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Archaeological Uses of Microcomputers with “Off the Rack” Software

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dennis H. O'Neil*
Affiliation:
Archaeological Certification Program, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 92069

Abstract

Microcomputers are proposed as relatively inexpensive, portable substitutes for mainframe computers in processing archaeological data. Five types of software packages and an economical hardware system are described. These can facilitate cataloging and sorting data, create two-dimensional tables and graphs, carry out statistical tests, and do word processing.

Type
Reports
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1984

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