DIGITAL GEOARCHAEOLOGY.

Catalog description

Cross-listed: GEOS 420 . Pre-requisites: GEOS 321 . GIS has become an indispensable tool for archaeological investigations of the past and is used to both find archaeological sites and contextualize their location compared to the cultural and natural landscape. This course provides an overview of digital geoarchaeology, the intersection of archaeological research, geoscience techniques, and computational skills through a specific training in the application of geospatial technology to the analysis of archaeological sites and historic landscapes.