ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, Fall 2007

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Welcome to the Fall 2007 issue of ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, a quarterly newsletter about the many resources available to the ESRI archaeology and GIS user community.

In This Issue

• Data, Maps, and Models
• ESRI Software Documentation, How-to, and Tools
• Books, Papers, Images, and More
• Where to Find Base Data
• ESRI User Conference Papers in Archaeology

Data, Maps, and Models

Archaeological Predictive Modeling Project [PDF]
Presentation from the 2005 North Carolina GIS Conference on technical aspects of building a GIS predictive model. Presentation by Matt Wilkerson and Brian Overton for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Central Susquehanna Valley Archaeological Site Predictive Model [PDF]
Presentation by Richard B. Duncan (Skelly and Loy, Inc.)

Case Studies in Building the Archaeological Predictive Model [PPT]
Presentation on Fort Irwin and Fort Bragg, California, archaeological predictive models by Thomas J. McTighe, Jr.

Archaeological Predictive Model for Fort Irwin, California
Presentation on approach to model development and technology transfer, given in 2004 at the Desert Surficial Processes and Landscape Dynamics on Military Lands Workshop, Desert Studies Center, California. See the abstract.

New York State Historic Preservation GIS
Source for GIS format data on location information on State and National Registers of Historic Places and Archaeological Sensitivity Zones for New York State.

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ESRI Software Documentation, How-to, and Tools

ArcGIS Explorer Now Available
The no-cost ArcGIS Explorer download enables you to access ArcGIS Online beta services, which include one-meter imagery for the entire United States and submeter imagery for certain major metropolitan areas. This new version has improved KML support, navigation tools, and printing capabilities. An ArcGIS Explorer resources page gives you access to a blog, a discussion forum, and several globes and maps.

ArcScripts

Script for ASMIS ArcPad Condition Assessment for National Park Service
For use by National Park Service employees conducting archaeological site condition assessments in the field using handheld GPS units capable of working with ArcPad/ArcMap

Script for Basic Forms for Fieldwork
Generic, one-page forms for point, line, and polygon files

Script for Historical Resource Form
Local government ArcPad data collection form for potential historical resources including structures and cultural landscape

Script to Synchronize (link) data frame extents in ArcMap
Code that allows the user to synchronize or link the extents of two data frames such that panning or zooming in one data frame will update the linked data frame accordingly

Incorporate Historic/Prehistoric Surface Hydrology Layer [PDF]
Poster on methodology to incorporate historic/prehistoric surface hydrology layer in Mn/Model Using Existing GIS Data (caution, large PDF file)

Integrating GIS, Archaeology, and the Internet [PDF]
Paper on developing a data management tool that links archaeological, historical, and research databases to a spatial database (Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)

GIS for Archaeologists Workshop [PDF]
Syllabus for a course that reviews the GIS concepts and operations most commonly used in archaeology (Dr. Shane J. Prochnow, Center for Spatial Research, Baylor University)

Archaeological GIS Course from the MATRIX Project
Complete course materials on the design and execution of solutions to archaeological problems using GIS as an analytic tool (Dean Snow, Pennsylvania State University)

MATRIX Project Home Page
Web site designed as a source of information, ideas, and course materials for U.S. college and university professors who teach undergraduate archaeology

NOAA ARD GIS Tools at ESRI Scripts
NOAA ARD GIS Web Site
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Assessment and Restoration Division (NOAA ARD) offers four GIS tools (Query Manager Import, List Layer Sources, Map Extent, and Create Layer Files) developed for use in spatial analysis and mapping in ArcGIS 9.1.

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Books, Papers, Images, and More

GIS at the Granite Falls, Washington, Historical Society [PDF]
Article on a town's use of GIS students to integrate historical maps, county information, and photographs in a project to better use and manage documents in a local history museum

Capturing Historic Preservation in Riverside, California [PDF]
Paper on Riverside's Web application that uses ArcIMS to make a database of historical resources available to the public

Heritage Tourism in Jamestown The 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia, highlights the role of conservation in supporting the big business of heritage tourism. Article is from the Trust for Public Land's free Land & People magazine.

Digital Arts and Humanities
A Web site to share and discuss ideas, promote your research, and discover the digital arts and humanities. This virtual community was developed by the AHRC information and communication technology (ICT) Methods Network in collaboration with several other institutions and communities and is hosted by King's College London.

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Where to Find Base Data

Arizona's Archaeofaunal Index
A map-linked searchable database of vertebrate animal remains from archaeological sites in Arizona. About FaunAZ

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ESRI User Conference Papers in Archaeology

Link to Archaeology Papers presented at the 2007 ESRI International User Conference.

About Archaeology and GIS News

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