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Archaeological Databases and GIS: Working with Databases

Thomas Mafredas
George Malaperdas
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DOI icon 10.24018/compute.2021.1.3.20

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Submitted 2021-05-20
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Digital databases are considered nowadays, necessary for the organization of a recent archeological project. Typically, one of the main issues at the stage of archaeological surface research preparation is the method of recording all the archaeological information that will emerge, which is directly dependent on two factors, the difference of each area in terms of its geomorphology, including the climate and general environmental conditions, and the different approach to the objectives to be achieved by the leading archaeologists. As a consequence of all of this, there is no such thing as a uniquely generated form that can act as a guideline. This paper provides some basic database knowledge as well as a case study with a database example.

Keywords: Archeological database databases DBMS GIS

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