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Archaeological Data Banks in Theory and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sandra Scholtz and
Robert G. Chenhall
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Abstract

Although archaeologists have experimented with computers since the early 1960s, with a few exceptions, the concept of an archaeological data bank has not been readily accepted. The authors believe that data banks can be usable tools, but that they will be used only if they are designed to satisfy realistic and precisely defined needs, and only if adequate consideration is given to data structures, human problems, and theoretical issues. Just finding the right computer system is not enough.

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American Antiquity , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 1976, pp. 89 - 96
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1976

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