Retrieval System / Susumu Morimoto -- Formalizing Fact And Fiction In Four Dimensions / Mads Kähler Holst -- Introspective Sitescaping With Gis / Dora Constantinidis -- A Gis Solution For Excavations / Vittorio Fronza ... [et Al.] -- Data Integration And Intra Site Spatial Analysis Of The Castellaro Del Vhò / Manio Pessina -- Ancient Roads And Fields In Northwestern Gaul / Frank Vermeulen ... [et Al.] -- An Integrated Space Approach For The Interpretation Of A Medieval Stronghold In Middle Pomerania, Poland / Rafał Zapłata, André P. Tschan. Interpreting Field Survey Results In The Light Of Historic Relief Change / Hendrik Feiken, Martijn Van Leusen -- Understanding The Neolithic Landscape Of The Carnac Region / Corinne Roughley -- The Hidden Reserve / Philip Verhagen, Jean-françois Berger -- Archaeological Predictive Modelling For Highway Construction Planning / Zoran Stančič ... [et Al.] -- The Aksum Project, Ethiopia / Maurizio Forte ... [et Al.] -- Archaeological Data Spaces / Cornelius Steckner -- Setting Demographic Limits / Dean R. Snow -- Counting The Uncountable / Bernarda Županek, Dimitrij Mlekuž -- Design And Performance Of The Varatioscope / John W.m. Peterson -- Complexity In Action / Alexandra Águeda De Figueiredo Leite Velho, Gonçalo Cardoso Leite Velho -- Setting Up A Human Calibrated Anisotropic Cost Surface For Archaeological Landscape Investigation / Michele De Silva, Giovanna Pizziolo. A Digital Future For Our Excavated Past / Tony Austin, Damian Robinson, Keith Westcott -- Virtual 3d Reconstruction Of The Kiafar Site, North Caucasus, Russia / Mikhail Zhukovsky -- Indexing And Retrieving Archaeological Resources On The Internet / Martijn Van Leusen -- Archave / Eileen L. Vote ... [et Al.] -- Web Access To An Archaeological Gis / Andrea D'andrea, Franco Niccolucci, Marco Crescioli -- Archterra / Martijn Van Leusen, Andrzej Prinke -- Using Virtual Reality To Improve Public Access To Heritage Databases Over The Internet / Mike J. Pringle -- Observing The Game / William Kilbride, Judith Winters -- Publishing On The Internet / Henriette Günther Soerensen, Kaj Fredsgaard Rasmussen -- Questions Raised By Electronic Publication In Archaeology / Jo Clarke -- In Patrimonium / Fernando Cabral, Mário Brito -- Can Schoolchildren Digitise Their History? / Helene Simoni, Kostas Papagiannopoulos. Edited By Zoran Stančič, Tatjana Veljanovski. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface 1. Documentation and Recording of Sitesand Field Survey Data New Technique for Recording Archaeological Excavations: Research Progress Report Integrated Use of DGPS and the Total Station for the Survey of Archaeological Sites: The Case of Colle Breccioso Computerised Techniques for Field Data Acquisition Understanding and Using Archaeological Topographic Surveys -The "Error Conspiracy" 3D Visual Information and GIS Technologies for Documentation of Paintings in the M Sepulcher in the Vatican Necropolis 2. Artefact Analyses and Classification Past, Present, and Future of Quantitative Methods in United States Archaeology Artefact Analysis Grouping Ceramic Compositional Data: An S-Plus Implementation Why the Application of a Gaussian Curve and Seriation Programs can be Detrimental Quantities, Possibilities and Probabilities: Some Experiences fromthe Research of the Roman Age in Slovenia Image Quantification as Archaeological Description The SHAPE Lab: New Technology and Software for Archaeologists An Experimental Method for the Analysis of Attributes of Flint Artefacts Using Image Processing 3. National and Regional SMR Transforming Diversity into Uniformity - Experiments with Meta-structures for Database Recording Archaeological Applications of Fuzzy Databases A Metastructure for Thesauri in Archaeology SMR in New Clothes: The Danish National Record of Sites and Monuments on the Verge of a New Era National Registries of Sites and Monuments in Norway Developing GIS-based Databases A GIS Driven Regional Database of Archaeological Resources for Research and CRM in Casco Bay, Maine Using a Relational Database Management System for the Recording of Ancient Settlements and Sites in the Vrachneika Territory inWestern Greece Vienna Archaeological GIS (VAGIS): A Short Outline of a New System for the Stadtarchaologie Wien NARS - Nabunken Aerial Photograph Retrieval System -A Way to the GIS 4. Intra Site Spatial Analyses Formalizing Fact and Fiction in Four Dimensions: A Relational Description of Temporal Structures in Settlements Introspective Sitescaping with GIS A GIS Solution for Excavations: Experience of the Siena University LIAAM Data Integration and Intra Site Spatial Analysis of the Castellaro del Vho 5. Archaeological Regional Spatial Analyses and Predictive Modelling Ancient Roads and Fields in Northwestern Gaul -A GIS-Based Analysis An "Integrated Space" Approach for the Interpretation of a Medieval Stronghold in Middle Pomerania, Poland Interpreting Field Survey Results in the Light of Historic Relief Change: The Fogliano Beach Ridges (South Lazio, Italy) Understanding the Neolithic Landscape of the Carnac Region: A GIS Approach The Hidden Reserve: Predictive Modelling of Buried Archaeological Sites in the Tricastin-Valdaine Region (Middle Rhone Valley, France) Archaeological Predictive Modelling for Highway Construction Planning 6. Future Trends in Spatial Analyses The Aksum Project (Ethiopia): GIS, Remote Sensing Applications and Virtual Reality Archaeological Data Spaces: Spatial Aggregation and Large-Scale Knowledge Environments Setting Demographic Limits: The North American Case Counting the Uncountable: A Quantitative Approach to the Religious Differences between the Roman Towns of Emona and Poetovio Design and Performance of the Varatioscope Complexity in Action: "The Emergence of Agro-pastoral Societies" Setting up a "Human Calibrated" Anisotropic Cost Surface for Archaeological Landscape Investigation 7. Presentation of Archaeological Data A Digital Future for our Excavated Past Virtual 3D Reconstruction of the Kiafar Site, North Caucasus, Russia Indexing and Retrieving Archaeological Resources on the Internet -A prototype Multilingual Thesaurus Application ARCHAVE: A Virtual Environment for Archaeological Research Web Access to an Archaeological GIS ArchTerra: Extending the European Archaeology Web over Bulgaria, Romania and Poland 8. Public Access to Archaeological Heritage Using Virtual Reality to Improve Public Access to Heritage Databases over the Internet "Observing the Game": What can Access Statistics Really Tell Us? Publishing on the Internet: The Internet as an Academic Information Source Questions Raised by Electronic Publication in Archaeology In Patrimonium: A Data Model for Museumand Cultural Heritage Information Can Schoolchildren Digitise Their History?