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Application of GIS to Roman Settlement Patterns in Spain
The application of GIS to the study of the development of the Roman settlement pattern in Spain. Paper by Federica Massagrande.
http://www.monza.demon.co.uk/fede/index.html

Archaeology and GIS--The Linux Way
A description of an archaeology project making use of the freely available geographic information system GRASS. From the Linux Journal, an article by R. Joe Brandon, Trevor Kludt and Markus Neteler.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=2983

Archeological Geophysics Image Library
Imagery in this library is derived from archaeological remote sensing projects conducted primarily by the Archeo-Imaging Lab at the University of Arkansas. These projects have utilized ground penetrating radar, proton magnetometry, fluxgate gradiometry, electrical resistivity, and electromagnetic conductivity methods.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/%7Ekkvamme/geop/geop.htm

GISarch Discussion List
This list is intended to facilitate discussion between archaeologists making use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-f-j/gisarch/

Archaeological Remote Sensing
Techniques used by NASA for archeological research. Includes remote sensing data for Arenal, Costa Rica, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and The Petén, Guatemala.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/archeology/remote_sensing.html

Archaeology in Baden-Wurttemberg: A Pilot's View
Aerial photographs of archaeological sites by Otto Braasch.
http://home.bawue.de/~wmwerner/english/braasch.html

An Evaluation of Chaco Anasazi Roadways
This research makes use of GIS technology to demonstrate that Chaco Anasazi roads do not follow routes consistent with economic theories of their function, but rather seem to conform with models focusing on religious and integrative road functions.
http://sipapu.gsu.edu/roads/

Project Zeugma
The use of remote sensing and GIS Technology for archaeology on the Euphrates.
http://www.ist.lu/zeugma/

Archiving Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing Data
Document is intended to be a guide to good practice in the creation and maintenance of digital resources related to aerial photography, satellite and airborne remote sensing, and archaeological interpretations made from such data sources.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/apandrs/

Geoarchaeology and GIS
Introduction to the use of GIS in combination with geoarchaeology to solve archaeological problems. Includes a slide show conceptual practicum to illustrate the how archaeological predictive models can benefit from incorporating geoarchaeology using simple, simulated data.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~amwhit/home.htm

GIS and Prehistoric Mammal Acquisition Patterns
A paper by Cheryl L. Huckerby on using GIS analyses of mammal species' landscape distributions to produce species assemblage lists that are comparable with archaeological species assemblage lists.
http://www.vvm.com/~huckerby/DOCUMENTS/CAA97p1.html#GIS AND PREHISTORIC MAMMAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS

GIS and Remote Sensing:Burgundy, France
Detailed information regarding a multi-disciplinary research project: Applications of Geomatics for Long Term Regional Archaeological Settlement Pattern Analysis.
http://www.informatics.org/france/france.html

GIS Archaeologists
International directory of archaeologists specializing in geographic information system applications.
http://www.archaeology.usyd.edu.au/~scripts/contacts/list_generator.cgi?gis_arch.t

GIS Field Application: Wadi Fidan
Power point presentation of the use of GIS for The Jabal Hamrat Fidan Project (1999).
http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/GIS/GIS2/gis2index.htm

GIS Guide to Good Practice
Document designed specifically to provide guidance for individuals and organisations involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/

Aerial Photography in Romania
Professor William Hanson, University of Glasgow, describes his aerial reconnaissance of the Later Prehistoric and Roman Landscape of Western Transylvania, Romania.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/archaeology/projects/Dacia/

The Sky's Eyes: Remote Sensing in Archaeology
NOVA Online article that describes the remote sensing techniques used to find "The Lost City" of Ubar.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ubar/tools/

Aerial Archaeology Examples
Presentation of examples where aerial photography provides additional data to archaeologists on the ground.
http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/student/tilton2/archrs2.html

GIS Techniques in Assessing Archaeological Resources
Presentation of the work of the University of Bologna on GIS applications in Italy and Nepal.
http://deis158.deis.unibo.it/archeo/chapt_1.html

Aerial Archaeology
Jacques Dassié explains aerial archaeology and related techniques. Illustrated articles using examples from the Poitou-Charentes region of France.
http://archaero.com/archeo31.html

