The Bonn Archaeological Software Package (BASP) is a non-commercial, non-profit software project for and by archaeologists which has been developed cooperatively since 1973. It now includes more than 70 functions for seriation, clustering, correspondance analysis, and mapping tools for archaeologists working with IBM compatible PC's under DOS and all versions of Windows. It also includes programs for three dimensional display of data, for finding rectangular structures in scanned excavation plans containing thousands of postholes, and for the rectification of extremely oblique aerial photographs and their superimposition on large-scale scanned maps under Windows NT and Windows 95/98.

Contents

• Download WinBASP
• Introduction to WinBASP (with screenshots)
• Features and Functions (with screenshots)
• Operating systems, Hardware requirements, Capacity and Speed
• WinBASP on Macintosh-Computers
• History of WinBASP
• The 3D-Display Program(with screenshots)
• The Posthole Program (with screenshots)
• The Air Photo Program ( with screenshots)
• Past developments:
  BASP 4.5 for DOS (available free from most SimTel-mirrors)

Download WinBASP in Europe and the USA

Version 5.41 of WinBASP for Microsoft Windows is now available. A fully featured time-limited trial version is available via FTP or the links below.

The other new programs listed run under Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95/8 only. Note that Displa3D requires WinBASP for input of data. Posthole and AirPhoto are stand-alone programs and do not require WinBASP.

IMPORTANT:

The WinBASP program is distributed in 7 parts (baspwin1.zip ... baspwin7.zip), all about 700kb. You must download all 7 parts (ca. 4.5 MB) to run the programs. Never mix files from different servers or installation may fail!!

Users in Europe:

• FTP-Server in Cologne, Germany -- ftp.uni-koeln.de directory /pc/basp
  This is the primary location for WinBASP, but the server permits only few ftp-logins and is often overloaded.
  If Cologne does not respond, try one of the mirrors listed below.
• • WinBASP
    baspwin1.zip | baspwin2.zip | baspwin3.zip
    baspwin4.zip | baspwin5.zip | baspwin6.zip
    baspwin7.zip (ca. 720 kb each)
  • The three dimensional statistics display program Displa3D:
    disp3d1.zip | disp3d2.zip
    disp3d3.zip | disp3d4.zip
    disp3d5.zip | disp3d6.zip (ca. 720 kb each).
  • The Posthole program:
    posthol1.zip | posthol2.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
  • The AirPhoto program:
    airfoto1.zip | airfoto2.zip | airfoto3.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
• FTP-Server at the University of Edinburgh -- super3.arcl.ed.ac.uk:
  This site mirrors the Cologne server primarily for users in the U.K..
• • WinBASP
    baspwin1.zip | baspwin2.zip | baspwin3.zip
    baspwin4.zip | baspwin5.zip | baspwin6.zip
    baspwin7.zip (ca. 720 kb each)
  • The three dimensional statistics display program Displa3D:
    disp3d1.zip | disp3d2.zip
    disp3d3.zip | disp3d4.zip
    disp3d5.zip | disp3d6.zip (ca. 720 kb each).
  • The Posthole program:
    posthol1.zip | posthol2.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
  • The AirPhoto program:
    airfoto1.zip | airfoto2.zip | airfoto3.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)

Users in the USA, Canada and elsewhere:

• University at Buffalo, NY, USA
  This Web site mirrors the Cologne information, primarily for users in North America.
• • WinBASP
    baspwin1.zip | baspwin2.zip | baspwin3.zip
    baspwin4.zip | baspwin5.zip | baspwin6.zip
    baspwin7.zip (ca. 720 kb each)
  • The three dimensional statistics display program Displa3D:
    disp3d1.zip | disp3d2.zip
    disp3d3.zip | disp3d4.zip
    disp3d5.zip | disp3d6.zip (ca. 720 kb each).
  • The Posthole program:
    posthol1.zip | posthol2.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
  • The AirPhoto program:
    airfoto1.zip | airfoto2.zip | airfoto3.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
• ArchNet in Connecticut, USA
  This Web site mirrors the Cologne information, primarily for users in North America.
• • WinBASP
    baspwin1.zip | baspwin2.zip | baspwin3.zip
    baspwin4.zip | baspwin5.zip | baspwin6.zip
    baspwin7.zip (ca. 720 kb each)
  • The three dimensional statistics display program Displa3D:
    disp3d1.zip | disp3d2.zip
    disp3d3.zip | disp3d4.zip
    disp3d5.zip | disp3d6.zip (ca. 720 kb each)
  • The Posthole program:
    posthol1.zip | posthol2.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)
  • The AirPhoto program:
    airfoto1.zip | airfoto2.zip | airfoto3.zip (ca. 1.4MB each)

Questions or comments:
Send mail to the author: Prof. Irwin Scollar <AL001@MAIL1.RRZ.UNI-KOELN.DE>

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