Archaeology

A special interest group for archaeology would help develop both archaeology's use of open source GIS and develop archaeology's use of GIS. The latter would be helped by using open source tools that could be adapted to deal with the special requirements of archaeology GIS, in stark contrast to the proprietary tools commonly used.

Interesting links

• http://www.iosa.it
  • http://list.iosa.it International Mailing List
• http://www.arc-team.com Creators of the first GNU/Linux distribution for archaeology
• http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/asiaa
• http://www.bajr.org/bajrresources/Software.asp
• http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
• http://www.maparch.com

Archaeology-Focussed GIS Blogs

• http://www.gisarch.com/
  • http://www.gisarch.com/2006/06/08/mapbender-wms-yucatan-penninsula-mayan-archaeology-sites/ Interesting blog article about the Yucatan Penninsula
• http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/blog/
• http://www.pastthinking.com/
• http://archaeogeek.wordpress.com/
• http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/wordpress/

Open Source Persuaders

• http://digifreedom.net/

Groups

Mapping The Past - (OSGeo Arch. Sig) Theory Group discussing the practice of mapping history

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