Archeologia e Calcolatori, 13, 2002 – XIV Congress of the I.U.P.P.S. – Data Management and Mathematical Methods in Archaeology

F. Roncalli, Editoriale
P. Moscati, Preface
F. Djindjian, The Commission IV Sessions during the XIV UISPP Conference(Liège, Belgium, September 2001)

Symposium 1 / Colloque 1

• Archaeological knowledge: theory and methods
• Connaître en archéologie: fondements théoriques et méthodes
• Coordinators / Coordinateurs: F. Djindjian, R. Whallon
• F. Djindjian, Introduction
• J.-C. Gardin, Les modèles logico-discursifs en archéologie
• L. Iakovleva, Un essai de formalisation des études sur l’art paléolithique pour la connaissance des sociétés préhistoriques
• J.A. Barceló, G. Pelfer, A. Mandolesi, The origins of the city. From social theory to archaeological description
• A. Guidi, Modelling the social evolution: the state of art
• A. Gallay, Maitriser l’analogie ethnographique: espoirs et limites
• F. Djindjian, Pour une théorie générale de la connaissance en archéologie

Symposium 2 / Colloque 2

• New technologies in Cultural Resource Management and archaeological presentation: G.I.S., Virtual Reality, Internet, Multimedia Nouvelles technologies dans la gestion du patrimoine culturel et dans la présentation
• archéologique: S.I.G., Réalité Virtuelle, Internet, Multimedia Coordinators / Coordinateurs: F. Vermeulen, Z. Stanèiè
• F. Vermuelen, Introduction
• M.W. Mehrer, A GIS-based archaeological decision-support model for cultural resource management
• P. Moscati, From an Etruscan town to modern technologies: new advancements in the ‘Caere Project’
• M. Meganck, J. Bourgeois, I. Roovers, M. Lodewijckx, Processing oblique aerial photographs in Flanders: the Havik Project at the Ghent Univer-
• sity. A contribution to archaeological resource management
• S. Soetens, J. Driessen, A. Sarris, S. Topouzi, The Minoan peak sanctuary landscape through a GIS approach
• M. Bampton, Linking location and space to process using precision mapping
• J.H. Altschul, Alternative methods of disseminating archaeological findings from CRM contexts: examples from the American Southwest

Workshop 1 / Atelier 1

• The application of Bayesian methods in archaeology
• L’application des statistiques bayesiennes en archéologie Coordinators / Coordinateurs: G.L. Cowgill, I. Robertson
• G.L. Cowgill, Introduction
• G.L. Cowgill, Getting Bayesian ideas across to a wide audience
• A.R. Millard, R.L. Gowland, A Bayesian approach to the estimation of the age of humans from tooth development and wear
• A.J.C. Zink, Bayesian approach applied to authenticity testing by luminescence
• S. Hermon, F. Niccolucci, Estimating subjectivity of typologists and typological classification with fuzzy logic

Workshop 2 / Atelier 2

• Spatio-temporal modelling in archaeology
• Modéliser les systèmes dans l’espace et le temps en archéologie Coordinator / Coordinateur: A. Voorrips
• A. Voorrips, Introduction
• J.A. Barceló, Archaeological thinking: between space and time
• A. Costopoulos, Playful agents, inexorable process: elements of a coherent theory of iteration in anthropological simulation
• D.R. Snow, Spatio-temporal modeling of North American prehistory
• B. Bosselin, F. Djindjian, Un essai de reconstitution du climat entre 40.000 BP et 10.000 BP à partir de séquences polliniques de tourbières et de carottes océaniques et glaciaires à haute résolution

Recensioni

G. Burenhult, J. Arvidsson (eds.), Archaeological Informatics: Pushing the Envelope. CAA2001 Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 29th Conference (Gotland 2001), BAR International Series 1016, Oxford 2002 (L. Ceccarelli), p. 301; D. Wheatley, G. Earl, S. Poppy (eds.), Contemporary Themes in Archaeological Computing, Oxford 2002 (C. Barchesi), p. 303; A. Rieche, B. Schneider (eds.), Archäologie Virtuell. Projekte, Entwicklungen, Tendenzen seit 1995, Bonn 2002 (F. Niccolucci), p. 307; D. Wheatley, M. Gillings (eds.), Spatial Technology and Archaeology. The Archaeological Applications of GIS, London-New York 2002 (S. Kay), p. 312; L. Nottale, J. Chaline, P. Grou, Les arbres de l’évolution, Paris 2000, Hachette Littératures, Collection Sciences (F. Djindjian), p. 315; K.L. Wescost, R.J. Brandon (eds.), Practical Applications of G.I.S. for Archaeologists: A Predictive Modeling Kit, London 2000 (F. Djindjian), p. 319.