CAA2016: Oceans of Data

Proceedings of the 44th Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

Edited by Mieko Matsumoto Edited by Espen Uleberg

Book cover: CAA2016: Oceans of Data

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(December 2018)

ISBN: 9781784917302

8.07 x 11.46 inches

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A selection of 50 papers presented at CAA2016. Papers are grouped under the following headings: Ontologies and Standards; Field and Laboratory Data Recording and Analysis; Archaeological Information Systems; GIS and Spatial Analysis; 3D and Visualisation; Complex Systems Simulation; Teaching Archaeology in the Digital Age.


‘CAA2016: Oceans of Data’ gives an up-to-date overview of the field of archaeology and informatics. It presents ground-breaking technologies and best practice from various archaeological and computer science disciplines. The articles in this volume are based on the foremost presentations from the 44th Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2016, held in Oslo. The theme of CAA2016 was ‘Exploring Oceans of Data’, alluding to one of the greatest challenges in this field: the use and reuse of large datasets that result both from digitalisation and digital documentation of excavations and surveys. The volume contains 50 peer reviewed and highest ranked papers that are divided in eight parts, including an introduction and seven chapters. The introduction sets the stage with Oceans of Data (C.-E. Ore) and Theorising the Digital (S. Perry and J. S. Taylor), discussing the current status of overall CAA research. These two papers present the current developments, challenges, and potential that lies ahead from different perspectives. Ore points to the importance of common authority systems and ontologies. Common conceptual data models will ease curation and secure long term reusability. Perry and Taylor address the need to bring together theoretical and digital archaeology. In the following chapters, different topics are presented under the headings Ontologies and Standards, Field and Laboratory Data Recording and Analysis, Archaeological Information Systems, GIS and Spatial Analysis, 3D and Visualisation, Complex Systems Simulation, and Teaching Archaeology in the Digital Age.

Foreword ; INTRODUCTIONONTOLOGIES AND STANDARDSFIELD AND LABORATORY DATA RECORDING AND ANALYSISGIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS3D AND VISUALISATIONCOMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMULATIONTEACHING ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE INTRODUCTION ONTOLOGIES AND STANDARDS FIELD AND LABORATORY DATA RECORDING AND ANALYSIS GIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS 3D AND VISUALISATION COMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMULATION TEACHING ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Mieko Matsumoto is a member of the scientific staff at the Museum of Cultural History, the University of Oslo. With an education and research background from Japan, Norway, and Poland, she is an archaeologist with a wide knowledge of international lithic technology. Her research specialty focuses on the European Palaeolithic and the Norwegian Stone Age. She is a long-standing member of CAA International and CAA-Norway, with numerous publications on ICT and archaeology. ;

Espen Uleberg is the coordinator of the Digital Documentation Section at the Museum of Cultural History, the University of Oslo. With an education and research background from Germany and Norway, he is an archaeologist working with digitising museum collections since the early 1990s. He has international experience and knowledge over the use of field GIS and databases. He was chair of the organising committee of CAA2016, and is a long-standing member of CAA International and CAA-Norway, with numerous publications on ICT and archaeology.

  • Edited by Mieko Matsumoto
  • Edited by Espen Uleberg