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1.6. Digital Archaeology in the Rural Andes: Problems and Prospects
(2016-10-08)
This chapter explores the social context of digital archaeology conducted in a developing nation, with an emphasis on the archaeological project at Chavín de Huántar, in Peru. One might argue that the relevance, audience, ...
2.2. The Things We Can Do with Pictures: Image-Based Modeling and Archaeology
(2016-10-11)
Since the wide-spread availability of cost efficient image-based modeling software emerged five years ago, the discipline of archaeology has seen a proliferation of all things digital. The implementation of 3D modeling ...
0.2. Mobile Computing in Archaeology: Exploring and Interpreting Current Practices
(2016-10-02)
Since 2010, a range of mobile and internet-connected tablet computing devices (e.g., iPads) have been integrated into archaeological practice, with projects experimenting with new approaches to documenting, interpreting, ...
3.2. Measure Twice, Cut Once: Cooperative Deployment of a Generalized, Archaeology-Specific Field Data Collection System
(2016-10-15)
The Federated Archaeological Information Management Systems (FAIMS) Project is an Australian, university-based initiative developing a generalized, open-source mobile data collection platform that can be customized for ...
1.5. Enhancing Archaeological Data Collection and Student Learning with a Mobile Relational Database
(2016-10-07)
In 2011, the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA) inaugurated an archaeological field school that employed a comprehensive digital data collection protocol. Students learned to record data on iPads ...
4.2. Click Here to Save the Past
(2016-10-19)
This chapter owes much to the trenchant criticism of Internet utopianism offered by Evgeny Morozov in his influential book, To Save Everything, Click Here (2014). As such, this essay reflects on some issues in the social ...
1.1. Why Paperless: Technology and Changes in Archaeological Practice, 1996–2016
(2016-10-03)
The past 20 years have witnessed a slow march toward complete digitization of archaeological field data. In this paper, I assess the last two decades of academic archaeological fieldwork based on my experience with field ...
3.1. Cástulo in the 21st Century: A Test Site for a New Digital Information System
(2016-10-14)
The site of Cástulo, located near Linares (in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain), was continuously occupied from prehistory through the sixteenth century c.e. The site offers a rich archaeological history, and it is ...
Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future : The Potential of Digital Archaeology
(2016-10-01)
Mobilizing the Past is a collection of 20 articles that explore the use and impact of mobile digital technology in archaeological field practice. The detailed case studies present in this volume range from drones in the ...