EtanaViz: A Visual User Interface to Archaeological Digital Libraries

dc.contributor.authorShen, Raoen
dc.contributor.authorVemuri, Naga Srinivasen
dc.contributor.authorVijayaraghavan, Vidhyaen
dc.contributor.authorFan, Weiguoen
dc.contributor.authorFox, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T14:36:04Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-19T14:36:04Zen
dc.date.issued2005-10-01en
dc.description.abstractAnalyzing and hypothesizing are important scientific processes involved in archaeological activity. In this paper, we describe a visual user interface closely coupled with services for archaeological digital libraries, to help archaeologists analyze data and test hypotheses. Our system, EtanaViz, employs a dynamic hyperbolic tree to display hierarchical relationships among excavation records, based on spatial, temporal, and artifact-related taxonomies. Also, EtanaViz provides stacked bar charts to indicate categories. More specifically, we show how EtanaViz can help users analyze data about animal bones excavated from two archaeological sites, Tell Nimrin and Tell al-'Umayri'. The fauna are associated with cultural phases. Comparisons of animal bones from Tell Nimrin across cultural phases provide insights into changing subsistence strategies during these time periods. Inter-site comparisons also show shifts in animal use as well as long-term adaptations to environmental changes.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000725/en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000725/01/EtanaViz_1.pdfen
dc.identifier.trnumberTR-05-14en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/20193en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Science Technical Reportsen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDigital librariesen
dc.titleEtanaViz: A Visual User Interface to Archaeological Digital Librariesen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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