The use of computers in anthropology / / ed. by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Dell H. [ed] Hymes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: CECCATO, SILVIO,; DRIVER, HAROLD E.,; GARDIN, J. C.,; GARVIN, PAUL L.,; GUIRAUD, PIERRE,; GULLAHORN, JEANNE E.,; GULLAHORN, JOHN T.,; HAYS, DAVID G.,; IHM, PETER,; INVERARITY, ROBERT BRUCE,; LAMB, SYDNEY M.,; MILKE, WILHELM,; NEEDHAM, R. M.,; PAGÈS, ROBERT,; PIAULT, MME. COLETTE,; ROMNEY, A. KIMBALL,; SEBEOK, THOMAS A.,; WISBEY, ROY,
• HerausgeberIn: Hymes, Dell H. [ed],; Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in General Anthropology ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (558 p.) :; Num. figs.

Table of Contents

I-VI -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPUTER AND COMPUTER USE -- I. COMPUTER STRUCTURE -- AN ANTHROPOLOGIST’S INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPUTER -- DISCUSSION I -- II. MODES OF USE: GENERAL -- A TYPOLOGY OF COMPUTER USES IN ANTHROPOLOGY -- COMPUTER PROCESSING AND CULTURAL DATA: PROBLEMS OF METHOD -- DISCUSSION II -- III. MODES OF USE: SPECIFIC -- COMPUTERS AND THE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INFORMATION -- LINGUISTIC DATA PROCESSING -- STATISTICAL PROCESSING -- DISCUSSION III -- PART TWO SPECIAL RESEARCH AREAS -- IV. TEXT-ORIENTED -- COMPUTERS AND LEXICOGRAPHY -- DIACRITICAL AND STATISTICAL MODELS FOR LANGUAGES IN RELATION TO THE COMPUTER -- THE COMPUTER AS A TOOL IN FOLKLORE RESEARCH -- A METHODOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF CONTENT ANALYSIS USING ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS FOR DATA PROCESSING -- DISCUSSION IV -- V. CLASSIFICATION AND GROUPING -- SURVEY OF NUMERICAL CLASSIFICATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY -- COMPUTER METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION AND GROUPING -- AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY -- RECONSTRUCTING AN ECONOMIC NETWORK IN THE ANCIENT EAST WITH THE AID OF A COMPUTER -- DISCUSSION V -- VI. EXPERIMENTAL -- SIMULATION: AN INTRODUCTION FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS -- THE COMPUTER AS A TOOL FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT -- REQUEST-ANSWER INTERACTION IN RELATION TO MAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION -- SUGGESTIONS FOR ANTHROPOLOGY: THE MACHINE WHICH OBSERVES AND DESCRIBES -- DISCUSSION VI -- Appendix A PARTICIPANTS, AND PAPERS PREPARED FOR THE CONFERENCE -- Appendix Β SOME CURRENT USES OF THE COMPUTER IN ANTHROPOLOGY -- NAME INDEX -- TOPICAL INDEX