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Instuctional Software in Anthro/Arch II
Sasha (SFORCE@TRENTU.CA)
Sun, 12 Nov 1995 10:02:22 -0400
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 486 33 Mhz or faster, 4 MB RAM, CD ROM, Windows
3.1+, Dos 3.3+, mouse, 256 SVGA graphics, and sound card
AUTHOR:
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: Archaeology
DESCRIPTION: a virtual tour through architecture from ancient Greece,
Rome, Egypt, and the late Stone Age
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: Medio Multimedia
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NAME: First Emperor Videodisk
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM or Apple
AUTHOR:
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: archaeology
DESCRIPTION: Includes text, audio, 20000 still pictures, 196000 full-
motion video images of Xian site in China. Students can browse
images or query database by date, location, subject, or material
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences,
Simmons College
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NAME: Forager Simulator 2.0
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM (DOS or Windows 3.1) VGA screen, mouse
AUTHOR: Brian Jones
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: Archaeology/Cultural Anthropology
DESCRIPTION:The program was written to provide a flexible model of
hunter-gatherer foraging systems in variable environments under
variable group sizes. The user is asked to provide the size of
the foraging group (2 to 50 persons), and values for the
prevalence of four food types: large mammals, small game, fish,
and plant foods. Every food type has a food value and a
probability of succesful collection. Food value can be seen as
the potential to feed 'n' number of people,Probability of
collection is the chance that a food type will be succesfully
collected when it is encountered.
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/archnet/archnet.html
click on "Dig Here" and page-down to January 1995
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NAME: Fugawiland
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM compatible
AUTHOR: Doug Price, Gitte Gebauer
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: Archaeology
DESCRIPTION: Developed for introductory courses in archaeology, intended
for use with an accompnying lab book. The student selects and
excavates 10 of 25 sites of the fictitious Fugawi of pre-historic
Wisconsin.
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: Mayfield Publishing Company
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NAME: KinTitle
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: WWW access
AUTHOR: Brian Schwimmer
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: cultural anthropology
DESCRIPTION: kinship tutorial for the WWW useful for both intro and
undergraduate levels
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/kintitle.html
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NAME: Mystery Fossil
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Mac, Hypercard
AUTHOR: John T. Omohundro and Kathleen Goodman
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: physical anthropology
DESCRIPTION: Student interprets photographic images of 11 fossil hominid
skulls
PUBLISHER/SOURCE: Mayfield Publishing Co.
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NAME: One Tribe
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 486 33 Mhz or faster, 4 MB RAM, CD ROM, Windows
3.1+, Dos 3.3+, mouse, 256 SVGA graphics, and sound card
AUTHOR:
SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE: Cultural Anthropology
DESCRIPTION: An interactive encyclopedia of people and cultures
PUBLISHER/SOURCE:Virgin Sound and Vision.
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Sasha Force \ This job is a test.
\ It is only a test
Anthro/Computer Studies \ Had this been a real job,
Trent University, Peterborough \ you would be receiving
\ raises, promotions, and
email: sforce@trentu.ca \ other forms of recognition
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