Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field

Martin Blunn; Julie Cowie; David Cairns; Clare Wilson; Donald Davidson

Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field

Martin Blunn, Julie Cowie, David Cairns, Clare Wilson, Donald Davidson

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Abstract

There is a professional responsibility placed upon archaeologists to record all possible information about a given excavated site of which soil analysis is one important but frequently marginalised aspect. This paper introduces SASSA (Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeologists), whose primary goal is to promote the wider use of soil analysis techniques through a selection of 'web based' software tools. A description is given of the field tool developed which supports both the recording of soil related archaeological data in a comprehensive manner and provide a means of inferring information about the site under investigation. Insight is gained through a user evaluating numerous decision trees relating to pertinent archaeological questions. Whilst the field tool is capable of working in isolation, it offers a superior experience when operated in unison with a Wiki. A brief discussion of the use of the Wiki application within the SASSA project is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
Editors	J. Cardoso, J. Cordeiro, J. Filipe
Place of Publication	Setubal
Publisher	Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication
Pages	57-62
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9789728865894
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Duration: 12 Jun 2007 → 16 Jun 2007 http://www.iceis.org/ICEIS2007/

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
Abbreviated title	ICEIS 2007
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Funchal, Madeira
Period	12/06/07 → 16/06/07
Internet address	http://www.iceis.org/ICEIS2007/

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Blunn, M., Cowie, J., Cairns, D., Wilson, C., & Davidson, D. (2007). Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field. In J. Cardoso, J. Cordeiro, & J. Filipe (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (pp. 57-62). Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication.

Blunn, Martin ; Cowie, Julie ; Cairns, David et al. / Mobile decision making and knowledge management : supporting geoarchaeologists in the field. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. editor / J. Cardoso ; J. Cordeiro ; J. Filipe. Setubal : Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication, 2007. pp. 57-62

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Blunn, M, Cowie, J, Cairns, D, Wilson, C & Davidson, D 2007, Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field. in J Cardoso, J Cordeiro & J Filipe (eds), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication, Setubal, pp. 57-62, 9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems , Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 12/06/07.

Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field. / Blunn, Martin; Cowie, Julie; Cairns, David et al.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. ed. / J. Cardoso; J. Cordeiro; J. Filipe. Setubal: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication, 2007. p. 57-62.

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Blunn M, Cowie J, Cairns D, Wilson C, Davidson D. Mobile decision making and knowledge management: supporting geoarchaeologists in the field. In Cardoso J, Cordeiro J, Filipe J, editors, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Setubal: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. 2007. p. 57-62

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