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ArcGIS Explorer is a free virtual globe that is much more than just a fun and easy way to explore the world in 2D and 3D. You can use it to add your own data to your maps and combine it with free data from ESRI. You can also customize your maps by adding photos, reports, videos, and other information.

The ArchEd Program is a tool for drawing Harris matrices which are used in archaeology. Beside its ability to edit such drawings it also contains an automatic drawing feature which redraws a given graph nicely.

Specifically designed for the needs of our profession, ArcheoSurveyor is a complete package for downloading, assembling, enhancing and saving the geophysical data from a range of instruments.

Code and/or executables presented at this site are freeware and may be freely used and distributed. However, they may not be incorporated into commercial products..

ARK the Archaeological Recording Kit is an opensource, standards compliant, web-delivered system for the creation, storage, manipulation and publication of archaeological data and media.

Or in fewer words, it’s a system you can use to put your archaeological data on the web so that you can work on it and share it.

From a set of irregulary spaced data points with coordinates in the plane, a smooth surface is to be fitted to these points. Typical content of a point might be a count of the number of types at that point, representing the local richness of each point, with the surface estimating the distribution of richness over the entire area. If the content is the value of the position in a seriation, then the surface might represent a prediction of chronological distribution over an area. If the content represents presence in a cluster, then the surface might show the scope of each cluster. Any data which can be entered into Winbasp and which contains coordinate information can be displayed as a colored contour plot, a meshed shaded contoured surface or a number of other variants.

Contour diagrams of find abundances are easily constructed with the new three dimensional display program. Contours may also be filled with color and/or displayed as a shaded surface, if desired.

An estimated 5,000,000 images made since the 1920's in the European archives represent an enormous amount of data which may never be recaptured under controlled conditions. It is the goal of AirPhoto to deal with this kind of image within the limits of the data and the financial limits of most archaeological institutions and private investigators by non-photogrammetrists.

AirPhoto provides a useful tool for archaeologists (and others) without large amounts of money to spend on user-hostile photogrammetric hardware or expensive software which will enable them to deal with a reasonable number of the many aerial images which have accumulated over the years using modest PC's and peripherals.

Almost all color transparency films, color print papers and color negative films use a multilayer subtractive colour construction similar to that shown above.

The uppermost layer contains a yellow dye whose density is proportional to the amount of blue light, the middle layer has a magenta dye with density proportional to green light, and the lowermost layer contains a cyan dye with density proportional to the red light during exposure. A yellow filter layer prevents blue and ultra-violet light from reaching the two lower layers. A positive orange masking layer is also usually present in modern colour negative films to correct for imperfections in the response of the cyan dye.

All colour dyes have limited lifetimes since their molecules break down under the influence of temperature, light and reaction with adjacent materials in the layers in the film. The cyan dye which is responsible for the red colour in an image was especially unstable in films manufactured prior to new developments in the mid-1980's.

A program for finding and displaying rectangular structures in scanned excavation plans

Modern camera lenses are relatively free of geometric distortion, especially so at focal lengths much longer than the film or sensor diagonal. However, there is always a small remaining amount even in the most expensive lenses.
This corrects the distortion for perfect 'flat' images

Very useful programme :: This is a simple presentation programme designed to emulate a carousel slide projector with image files. Unlike commercial products, it has a zoom facility to permit examination of details in a displayed image. It is free of charge and may be freely distributed, installed and used.

BCal is an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration tool hosted by the Department of Probability and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. We offer an easy to use Web site that allows researchers from around the world to make use of an integrated framework in which to interpret both radiocarbon data and a priori chronological information.

Optimized for even greater speed, Bryce 5.5 combines exceptional power with an innovative interface for incredible ease of use. A 3D landscape creation programme to take seriously.

CALIB Radiocarbon Calibration
by M. Stuiver, P.J. Reimer, and R.W. Reimer, is an online radiocarbon calibration program.

Downloadable versions are also available for Windows and Mac OSX.

