| Paper No. 52-0 | ||
| A REAL-TIME GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATABASE & SEARCH ENGINE FOR THE CAVE OF LETTERS, ISRAEL | ||
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MORTON, Christopher M., Geography, Univ of Wisconsin Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54702, mortoncm@uwec.edu and JOL, Harry M., Geography, Univ of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54703-4004 Archaeological data sets were collected in the Cave of Letters, Israel, during the John F. Merrill Expedition (July, 2000). The research site was a cave in which Jewish rebels hid from the Romans during the Bar Kokbha revolt (132-135 CE; Yadin, 1972). The data were collected in real-time which increased data accuracy and entry effeciency of the archeological finds. Mixed with coordinate locations and input into a relational database enables Archaeological data to be accessed by any database application. The research tools used to collect and build the database were Field Notes, a real-time Geographical Information Systems (GIS) program, and a Fujitsu Stylistic 1200 Pentop computer. The project rebuilt a relational database and examined its effectiveness of increasing the ease at which Archaeological finds are stored within cave environments. The work conducted led to a design in a new “modular” database which can be applied to any site, any where in the world. A large scale java application was designed to provide creation / modification / and search functions to the database. This allows for easy database maintence. A fully interactive and internationally accessable web page (www.uwec.edu/col) is online to provide a user with the ability to search any location within the cave and view any artifact(s) / artifact information found. The research provides: 1) A fully portable relational database, 2) Web access to the data , and 3) Background data for further professional and student research.involving Archaeological Real-Time database applications. | ||
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GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001
General Information for this Meeting | ||
| Session No. 52--Booth# 3 Archaeological Geology (Posters) Hynes Convention Center: Hall D 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, November 6, 2001 | ||
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