GIS in Archaeology (1)

After highly interesting interviews with Julian Richards* and Hans Kamermans** about the use of location information by archaeologists, we are happy to announce the release of our second article in the series on GIS in science in VI Matrix.

An English translation of the article and an overview of relevant sources can be found on our website. The article can be found under 'research', 'current projects', 'research projects' and then 'GIS in science'.

In this article we also introduce a first version of our model on the integration of GIS in a scientific discipline. A more detailed description and a visual representation of this model will be released shortly on this WebLog.

We would like to invite you to have a critical look at our article and to share with us your experiences with or views on GIS in Archaeology. Your feedback and suggestions are most welcome. You can leave your comments with this posting.

We are specifically looking for examples of research which resulted in surprising outcomes, thanks to GIS. But we are also interested in cases which shed light on the limitations of the current GIS systems or on the obstacles on the way to a futher integration of location information in the field.

* Julian Richards is Professor in Archaeology at the University of York, UK, Co-Director of Internet Archaeology (an online journal) and Director of Archaeology Data Service.
** Hans Kamermans is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leiden, Secretary of the steering committee of CAA (Computer Applications and quantitative methods in Archaeology) and co-editor of Internet Archaeology.