The Description of Archaeological Data in Computer Language
- 1 April 1967
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 32 (2) , 161-167
- https://doi.org/10.2307/277901
Abstract
The storage, retrieval, and analysis of archaeological data on electronic computers requires that artifacts be described in the framework of models which are: (a) sufficiently analogous to the “real world” of the data to be meaningful; (b) sufficiently expandable or open-ended to be usable in situations as yet undefined; and (c) sufficiently specific to be convertible into machine language. A model which meets these criteria is described, and samples of an artifact inventory prepared on an IBM 1440 computer are shown to illustrate the use of this descriptive system.Keywords
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