Category Archives: Academia

Reflections on the EAA 2013 Roundtable on “Ephemeral Landscapes”

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Jim Newhard

In September, the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) held its meetings in Pilsen, Czech Republic.  I attended this meeting, and participated in a roundtable on ‘Ephemeral Landscapes,’ organized by Martijn vanLeusen, Andrew Bevan, Kayt Armstrong, and Wieke deNeef.  The workshop … Continue reading →

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3D Thursday – low-cost 3D

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Jim Newhard

http://mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/closing-gaps-with-low-cost-3d/

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AIA Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Deadline extended to October 1. Full details.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Comments on Comments

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Originally posted on From the Archivist's Notebook:
Jack L. Davis, Carl W. Blegen professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati and former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2007-2012), here responds to remarks…

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Archaeology, Humanities, and Data Science | The ArchaeoInformant

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Archaeology, Humanities, and Data Science | The ArchaeoInformant.

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Posted on February 4, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Originally posted on Archaeology of the Mediterranean World:
This past week, Deb Brown, who co-organized our panel at the Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting made the talks available on the YouTubes. All the papers were very solid on this…

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Digital Classicist London 2013: Call for Papers

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Jim Newhard

From the Stoa Consortium: Call for Papers January 24th, 2013 by Gabriel Bodard The Digital Classicist London seminar series, which provides a forum for research into the ancient world that employs digital research methods, invites submissions for Summer 2013. We … Continue reading →

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Graduate Symposium in GIS Applications in Archaeology

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Middle East Technical University Graduate Program in Settlement Archaeology Graduate Symposium Series 5 29-30 April 2013, METU Ankara   GIS Applications in Archaeology Understanding  the distribution of material culture in time and space forms the basis of archaeological studies. While … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Originally posted on Archaeology of the Mediterranean World:
Our panel yesterday on Managing Archaeological Data in a Digital Age was really nice. There was an engaged audience and a diverse but cohesive group of papers. What more could you want…

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AIA 2013 Meeting, Seattle WA

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jim Newhard

I am sitting in the Sheraton’s bar, watching the Seattle/Washington game (and geekily enough, blogging).  Will write a short note now, just to say that the times spent discussing the state of geospatial studies in archaeology formed some of the … Continue reading →

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