This is an electronic copy of the printed version available from
CTICH. It is not as up-to-date as the CTICH Web pages, which
should be used for following links. Computers have been used in
archaeology for many years, and have now become an almost
universal tool for archaeologists, even if for no more than
word-processing. Other major uses include: The major source of
papers on computing in archaeology is the proceedings of the
annual conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods
in Archaeology (CAA1-22, covering 1972-1996). These have been
published by a variety of publishers, most recently by British
Archaeological Reports. The most recent are: Shorter notes and
more frequent publication is undertaken quarterly by the
Archaeology Computing Newsletter, published by the Institute of
Archaeology, University of Oxford. The majority of occasional
papers incorporating computing applications (whether explicitly
or implicitly) appear in such journals as World Archaeology,
Archaeological Prospection, Ame