39494
Accession Number
21929
Title Of Article Chaper
SHU - an interactive graphics program for the storage, retrieval and analysis of artifact shapes
Title Of Journal Book
Computer applications in archaeology
Pages
75-82
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This paper describes an ALGOL computer program, presently implemented at the British Museum, for the storage, retrieval and comparison of the two-dimensional outline shapes of archaeological artifacts. Digitizing procedures, storage format, and mathematical methods of comparison are discussed. See also AATA 14-799. -- AATA
pub_id
39494