Landscape archaeology and GIS /
By: Chapman, Henry.
Publisher: Stroud, UK : Tempus, 2006Description: 191 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0752436031; 9780752436036:; 9780752436036.Subject(s): Landscape archaeology | Geographic information systemsDDC classification: 930.1028Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 930.1028 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0065220 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and index.
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Landscape archaeology and GIS -- 2. Landscape archaeology and data -- 3. Spatial data -- 4. Procuring data -- 5. Processing spatial data -- 6. Landscape analysis -- 7. Landscape archaeology as reconstruction -- 8. Landscape archaeology and theory -- 9. GIS and landscape interpretation -- 10. Cultural resource management -- 11. GIS and illustration -- 12. Final words -- Bibliography -- Index.
This volume examines the ways in which geographical information systems are used to explore archaeological landscapes. It is structured around principal themes in landscape archaeology, from desk-based assessment, data collection, data modelling and landscape analysis, through to archiving and publication.