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Internet Archaeology would like to announce the publication of
"Developing SASSA: a Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeologists" by
Clare Wilson, Donald Davidson, Edward Pollard, Julie Cowie, David Cairns
and Martin Blunn
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue25/wilson_index.html
There is constant pressure on field archaeologists to be familiar with
the core concepts of a diverse range of specialist disciplines. Soils
and sediments are an integral part of archaeological sites, and soil and
sedimentary analyses applied to archaeological questions are now
recognised as an important branch of geoarchaeology. However, the
teaching of soils in archaeology degrees is variable and many
archaeologists complain they lack the confidence and skills to describe
and interpret properly the deposits they excavate.
This article describes SASSA (Soil Analysis Support System for
Archaeologists), an internet-based system designed to familiarise
archaeologists with the concepts and possibilities offered by the
scientific study of soils and sediments associated with archaeological
sites, and discusses the computing technology used to construct the
system.
Judith
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Judith Winters
Editor, Internet Archaeology
http://intarch.ac.uk
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