The Bonn Archaeological Software Package (BASP) is a 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/2000/XP/Vista and Windows 95/98/ME.
CURRENT VERSIONS |
WinBASP: 5.43 |
Basp_PAST: 1.03 |
AirPhoto: |
AirPhotoSE: 2.67 * |
RadCor: 2.06 |
CastCor: 1.12 |
LuminCor: 1.06 |
Slides0: 1.02 |
Posthole: 3.01 |
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(* Program is revised regularly.) |
Introduction to WinBASP (with screenshots)
Features and Functions (with screenshots)
Operating systems, Hardware requirements, Capacity and Speed
A history of aerial and geophysical prospecting in archaeology
The 3D-Display Program(with screenshots)
The Posthole Program (with screenshots)
The Air Photo Program ( with screenshots)
Windows Vista Special Instructions
Never mix files from different servers or installation may fail!! Always download ALL FILES from one server only. Airfoto1.exe contains only test data and may be omitted.
FTP-Server in
Cologne, Germany --
ftp.uni-koeln.de directory /pc/basp
This is the primary location for WinBASP, but the server
permits
only a few ftp-logins and is often overloaded.
If Cologne does not respond, try one of the mirrors listed below.
WinBASP
winbasp.exe (ca. 7 Mb) For installation under Windows 7, Vista or Windows XP/2000, 32 bit versions only. Includes Displa3D.
This Web site in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA mirrors the Cologne information, for users anywhere
WinBASP
A modern Windows program called Stratify by Irmela Herzog, the author of the original Basp and WinBasp Harris programme, is now available. It is recommended to download and use this programme or the Harris Matrix Composer instead of the obsolete version in Winbasp. Other Windows Harris programs available for download are listed in the Help for Stratify. Click here to get Stratify
The Harris Matrix Composer is a commercial programme by Imagination Computer Services, Austria. In addition to the usual graphic interface for the layout of a Harris Matrix and it's validation, it also contains tools for setting temporal relationships as well as incorporating phases and periods. Click here to get a trial or paid version of the Harris Matrix Composer.
The Winbasp Harris Matrix program is simply a shell around the old DOS Basp 4.5 version, so that printing, conversion and integration with seriated data from Winbasp is possible. If a combination with seriation data is not required, then Stratify is far superior in both the amount of data it can handle and in the graphical interface provided, and it should be used instead of the Winbasp Harris shell.
INSTALLATION:
All programmes have self-expanding Windows XP/Vista/7/8 compatibile installers
Please address any bug reports or comments to:
Last update:May 8, 2015