Bordes, Nicole, Ulm, Sean, Pettersen, Oystein, Murphy, Karen, Gwynne, David, Pagnon, William, Hungerford, Stuart, Hiscock, Peter, Hall, Jay, and Pailthorpe, Bernard (2006) Data grid for the management, reconstruction, analysis and visualisation of archaeological data. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Research Report Series, 7. pp. 251-264.

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Abstract

This paper addresses two parallel and interlinked problems: the development of coordinated digital archaeological resources and libraries that focus on the publication of data, and the creation of a framework for the analysis and visualisation of these data. We present our methodology and a prototype for an Australian archaeological digital collection based on data grid technologies and infrastructure. We also report on preliminary results using innovative visualisation techniques for spatio-temporal data based on the Google Maps/Google Earth technology and progress on the development of a 3D reconstruction tool that visualises excavated archaeological deposits and associated stratigraphy. Data from three major archaeological projects in Queensland are employed, spanning Indigenous, contact and historical archaeology: Mill Point Archaeological Project, Cania Gorge Regional Archaeological Project and Index of Dates from Archaeological Sites in Queensland. These case studies were selected to represent the different challenges in deploying digital technologies to Australian archaeological applications.

Item ID:	16059
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISBN:	978-1-86499-863-4
ISSN:	1322-7157
Additional Information:	This paper was published in "An Archaeological Life: papers in honour of Jay Hall", which is part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Research Report Series.
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2011 03:56
FoR Codes:	21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210102 Archaeological Science @ 50% 21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology @ 25% 21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210108 Historical Archaeology (incl Industrial Archaeology) @ 25%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 100%
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