Aerial Archive
The Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory of the University of Vienna explains the history, methods and uses of aerial archaeology. Description of the archive and samples from it.
http://www.univie.ac.at/Luftbildarchiv/

Geophysical Prospection of Archaeological Sites
Harald von der Osten-Woldenburg gives examples of the use of geomagnetics, geoelectrics, electromagnetic induction and ground penetrating radar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
http://www.lb.netic.de/hvdosten/

The Aerial Archaeology Newsletter
A single issue by Baker Aerial Photography in 1996 discusses the history, methodology and uses of aerial photography for archaeology, with examples.
http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/TableOfContents.html

GIS Dictionary
This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html

Ground-Penetrating Radar in Archaeology
Introduction to using radar geophysics to locate and map buried archaeological features. Includes links to sites on which GPR has been used.
http://www.du.edu/~lconyer/

New Zealand Archaeology: The Aerial View
The aerial photographs in this compendium are oblique or low oblique (near vertical) images taken by Kevin L. Jones.
http://nzarchaeology.org/aerial/opacs.html

Space Radar Laboratory Images of Angkor, Cambodia
Images from the international Space Radar Laboratory may help researchers find previously unknown settlements near the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/angkor.html

Geomatics at Birchtown
GIS and remote sensing technologies were used to explore and analyze the spatial and attribute information at Birchtown and to geo-correct the only known copy of a late eighteenth century land grants map of Birchtown, known as the Goulden Map.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/sites/btown/pages/gis.html

Technology in Archaeology: Imaging Radar
Brief introduction to the uses of imaging radar in archaeology.
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/archtechnology/imaging_radar.html

Aerial Archaeology - Developing Future Practice
Program of a NATO Workshop held in Poland in November 2000. Includes abstracts of all presented papers.
http://archeo.amu.edu.pl/leszno/program.htm

Review of Geophysical Methods Used in Archaeology
Paper by Jeffrey C. Wynn which discusses the uses of electrical resistivity, magnetics, and ground-probing radar, as well as microgravity, radiometric, thermal infrared imagery, and sonic or seismic techniques.
http://www.terraplus.com/papers/wynn.htm

GIS and Archaeology: MDA Information
Paper by Neil Lang, published in volume 2 of the mda Information publication. Discusses how museums can take advantage of GIS used in archaeology.
http://www.mda.org.uk/info23l.htm

How Geophysical Methods Can Help the Archaeologist
A long article by Lambert Dolphin.
http://www.ldolphin.org/Geoarch.html

Resistivity Survey of the Nevis Jewish Cemetery
The information on this page is taken from "'What are you doing?': Examining a colonial period Jewish cemetery in the Caribbean", a paper given by Michelle Terrell at the 31st Annual Meetings of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/Resistivity.html

Wroxeter Hinterland Project
An international team of archaeologists is carrying out the total exploration of the city by non-destructive remote sensing methods, including magnetometry, resistivity, electrical imaging, seismic scanning, ground probing radar, airborne hyper- and multi-spectral scanning, and satellite imaging.
http://www.bufau.bham.ac.uk/research/wh/base.html

MSc in GIS and Archaeology at Newcastle University
Program profile, course contents and example coursework, funding information and related resources for this graduate program in geographical information systems, mapping, advanced internet, databases, and 3d visualisation applications for archaeology.
http://archaeology.ncl.ac.uk/gis

City Planning System of the Ancient Bohai State
Using Corona satellite photos, Noboru Ogata, Kyoto University Japan, studied city plans of an ancient kingdom which existed in northeastern China (7th - 10th century AD).
http://www.users.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~p51987/Bohai/summary-E.html

The Search for Ubar
NASA's presentation on how remote sensing helped find this lost city.
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/ubar/ubar_0.html

Aerial Surveys of Persepolis and Ancient Iran
Contains aerial photographs of excavations in progress in 1936, of sites under consideration at that time, and of other areas of Iran that were archaeologically unknown in 1936.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI_Surveys.html

Archaeological Site Modelling
Article from the Oriental Institute Computer Laboratory presenting the methods and uses of data acquisition, templates, and computer analysis for site modelling. Contains link to a computer model of the Giza Plateau as an example.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/COMP/Site_Modelling.html