Cologne Radiocarbon CALibration and PALaeoclimate Package. Designed for research on glacial C-14 age conversion (PC-WIN). By Bernhard Weninger and Olaf Jöris.

*Only calibration using IntCal is standardized and internationally accepted.

Not so much software, but then again, an important part of applications in archaeology.

CAA is an international organisation bringing together archaeologists, mathematics and computer scientists. Its aims are to encourage communication between these disciplines, to provide a survey of present work in the field and to stimulate discussion and future progress.

Membership is open to anyone on payment of a nominal fee.

The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions of skeletons in 2-D and 3-D in full color, animations, and much supplemental information.

The user can navigate through the various regions of the skeleton and view all orientations of each element along with muscle and joint information. eSkeletons enables you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates ranging from the gorilla to the tiny mouse lemur. All of the large apes are represented as well as other species from different parts of the world. Many of these primates are rare or endangered species.

HBSMR (Historic Buildings, Sites and Monuments Record) is a comprehensive database, GIS and photographic data management system for the historic environment. It has been developed by exeGesIS SDM in partnership with English Heritage and (ALGAO). Used for SMR data in the UK.

FieldMap is a context-aware data collection and information access tool for use in field sciences such as archaeology.

The FreeGIS Project provides software overview on Free Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

This is the official website of Gallery, the open source web based photo album organizer. gives you an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you're running a small personal site or a large community site.
Gallery is the next generation of open source photo sharing web applications. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you're running a small personal site or a large community site. Hundreds of thousands of people and organizations are using Gallery to create personalized photo albums on their websites.

Features include:
Easy to create photo galleries - User/photo administration and editing - Comprehensive permissions system - Fully themeable - Extensible modular design - Drag and drop upload system

GMT is an open source collection of ~60 tools for manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots via contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views. GMT supports ~30 map projections and transformations and comes with support data such as coastlines, rivers, and political boundaries.

Genesis IV is a landscape database and graphics system particularly targeted at Professional GIS and Educational users. Create great graphics for your clients, enthuse and educate your students, or explore geographical data, GenesisIV is unique multifaceted software and much more than a simple landscape renderer.

A huge List of GIS and Geo tech software, scripts and programmes.. includes:
Using Georeferencing Tools for Navigation and Research of Aerial Photography - Learning about the history of an area? Check out some examples of using GIS technology and historical photography to visualize changes in a location. (October, 2008)
GIS Viewing Tools You Shouldn't Be Without! - We've identified some of the best GIS Data Viewing tools that every GIS geek should have in his/her tools folder. We list the product features and where to find them.
and more.

GeoSetter is a freeware tool for Windows for showing and changing geo data of image files (e.g. images taken by digital cameras). Shows existing geo coordinates and tracks on embedded Google Maps map (requires internet connection)
Setting geo data by using embedded Google Maps map (requires internet connection) or by entering known values for coordinates and altitude directly

gnet is a general purpose editor/browser for directed graphs. One of its main uses is as a tool for visualising archaeological stratigraphy, but it is equally suited to a wide range of other applications.

Most complete free program for GPS devices - GPS TrackMaker
- Compatible with more than 160 GPS models
- Support for Garmin, Magellan and others
- Easily create your own maps
- Support for vector maps and images
- Multi-Language
- Vehicle Tracking and AVL

GPS Utility is an easy-to-use application that provides management and manipulation of GPS information. You can use it to transfer data to/from a GPS receiver and store the data in PC files in one of several text formats.

The program converts between different map datums and many coordinate formats (Lat/Long, UTM/UPS, country grids etc.). Information can be filtered in various ways and waypoints sorted according to specified criteria. Route and track statistics are available and can be transferred into other programs for analysis (i.e. spreadsheet programs).

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization.

GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental and archaeological consulting companies.

WinCal25: The Groningen Calibration Program: By J. van der Plicht, for Windows, upgraded with latest calibration data set (intcal04). WinCal25 is a Windows remake of the CAL25 DOS program. It has the same functionality as CAL25 but with a new user interface..

gvSIG is a tool oriented to manage geographic information. It is characterized by a user-friendly interface, with a quick access to the most usual raster and vector formats. In the same view it includes local as well as remote data through a WMS, WCS or WFS source.

