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Wanna collect data digitally?
September 06, 2016 | By Ben Carter
This is my final post as a participant in the Institute for Digital Archaeology. This post serves three purposes. First, I announce a resource that I have created to enable digital data collection in archaeology. Second, I want to mention a few of my favorite aspects of the Institute. Finally,...
Story of Cave Rock – Conclusion
August 29, 2016 | By Beth Smith
The Story of Cave Rock project began in February of 2015 and was the outcome of several events. A large scale rock fall from Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, had damaged US 50, and more events were likely in the future. The Nevada Department of Transportation was searching for...
Kobo Toolbox in the field- limitations? and solutions.
August 06, 2016 | By Ben Carter
This is a field report of efforts to develop a
Digital Archaeology in Nevada
July 22, 2016 | By Beth Smith
During July I have concentrated on building the
Robust, Open, Flexible and Offline Digital Data Collection in the Field
September 02, 2015 | By Ben Carter
First, a little background… My name is Ben Carter and I am currently an assistant professor of anthropology at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. However, I came to the project described below long before I was lucky enough to get my current job. My essential perspective was forged in the...
Map Indian Archaeology
September 02, 2015 | By Neha Gupta
Hello, I want to introduce you to “Map Indian Archaeology”, a web-based map platform that can enable linking to dynamic and static sources of information on the practice of archaeology in India. Archaeology in Independent India is socially and politically sensitive. This situation impacts the collection and interpretation of archaeological...
Institute Applications Now Closed – Next Steps
February 15, 2015 | By Ethan Watrall
Well, its official folks – the application deadline for the NEH funded Institute for Digital Archaeology Method and Practice has passed. Quite honestly, we’re blown away by the amount of interest the institute has received. We received 187 applications from every corner of the archaeological (and associated disciplinary) world. CRM...
Announcing the Institute for Digital Archaeology Method & Practice
November 24, 2014 | By Ethan Watrall
Archaeology has a long history of innovative work with information and computing technologies. One of the earliest example comes from James Deetz’s seminal work on Arikara ceramics carried out in the very early 1960s. Deetz used an IBM mainframe (the IBM704 at the MIT Computation Laboratory, to be precise) to...