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GIS and Spatial Analysis

One of the hottest topics in archaeology today, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) promises to become a highly useful tool.
  1. Geography Guide's GIS & GPS
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ESRI: GIS for Archaeology

Information about the intersection of the two disciplines, from ESRI, maker of the best-known software, ArcView

Acoustic Imaging of Objects Buried in Soil

Downloadable (for a price) article from the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in which four bioacoustics engineers try out a new remote sensing technique using sound waves.

Archcomp-L

  An electronic discussion list on computational archaeology, specifically all aspects of computing and archaeology: database design, software and hardware concerns, GIS, CAD, Web applications, and multimedia.

GIS and Archaeology

A new book by David Wheatley and Mark Gillings attempts to fill in the gaps of our understanding of the intersection between archaeology and Geographic Information Systems.

GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology: Burgundy, France

From Scott Madry at Rutgers University, ongoing studies in the Arroux River Valley. Newly revised and with lots of images and information.

GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology: Burgundy, France

From Scott Madry at Rutgers University, and Carole Crumley at UNC at Chapel Hill, ongoing studies in the Arroux River Valley.

GIS Guide to Good Practice

  From Mark Gillings and Alicia Wise of the Archaeology Data Service, an excellent online manual for archaeologist users of GIS.

GIS With A View (Internet Archaeology)

Volume 16 of the online journal Internet Archaeology is themed GIS with a View, edited by Ulla Rajala and Doortje Van Hove and dedicated to the intersection between GIS and social theory.

Guidelines for Recording Handheld GPS Way Points

From Stoa, extra information building on Archaeology Data Service's GIS Guide to Good Practice.

Illinois State Museum's GIS Lab

From the researchers at the Illinois State Museum, some GIS information and a few projects, including Virtual Monk's Mound and Interactive Cahokia.

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