Aerial Archaeological Research Group
Aerial Archaeology Research Group, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information concerning all facets of aerial archaeology. Includes related bibliography and links.
http://aarg.univie.ac.at/

British Academy: Aerial Survey for Archaeology
The British Academy reviews new technologies for Aerial Survey and for access to the Photographic Records in this report.
http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/reports/archaeology/asfa.html

GIS in Archaeology
General overview of the use of Geographic Information Systems in archaeology. Hosted by the University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research.
http://museums.ua.edu/oar/archgis.shtml

GIS Modeling of Archaeological Sites in the Raccoon River Greenbelt
The Greenbelt GIS database was used for modeling 85 known prehistoric archaeological sites in a 208 square mile portion of the Greenbelt. The raster database included data on land cover, soils, elevation, and significant sites (plant, animal, historic, archaeologic, geologic, and hydrologic). Project abstract, screen captures, and bibliography.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Efridolph/archmod.html

Introduction to Aerial Archaeology
Article by the University of Vienna Aerial Archive. Presents the history and applications of aerial archaeology.
http://www.univie.ac.at/Luftbildarchiv/intro/aa_aaint.htm

North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Database and website that aims to promote use, education, communication, and a knowledge base of the practice of archaeological geophysics in North America. Image library, projects database, bibliography, educational materials, instruments and manufacturer, practioners, and events.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/nadag/

Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeology
Information relating to the application of satellite imagery to archaeology including examples of satellite images of archaeological features and an extensive bibliography.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mjff/homepage.htm

Securing a Future for Essex's Past
Article from ArcUser magazine on the use of GIS by the County Council's Archaeology Section.
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/1099/essex.html

The Whistling Elk Subsurface Imaging Project
Project was conceived as a means to explore the potential of linking multiple remote sensing methods at a single archaeological site. project background, methods, results, and bibliography.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/%7Ekkvamme/Whistle/Whistle.htm

GIS and Remote Sensing for Archaeology
A long-term project by Dr. Scott Madry on the applications of remote sensing and GIS in the Burgundy region of France. Methodology, bibliography
http://www.informatics.org/france/

Remote Sensing Archeology Research at NASA
NASA uses remote sensing for archeology research in the Peten Guatemala, Arenal region of Costa Rica, and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/archeology/archeology.html

Minnesota Archaeological Predictive Model
A set of GIS-based tools that help avoid impacts on archaeological sites throughout Minnesota. Description of the project and model.
http://www.mnmodel.dot.state.mn.us/

Francesca Radcliffe's Aerial Archaeology
Francesca's new project is to identify the archaeological features seen on the oblique aerial photographs and then rectify and mapping them. Interactive map and image gallery of Dorset Hill Forts .
http://www.wdi.co.uk/air/

Remote Sensing and Archaeology: The Chora of Chersonesos
The Center for Space Research and the University of Texas Institute of Classical Archaeology project investigating the use of remote sensing in a comprehensive regional study of the ancient Greek agricultural territory. Contains an area description and historical background, excavation sites, remotely sensed data.
http://www.csr.utexas.edu/rs/research/arch/

Online Papers on GIS in Archaeology
Directory of papers available on-line, most from user conferences for a GIS system called ESRI.
http://www.esri.com/industries/archaeology/papers.html

Digital Technologies at the Colesseum and the Baths of Caracalla
Presentation of the results of a Virtual Heritage project to scan the architecture of the Baths of Caracalla and the Colosseum. The work utilized long range laser scanning to capture detailed model data of the structures.
http://www.siggraph.org/~fujii/campfire/archaeology/html/052200_4.html

GIS in Archaeology: An Annotated Bibliography
Orignially published in Sydney University Archaeological Methods Series 1, and compiled by Petrie, Johnson, Cullen, and Kvamme. Includes a keyword index to the 328 references.
http://www.archaeology.usyd.edu.au/resources/databases/gis_biblio/

Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East
Profile and bibliography related to the archive which consists of over 8000 photographs and several hundred maps for several countries, mainly Jordan.
http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/Classics/archeology/rsame.html


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