Virtual dig : a simulated archaeological excavation of a middle Paleolithic site in France /

Preface
Part I Introduction
1 Overview of the Virtual Dig Program Installing and Running the Virtual Dig Program A Word about the Data Used in the Virtual Dig
2 Background to the Middle Paleolithic The Middle Paleolithic Dating and Environment Neanderthals Mousterian Stone Tools Life in the Middle Paleolithic Suggested Reading
3 Combe-Capelle Suggested Reading
Part II Setting Up an Excavation
4 Research Design What Is a Research Design? Formulating a Research Design Research Design at Combe-Capelle Exercise: Defining Your Research Questions for Your Virtual Project
5 Unit Definition and Placement Site Grid Excavation Units Unit Placement Unit Definition and Placement at Combe-Capelle Overview of the Unit Definition Screen Exercise: Learning the Unit Definition Screen Exercise: Virtual Project
6 Excavation Methods and Artifact Recovery Excavation Tools Exercise: Learning the Methods Screen Exercise: Virtual Project
7 Mapping and Proveniencing Datums Methods for Recording Provenience Recording Provenience during Excavation Screening Artifact Recovery and Proveniencing at Combe-Capelle Exercise: Virtual Project
8 Personnel Field and Lab Crew Specialists Budget Considerations in Planning Personnel Personnel at Combe-Capelle Exercise: Virtual Project
9 Logistics Living Conditions Equipment and Supplies Handling Logistics at Combe-Capelle Exercise: Logistics Exercise: Virtual Project
10 Developing a Field Budget Exercise: Virtual Project Final Exercise for Setting Up Your Virtual Project
Part III Excavation
11 Overview of Excavation The Day-to-Day Routine during an Excavation Basic Concepts in Excavation Excavation Strategies for Recording Strata Stratigraphy at Combe-Capelle Suggested Readings
12 Excavation in Virtual Dig Equipping Your Virtual Project Using the Interactive Excavation Screen Exercise: Interactive Excavation Using the Auto-Excavate Screen Exercise: Interactive Excavation
13 Field Documentation and Mapping Field Documentation Databases Archiving and Curation of Field Records Field Documentation at Combe-Capelle
Exercise: Site Notebook Mapping Exercise: Mapping Exercise: Proveniencing Screening Exercise: Screening Exercise: Excavation of Your Virtual Project
Part IV Analysis
14 Overview of Archaeological Analysis Day-to-Day Practices in a Lab Analysis at Combe-Capelle
15 Flintknapping: The Making of Stone Tools Terminology and Flake Landmarks Flaking Techniques Suggested Reading
16 Basics of Lithic Analysis I: Lithic Measurements Exercise: Lithic Measurements
17 Basics of Lithic Analysis II: Lithic Attributes Learning Some Common Lithic Attributes
18 Analyzing Lithic Data with Virtual Dig Exercise: Character Variables Exercise: Numeric Data
19 Basics of Lithic Analysis III: Lithic Typology The Typology of Fran莽ois Bordes Bordian Graphs and Indices Typology at Combe-Capelle Exercise: Learning Bordian Typology Exercise: Virtual Project Suggested Reading
20 Evaluating Taphonomy and Site Formation Damage Size Distributions Artifact Orientation Exercises: Site Taphonomy Suggested Reading
21 Writing a Site Report References Cited
Hardware Requirement
SPC with a Pentium processor16 megs RAM800 x 600 SuperVGA resolution (32K colors)Windows 95 operating systemCD-ROM drive