Archaeology in the digital era : papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012 / edited by Graeme Earl, Tim Sly, Angeliki Chrysanthi, Patricia Murrieta-Flores, Constantinos Papadopoulos, Iza Romanowska and David Wheatley.

CAA is the foremost conference on digital archaeology, and this volume offers a comprehensive and up-to date reference to the state of the art. This volume contains a selection of the best papers presented at the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), held in Southampton from 26 to 29 March 2012. The papers, all written and peer-reviewed by experts in the field of digital archaeology, explore a multitude of topics to showcase ground-breaking technologies and best practice from various archaeological and informatics disciplines, with a variety of case studies from all over the world.

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Earl, Graeme -- HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION, MULTIMEDIA, MUSEUMS -- Disciplinary Issues: Challenging the Research and Practice of Computer Applications in Archaeology / Huggett, Jeremy -- Paperless Recording at the Sangro Valley Project / Motz, Christopher F. / Carrier, Sam C. -- 'Tangible Pasts': User-centred Design of a Mixed Reality Application for Cultural Heritage / Chrysanthi, Angeliki / Papadopoulos, Constantinos / Frankland, Tom / Earl, Graeme -- The Virtual Museum: a Quest for the Standard Definition / Pujol, Laia / Lorente, Anna -- Can you Hack (the) Communication? / Corley, Hugh -- Identifying and Tracing Archaeological Material with RFID Tags / López, Ana María / Salinas, Ana María / Pascual, Eduardo / Azuara, Guillermo Ignacio / Fernández, Gloria / Gallego, Elena / Burillo, Francisco -- Matera Città Narrata Project: a Multimedia and Multi-Platform Guide for Mobile Systems / Pietroni, Eva -- Evaluating Virtual Museums: Archeovirtual Case Study / Pescarin, Sofia / Pagano, Alfonsina / Wallergård, Mattias / Hupperetz, Wim / Ray, Christie -- SIMULATING THE PAST -- Extracting Scar and Ridge Features from 3D-scanned Lithic Artifacts / Richardson, Eitan / Grosman, Leore / Smilansky, Uzy / Werman, Michael -- Retracing Prehistoric Population Events in Finland Using Simulation / Sundell, Tarja / Kammonen, Juhana / Heger, Martin / Palo, Jukka U. / Onkamo, Päivi -- SteppingIn -- Modern Humans Moving into Europe -- Implementation / Scherjon, Fulco -- Geospatial Virtual Heritage: A Gesture-Based 3D GIS to Engage the Public with Ancient Maya Archaeology / Richards-Rissetto, Heather / Robertsson, Jim / von Schwerin, Jennifer / Agugiaro, Giorgio / Remondino, Fabio / Girardi, Gabrio -- Integration of 3D Laser Scanning and Virtual Reconstructions as Research and Educational Tools for Representing the Past. The Case Study of Roman Baths of Edeta / Porcelli, Vito / Villa, Fernando Cotino / Senabre, Josep Blasco / Torres, Vicent Escrivá / Chapapría, Julian Esteban -- Reconstructing the Baths of Caracalla / Oetelaar, Taylor A. -- Instruments and Methods for the Survey and Analysis of Amphitheatres / Ballarin, Martina / Guerra, Francesco / Sperti, Luigi -- Why Hunter and Gatherers did not Die More Often? Simulating Prehistoric Decision Making / Del Castillo, Florencia / Barceló, Juan A. -- Reconstruction of Ruined Archaeological Structures Using Structural Analysis Methods / Miles, James / Erkal, Aykut / D'Ayala, Dina / Keay, Simon / Earl, Graeme -- FIELD AND LAB RECORDING -- Telling the Story of Ancient Coins by Means of Interactive RTI Images Visualization / Palma, Gianpaolo / Siotto, Eliana / Proesmans, Marc / Baldassari, Monica / Baracchini, Clara / Batino, Sabrina / Scopigno, Roberto -- IBISA 3D: Image-Based Identification/Search for Archaeology Using a Three-dimensional Coin Model / Marchand, Sylvain -- Using Image Analysis to Match a Coin to a Database / Zambanini, Sebastian / Kampel, Martin -- Pompeii Revived: Scanning Mission -- Insula V 1 / Dell'Unto, Nicolò / Dellepiane, Matteo / Callieri, Marco / Leander, Anne-Marie / Lindgren, Stefan / Larsson, Carolina -- A Metrology Tracking System Used as a 3D Drawing Tool for Faster Excavation Recording / Smeets, Maarten / Yperman, Wouter / Avern, Geoff -- DATA MODELLING AND SHARING -- From the Slope of Enlightenment to the Plateau of Productivity: Developing Linked Data at the ADS / Charno, Michael / Jeffrey, Stuart / Binding, Ceri / Tudhope, Doug / May, Keith -- Reflections on the Rocky Road to E-Archaeology / Carver, Geoff / Lang, Matthias -- Least-cost Networks / Herzog, Irmela -- Linking Roman Coins: Current Work at the American Numismatic Society / Gruber, Ethan / Bransbourg, Gilles / Heath, Sebastian / Meadows, Andrew -- GeoDia: or, Navigating Archaeological Time and Space in an American College Classroom / Rabinowitz, Adam -- DATA ANALYSIS, MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATION AND VISUALISATION -- Dating Historical Rock Art on Marble Surfaces by Means of a Mathematical Model for Natural Erosion Processes / Bagnoli, Paolo Emilio -- Cultural Heritage Application Schema: a SDI Framework within the Protected Sites INSPIRE Spatial Data Theme / González, Antonio Uriarte / Oubiña, César Parcero / Bravo, Alfonso Fraguas / Álvarez, Fábrega / García, Juan Manuel Vicent / Asensio, Esther Pérez / Freire, Carlos Fernández / González, Isabel del Bosque -- Old Places, New Ideas: New Routes into Canmore, the National Inventory of Scotland / Hamilton, Susan / Jones, Rebecca / McKeague, Peter -- ADS easy: an Automated e-archiving System for Archaeology / Moore, Ray / Hardman, Catherine / Richards, Julian / Xia, Lei -- Archaeology in Broad Strokes: Collating Data for England from 1500 BC to AD 1086 / Green, Chris -- Beyond Inspire: Towards Delivering Richer Heritage Data in Scotland / McKeague, Peter / Middleton, Mike -- SEAD -- The Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database Inter-linking Multiproxy Environmental Data with Archaeological Investigations and Ecology / Buckland, Philip Iain -- Obscura itinera: a GIS-based Approach to Understand the pre-Roman and Roman Transhumance Pathways in Umbria and Sabina Regions (Central Italy) / Camerieri, Paolo / Mattioli, Tommaso -- Transparency, Testing and Standards for Archaeological Predictive Modelling / Wilcox, William -- SPATIAL ANALYSIS -- Zooming Patterns Among the Scales: a Statistics Technique to Detect Spatial Patterns Among Settlements / Palmisano, Alessio -- The Long and Winding Road: Combining Least Cost Paths and Network Analysis Techniques for Settlement Location Analysis and Predictive Modelling / Verhagen, Philip / Brughmans, Tom / Nuninger, Laure / Bertoncello, Frédérique -- Can Infovis Tools Support the Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Diffusion Patterns in Historic Architecture? / Blaise, Jean-Yves / Dudek, Iwona -- Introducing the Human Factor in Predictive Modelling: a Work in Progress / Verhagen, Philip / Nuninger, Laure / Tourneux, François-Pierre / Bertoncello, Frédérique / Jeneson, Karen -- Changing Settlement Patterns in the Mediterranean Context: a Case Study of Menorca (Balearic Islands) from Prehistory to the 19th Century AD / De Cet, Monica / Duttmann, Rainer / Gornés, Simón / Gual, Joana / Müller, Johannes / Risch, Roberto / Sintes, Elena / Willié, Bianca -- A New Method of Spatial Analysis Based on the Extraction of Proximity Graphs / Jiménez-Badillo, Diego -- Bayesian Spatial Modelling of Radiocarbon Dated Archaeological Artefacts Using R-INLA / Kammonen, Juhana / Sundell, Tarja / Pesonen, Petro / Oinonen, Markku / Onkamo, Päivi -- From Space to Graphs to Understand Spatial Changes Using Medieval and Modern Fiscal Sources / Rodier, Xavier / Le Couédic, Mélanie / Hautefeuille, Florent / Leturcq, Samuel / Jouve, Bertrand / Fieux, Etienne -- Exploring the Effects of Curvature and Refraction on GIS-based Visibility Studies / Kormann, Mariza / Lock, Gary -- Process Formalization and Conceptual Modelling in the Study of Territorial Dynamics / Saligny, Laure / Rodier, Xavier / Gauthier, Estelle / Poirier, Nicolas / Leroy, Murielle Georges / Bertoncello, Frédérique / Weller, Olivier -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CONTEXT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPUTING -- Defining and Advocating Open Data in Archaeology / Costa, Stefano / Beck, Anthony / Bevan, Andrew / Ogden, Jessica -- The Evolution of Territorial Occupation: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. Uncertainty and Heterogeneity of Data in Archaeology / Pillot, Lucile / Saligny, Laure -- Visualising Time with Multiple Granularities: a Generic Framework / Dudek, Iwona / Blaise, Jean-Yves.

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