We developed our relational database SHARD to provide a consistent and (mostly) idiot?proof system to catalog artifacts from mid?19th to early?20th?century archaeological sites and create data tables that facilitate intra? and inter?site comparisons.

While the ASC has been excavating urban sites since the 1970s, the impetus to create SHARD and its predecessors came from a series of hugely productive archaeological projects in the 1990s and early 2000s sponsored by the California Department of Transportation. These massive San Francisco Bay Area undertakings required a whole new way of recording and tabulating the nearly 1,000,000 individual items recovered from the excavations.
SHARD is built on MS Office Access 2003, so you’ll need that program to run it. Everyone is free to use, reproduce, and adapt SHARD as best suits his or her needs. Please give proper credit when you use SHARD and when you cite or reproduce portions of the How-to Manual.

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping.

The IADB is built around the SUAT site recording system - The overall structure consists of five levels: Finds, Contexts, Sets, Groups, and Phases.

Intrasis is a GIS designed to handle and structure archaeological documentation and field data. The software is flexible and user friendly.

By using Intrasis all data related to one excavation or site becomes easy accessible and possible to combine. This increases the possibilities of interdisciplinary research when data from for example osteology or paleo-ecology can be combined with the archaeological information.

The system is developed by Archaeological Excavations Department of National Heritage Board , Sweden (UV).

Intrasis has since April 2000 been used at all archaeological excavations at UV, at the moment approx. 1800, and is today used by all major archaeological institutions in Sweden.

The landscape editing tools have always been a strong feature of our Genesis products. Landformer Pro is a stand-alone heightfield editor for those using other 3D Visualization systems such as Bryce or Terragen who don't wish to purchase the full Genesis IV product.

A lightweight, fast and intuitive program for displaying maps and images on landscape surfaces. The source code for Landscape Explorer may also be licensed for inclusion in your 3rd party products.

Manifold® System Release 8 delivers the world's most powerful, most full-featured and most modern Geographic Information System (GIS) package as a fully-integrated application at one low price. By using modern software technology and leveraging mainstream Microsoft standards, Manifold System can deliver more capabilities, more power, greater quality and greater ease of use in the $245 Manifold Personal Edition than old-fashioned GIS products costing thousands of dollars.

Manifold also includes a world-class Internet Map Server (IMS), full object library and development environment to create custom applications and GIS-enabled web sites. No need to buy expensive extras or to struggle to integrate separate products. One package, Manifold System, scales from personal use on the desktop to enterprise use within the largest organizations deploying thousands of users simultaneously editing terabytes of data. Get Release 8 Now! Manifold 7x licensees should take advantage of the discounted 8.00 Upgrade offer.

Manuscript is a simple program designed to read digital manuscripts on a computer screen. It is compatible with any popular platform and should be as fast as the platform allows it.
Manuscript uses a Fisheye to zoom on part of the image without loosing the context. Simple keyboard keys allow for navigation into the image and into a larger corpus.
Manuscript should be very helpful to read high-resolution image-based documents.

The foundation of the system is the free GIS, Map Maker Gratis. If your mapping needs are basic simply use Map Maker Gratis for free. Map Maker Gratis and Map Maker Pro are in one program, so at any time you can unlock the power of Map Maker Pro by buying and entering a licence number.

You can save your site and associated text information to a simple text file, and display that information by clicking the sites on the map. (FREE)

This thesaurus is the result of work undertaken to develop guidance and common principles for the recording of object names within the archaeological profession and related disciplines

Archaeological excavation data storage, analysis and manipulation.
Instant excavation feedback.
Complete excavation customization and control.
Professionally built. Free to Academic and non-profit organisations.

Supported by Microsoft Research.

