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Geospatial Archaeology

UC Berkeley Anthropology 128M - Spring 2015

Lecturer: Dr. Nicholas Tripcevich

Graduate Student Instructor: Lisa Johnson

Please see the syllabus for specifics about the class. 

Online Resources and Data Sets

Course specific data and readings will be hosted in https://berkeley.box.com/geospatial-arch Links to an external site.

General spatial reference data can be found in https://berkeley.box.com/gis-atlas Links to an external site.

This bCourses site focused on In-Class exercises, Lab Assignments, and links to online resources you'll be using throughout the semester. Students can contribute to this Discussion and to this Wiki page intended for sharing links, techniques, datasets, and archaeology-specific material.

In-Class Exercises 

All Pages Titles and Descriptions

  1. Pyramid Mapping
  2. Joining Tables
  3. Related Tables
  4. Georeferencing
  5. SRTM DEM topography
  6. Locational Model
  7. Mapping Student Fees
  8. Intro to ModelBuilder
  9. GIS for Historical Studies
  10. Geophysics
  11. Viewsheds & Cost-Distance
  12. Web GIS
  13. Mobile GIS
  14. Point Mapping

Lab Assignments

Lab I, Lab II, Lab III,

Lab IV, Lab V, Lab VI

Class Links

 

Software

We will primarily (though not exclusively) be using ESRI ArcGIS 10.2 / 10.3 for this course in 2015. We have free Student Edition ArcGIS DVDs available on campus. These are full versions of ArcGIS with the primary limitation being that they're 1 year licenses.

7-Zip. Many datasets arrive in Zip archives and while all OSes extract Zip files you're encouraged to get the free, open source 7zip software (7ZIP.ORG) Links to an external site. to manage Zip files.

Non-Windows users: . Unfortunately ArcGIS is Windows-only software. It is possible to run a virtual copy of Windows on a Mac or Linux machine using software like VirtualBox (free) Links to an external site. or consider using free, opensource QGIS Links to an external site.instead.

2017 update: Virtualized desktops are increasingly making it simple to run this software in a window on local Mac, Linux, or Windows machine. Berkeley users you may have access to this software using your CalnetID at citrix.berkeley.edu.