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COMPUTATIONAL ARCHEOLOGY [1 record]

Record 1 2019-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

The method of taking conventional archaeological data and using it in specially designed computer software applications is known as computational archaeology (CA).

OBS

[Computational archaeology] is not limited to mathematics. In archaeology, computer software can replicate an entire site stratum by stratum and rebuild the missing architecture into an interactive, three-dimensional, fly-over movie.

Key term(s)
  • computational archeology
  • archeological informatics
  • archeoinformatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
CONT

L'archéomatique, application de la géomatique à l'archéologie, est issue des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC). Cette discipline permet d'appréhender les découvertes archéologiques dans leur contexte spatial ou géoréférencé, grâce à des moyens informatiques. Elle fait appel aux sciences et aux technologies concernant l'acquisition, le stockage, le traitement et la diffusion des données appliquées à l'archéologie.

OBS

archéologie computationnelle : L'adjectif «computationnel» est déconseillé en français.

Spanish

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