Abstract
 Integrating ArcGIS and ArcPad in an Archaeological Field School Track: Archaeology Author(s): Gary Christopherson, Suzanne Fish, John Chamblee, Phillip Leckman, Paul Fish In the spring of 2005, the University of Arizona's Archaeological Field School began a new project at Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona. This project was designed to incorporate spatial technologies as part of the learning experience for undergraduate students with no GIS experience. In addition to basic excavation skills, they were taught to collect spatial data using a total station and GPS and to incorporate these data in a geodatabase. Combined with readily available high resolution DEMs and DOQQs, they used these data to create a base map of Tumamoc Hill, surface archaeological remains, and excavation data. These base maps were then used for community outreach, statistical analysis, site reports, and articles. It is the author's hope that this process will spark interest in spatial technologies in the next generation of archaeologists. This paper will report on the methodology used, the results of the work, and the initial analyses. Gary Christopherson University of Arizona Center for Applied Spatial Analysis 1103 E 2 ST -- Box 3 Tucson , AZ 85721 US Phone: 520-621-6267 Fax: 520-621-6181 E-mail: garych@casa.arizona.edu Suzanne Fish Arizona State Museum Arizona State Museum North 217 Tucson , AZ 85721 US Phone: 520-626-8290 E-mail: sfish@email.arizona.edu John Chamblee University of Arizona Center for Applied Spatial Analysis 1103 E 2 ST -- Box 3 Tucson , AZ 85721 US Phone: 520-621-6181 E-mail: chamblee@email.arizona.edu Phillip Leckman University of Arizona Center for Applied Spatial Analysis 1103 E 2 ST -- Box 3 Tucson , AZ 85721 US Phone: 520-621-6181 E-mail: phil@email.arizona.edu Paul Fish Arizona State Museum Arizona State Museum North 221 Tucson , AZ 85716 US Phone: 520-621-2556 E-mail: pfish@email.arizona.edu |
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