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Making Visible: Three-dimensional GIS in Archaeological Excavation

Making Visible: Three-dimensional GIS in Archaeological Excavation

Merlo, Stefania

Paperback

Series: BAR International, Book 2801

Archaeology

ISBN10: 1407314726
ISBN13: 9781407314723
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: May 31 2016
Pages: 188
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

This book discusses the theoretical aspects and practical applications of GIS for intra-site analysis in archaeology. It has been previously argued that GIS is unable to manipulate three-dimensional data and therefore to represent an archaeological excavation, since three-dimensionality is the main characteristic of the excavated record. This book explores the extent to which archaeological data and GIS structures parallel one another and, through this discussion, it challenges ideas around the ability of the traditional archaeological record to represent multidimensional spaces. The book then argues that three-dimensional data and the use of modelling techniques in a three-dimensional GIS allow for a better and more nuanced understanding of the excavated archaeological record. Practical examples are provided from two specific excavation scenarios: the Neolithic site of Kouphovouno in Greece and the Mesolithic to Early Neolithic Hoge Vaart excavation in the Netherlands. A conceptual framework for representing spatial (and temporal) excavation information is outlined, and provides a blueprint for creating a model for storing, manipulating and analysing archaeological excavation data.

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