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Traditional methods of making archaeological data available are
becoming increasingly inadequate. Thanks to improved techniques for
examining data from multiple viewpoints, archaeologists are now in
a position to choose to record different kinds of data, and to
explore that data more fully than ever before. The growing
availability of computer networks and other technologies means that
communication should become increasingly open and available to
archaeologists in all parts of the world. Will this result in the
democratization of archaeological knowledge on a global basis? For
the first time archaeology practised with technical developments
can be contrasted with archaeology undertaken in relative
technological isolation. The chapters deal not only with
technologies like solid modelling, videodisc, hypertext and expert
systems as used in archaeology, but also discuss topics such as the
use of information technology to integrate large scale research in
East Africa, and the dissemination of the cultural practice of
Tibetan art. Contributors come from Western and Eastern Europe, the
Far East, Africa and the Americas.
Traditional methods of making archaeological data available are
becoming increasingly inadequate. Thanks to improved techniques for
examining data from multiple viewpoints, archaeologists are now in
a position to record different kinds of data, and to explore that
data more fully than ever before. The growing availablility of
computer networks and other technologies means that communication
should become increasingly available to international
archaeologists. Will this result in the democratisation of
archaeological knowledge on a global basis? Contributors from
Western and Eastern Europe, the Far East, Africa and the Americas
seek to answer this and other questions about the way in which
modern technology is revolutionising archaeological knowledge.
The 1989 conference at York has resulted in a voluntary 34 papers.
The first ten are on CRM topics, chiefly the maintenance of SMRs;
then there are nine papers on surface and solid modelling and image
enhancement, (patterning of distributions, image processing,
rectification of air photos and the like); then seven papers
illustrating statistical methods of data analysis and
interpretation; three papers describe recording systems, four
expert systems and artefact classification, and one on the teaching
value of Hypercard. The production of the volume illustrates some
of the latest methods of text and graphics handling.
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