Tag Archives: geospatial

Reflections on the EAA 2013 Roundtable on “Ephemeral Landscapes”

Posted on January 1, 2014 by

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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Three Dimensional Field Recording in Archaeology: An Example from Gabii

Posted on September 19, 2013 by

Originally posted on Summertime Fragments:
This is the first in a series of posts exploring 3D modeling in Mediterranean and European archaeology. For more on this project click here. We hope these papers will start a discussion either in the comments…

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Three Dimensional Imaging in Mediterranean Archaeology: A Short Introduction to a Blog Project

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

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Over the past half decade, Mediterranean and Old World archaeology has entered a bold new world of inexpensive three-dimensional documentation. Using photogrammetry software like Agisoft Photoscan, increasingly powerful laptop computers, low-cost drones and airships, and…

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Free GIS Workshop in Lancaster

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Originally posted on Archaeological Networks:
The Spatial Humanities team in Lancaster is organising a free two-day workshop in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for postgraduate students and early career researchers. The intensive two-day course does not require any prior knowledge on…

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Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Originally posted on Summertime Fragments:
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 panel and it…

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Digital Classicist London 2013: Call for Papers

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

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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AIA 2013 Meeting, Seattle WA

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

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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