Seven separate online thesauri. A tailor-made suite of programs has been developed, which uses a database to create a series of web pages for any chosen thesaurus. - English Heritage

You may create maps interactively at this site. Fill out the form, submit your entries and a page with the desired map will be returned to your browser. The maps are actually created by the "Generic Mapping Tools" (see above)

Completely free Office suite compatible with the pricy Microsoft version and has the ability to export any files as PDF.

WRITER is OpenOffice.org’s word processor: use it for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book with embedded illustrations, cross-references, tables of contents, indexes, bibliographies... Auto-complete, auto-format, and real-time spelling check make light work of the hardest task. Writer is powerful enough to tackle desktop publishing tasks such as creating multi-column newsletters, brochures – the only limit is your imagination.

Use CALC to bring your numbers under control. This powerful spreadsheet has all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, summarise, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics. A fully-integrated help system makes entering complex formulas a breeze. Sophisticated decision-making tools are just a few mouse clicks away. Pull in external data using the Data Pilot, and sort it, filter it, and produce subtotals and statistical analyses. Use previews to select from thirteen categories of 2-D and 3-D charts including line, area, column, pie, XY, stock and net with dozens of variants.

IMPRESS is the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. Your presentations will truly stand out with special effects, animation and high-impact drawing tools.

DRAW will produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations and special effects.

New to Version 2, BASE enables you to manipulate database data seamlessly within OpenOffice.org. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, either using your own database or Base’s own built-in HSQL database engine.

This website is an essential resource for GPS users in Great Britain and also contains useful information for ALL users of GPS, both recreational and professional.

The OxCal program is intended to provide radiocarbon calibration and analysis of archaeological and environmental stratigraphy. The program runs under Microsoft Windows on IBM PC compatibles.

OziExplorer is interactive, it allows you to work, on your computer screen, with digital maps that you have purchased or scanned yourself. By using these maps OziExplorer allows you to plan your trip by creating waypoints, routes and tracks on screen and upload these to your GPS.
OziExplorerCE is moving map software for PocketPC and Window CE PDA's, it uses raster map images which are either scanned or purchased in digital format. It allows you to track your position received from a GPS on a map (moving map).

The Panorama Factory was originally offered as freeware. The most recent freeware release, V1.6, is still available for downloading. - This download page includes the free edition..however the v cheap other versions are well worth investment!

Convert to PDF from any application by simply 'printing' to the PrimoPDF® printer - it couldn't be easier! Within minutes, you can create high-quality PDFs by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and virtually any other printable file type.

PhotoModeler is a software package that calculates measurements and constructs 3D models in CAD from photographs. Perfect for Buildings and other archaeological projects.

PITCALC is a computer program devised in the 1980's to aid individuals to take accurate site location measurements in seconds - without the need for expensive GPS or Total Stations..

PixMaker Value allows you to stitch together multiple digital pictures into one 360° panoramic image or montage in seconds.

You may generate maps interactively at planiglobe. Zoom in and out, search for places and add your own locations to a map.

The ps- and ai-versions (which you can download) are compatible to the PostScript® level 1 language and the Illustrator® 7 format, respectively.

These formats are vector based graphic formats which overcome resolution limitations usually found with JPEG or GIF formats. You can select and edit single objects or groups of lines, points or polygons and change graphic attributes such as size and color. Check with you favorite graphics package for the ps- or ai-format support.

Proleg StratiGraf 3.6 is the complete framework for field archaeologists that allows you to record, document, analyse and interpret archaeological sites. It integrates in a single place field registration data, photography, bibliography, artifacts inventory, the archaeological drawing and the harris matrix, creating thus, a real Digital Model of the excavation . The model provides you with a vision of what the site is really like and therefore the ability to act and interpret based on totally reliable information.

Proleg MatrixBuilder is a unique software for archaeologists that automatically generates a fully customizable and error-free Harris Matrix taking into account all context chronologies. Contexts are positioned taking into account stratigraphy and chronologies.

While entering your stratigraphic relationships, these are analized in order to check consistency and the matrix is drawn by a simple click.

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats.

QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License. Some of the major features include:
Support for spatially enabled PostGIS tables - Support for shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages, Mapinfo, and other formats supported by OGR Raster support for a large number of formats - Identify features - Display attribute tables -Select features GRASS Digitizing -Feature labeling

R2V is an advanced raster to vector conversion software for automated map digitizing, GIS data capture and CAD conversion applications. R2V is currently being used in more than 60 countries by thousands of users for mapping and GIS data conversion applications.

You need RoboGEO, a "software only" solution for geocoding photos with latitude and longitude information. Write to the EXIF Headers, Geocode Photos Using Google Earth™, Create Google Maps™, Export GPX Files, Create ESRI™ Shapefiles, Export AutoCAD™ DXF™ Files.... So much for a few pounds!

SingulArch pocket is an application for PPCs.
- It was designed for the collection of all kinds of data at archaeological excavations. It can be used by geologists, biologists and other fieldworkers as well as for any other purpose of collecting data and coordinates.
- SingulArch-Pocket contains a CAD-Tool, which is able to interpret GPS-data. You can display bitmaps and your vectordata as well.
- Since version 1.3 data fom external devices (e.g. totalstations) can be recieved and sent to (control e.g. your Geodimeter-totalstation via SingulArch

Geophysics is important in archaeology, with the emphasis on non-destructive methods of recording archaeology - here is a free program to analyse the data.

Stratigraphy is a method for relative dating of archaeological contexts. The Harris diagram visualises the relative chronology of a site with a diagram that shows the contexts and their stratigraphic relationships. The aim of the program Stratify is to lay out the Harris diagram automatically, taking all the available information on chronology and groupings into account. Stratify stores the data of the contexts and their stratigraphic relationships in a data base. Interactive and automatic checks are also supported in order to detect inconsistent, missing, or contradictory relationships.

Add descriptions to your images, send photos per email in just the right size, print high-
quality copies, display slide-shows, publish web-galleries, safe-keep your images on CD
or DVD. You'll get dual-monitor support, smart updates and many other award-winning
functions of StudioLine Photo Classic – and it’s free.

Aerial Imagery Corrector
An affordable and easy to use product to rectify, georeference, and mosaic aerial photography and satellite imagery.

Tatuk Viewer
This user friendly Windows based free GIS viewer application efficiently reads most GIS/CAD vector and raster image formats, exports any image view to many image formats and to the PDF format, and supports an impressive list of functionalities considering that it is a free product

TatukGIS Internet Server LITE
This product costs only USD 590 per server and is perfect for the web publishing of mapping projects consisting of almost any GIS/CAD vector or raster image format data.

Terragen is a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations. It is available for Windows and the Mac OS. At this stage in its development, Terragen is free for personal, noncommercial use.

Although Terragen is a continually evolving work-in-progress, it is already capable of near-photorealistic results for professional landscape visualisation, special effects, art and recreation. Terragen has been used in a variety of commercial applications including film, television and music videos, games and multimedia, books, magazines and print advertisements.

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

TimeMap TMJava is a novel mapping applet which generates complete interactive maps with a few simple lines of html. It provides a way of easily enriching web pages with historical or contemporary information that goes far beyond static jpg map images. It's easy for beginners, yet provides completely customisable power and distributed backend database connectivity for the expert. It's free for personal use.

SRTM data geocorrected to Ordnance Survey grid and resampled to 100 metres. Sea level/coast processing applied to remove artifacts. Available from www.srtm.co.uk

UZR iModeller 3D Professional Edition uses photo images to automatically construct a highly detailed 3D model of objects - perfect for finds and artefacts.

Virtual Environments for Research in Archaeology (VERA) project aims to produce a fully-fledged virtual research environment for the archaeological community. It will address user needs, enhancing the means of efficiently documenting archaeological excavation and its associated finds, and create a suitable Web portal that provides enhanced tools for the user community. VERA aims to develop utilities that help encapsulate the working practices of current research archaeologists unfamiliar with virtual research environments.