Archaeological Computing

Archaeobotanical Computer Database
A review of the archaeological evidence for food plants from the British Isles: an example of the use of the Archaeobotanical Computer Database (ABCD) by Philippa Tomlinson and Allan R. Hall.
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue1/tomlinson_toc.html

Archaeological Computing Newsletter
Updated quarterly, contributors report on their on-going work, reports on archaeological computing projects and issues, conferences, books, software, hardware, and web reviews.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/~kkvamme/acn/acn.htm

Archaeological Data Archive Project
Web documents with archaeological data that may be viewed online and files that may be downloaded from the CSA server for inspection on users' machines with the aid of their own software.
http://csanet.org/archive/adap/

Archaeological Predictive Modeling In Ontario's Forests
A computerized decision-making model which assists forest management planners in identifying areas most likely to be archaeological sites. Introduction, methodology, pilot projects, and reports.
http://modelling.pictographics.com/

Archaeology Data Service
A searchable digital archive for archaeology, including Sites and Monuments Records for parts of the UK and Excavation Index for England. Text of CBA Research Reports. (Adobe Acrobat Reader).
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/

Archeologia e Calcolatori
Archeologia e Calcolatori is an international journal established in 1990 and edited by the Italian National Research Council. It focuses on methodological and technical aspects of computer applications to archaeology.
http://soi.cnr.it/archcalc/Bibliografia_new.htm

CAD Guide for Archaeology and Architectural History
From the Center for the Study of Architecture.
http://csanet.org/inftech/cadgd/cadgd.html

Computer Applications in Archaeology
Directory of links to GIS, virtual reality, graphics and simulation, database, and on-line publishing in archaeology.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~mlittler/

Computing in Archaeology
Nick Ryan explains how to create computer reconstructions of ancient buildings, and discusses mobile computing applications in archaeological fieldwork.
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/nsr/arch/

Constructing the Giza Plateau Computer Model
Article which details the efforts to construct a computer model of the Giza Plateau and its architectural components from published maps, survey, and excavation reports.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/giz/comp_model.html

The Corinth Computer Project
Project whose goal is to generate a computerized architectural and topographical survey of the Roman colony of Corinth. includes a Quicktime panorama, city plan, and project methodology and bibliography.
http://corinth.sas.upenn.edu/

Cultural Resources GIS Facility: National Park Service
Contains links relevant to applying GPS to historic preservation and architectural surveys.
http://www.nps.gov/hdp/crgis/index.htm

Insite
Alan Chalmers of Bristol University explains and illustrates the process of constructing computer based reconstructions of archaeological sites. Examples used are sites in Malta.
http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~alan/Arch/INSITE/research/comvis/insite.htm

IOSA - Internet and Open Source in Archaeology
Promotes the use of open source software and open stardards in archaeological computing.
http://www.iosa.it

Managing Complexity: Archaeological Information Systems
Paper by Nick Ryan on the role of computer based information systems in excavation, for field survey, and for individual specialised research.
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/nsr/arch/baas.html

Modelling of Structure in the Archaeology of Buildings
Internet Archaeology article "The need for the solid modelling of structure in the archaeology of buildings" by Robert Daniels.
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue2/daniels_toc.html

National Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage
Egypt's new archaeological database project. Includes archaeological map of Egypt.
http://www.cultnat.org/

Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act Database
The documents related to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) are organized into legal mandates, guidance, notices, review committee, and contacts.
http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/ONLINEDB/INDEX.HTM

New Technologies for CRM
Volume 21 of Cultural Resource Management, "Bringing the Past into the Future: New Technologies for CRM ". A collection of articles available as PDF files.
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/issue.cfm?volume=21&number=05

Online Archaeology
Portal and forum for the use of computers to collect, store, analyze and interpret archaeological and heritage data.
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/

Presenting Archaeological Information with Java Applets
A paper by R.M. Yorston, published in Archaeological Computing Newsletter 48.
http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/acn/paper.html

SIDGEIPA: An Archaeological Information System
Presentation of an archaeological information system whose main features are Harris Matrix automization, 3D reconstructions, and database management of stratigraphical units, artifacts, and radiocarbon dates.
http://www.uv.es/~amapa/angles/viena.htm

Stratify
Free Harris matrix analysis software.
http://www.stratify.org

Sustaining the Research Agenda: Enhancing the Digital Resource
Sponsored by the Archaeology Data Service at the University of York on Wednesday 29 January 2003.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/workshop/research03.html

Technology in Archaeology
This exhibit contains information about how modern technology can be used archaeology.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/archtechnology/index.shtml

University of York: MSc Archaeological Information Systems
Profile of graduate program in archaeological computing.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/gsp/publicity/archinfodet.htm

Visualisation of Landscapes Project
An inter-disciplinary exercise into the interpretation of archaeological data with the aid of computer technology, in order to visualise landscapes. Project description and newsletters.
http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~alan/Arch/INSITE/research/comvis/vlp.htm

Human Migration Tracked In Stanford Computer Simulation
From ScienceDaily, Early humans migrating from Africa carried small genetic differences like so much flotsam in an ocean current. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a model for pinpointing where mutations first appeared, providing a new way to trace the migratory path of our earliest ancestors. <small>(January 22, 2004)</small>
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040122082842.htm