ABSTRACT
Advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) research methods involve the use of formal computationally based methods for the capture, investigation, analysis, study, modelling, presentation, dissemination, and publication of arts and humanities materials. ICT Methods demand rigour and consistency in their application, in order to create findings that can be reproduced and tested. The next phase of interdisciplinarity is the application of e-Science tools and methods to humanities data. 'e-Science' stands for a specific set of advanced technologies for internet resource sharing and collaboration – so-called grid technologies, and technologies integrated with them, for instance for authentication, data mining and visualization. The first uses of digital tools in history and archaeology were, broadly, the attempts to use generic, off-the-shelf software for statistical research or the representation of data. For example, visualization, text encoding and GIS all have extremely active communities of practice.
