Digital Heritage: E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies
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www.swansea.ac.uk Digital Heritage: E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies Dr David Gill
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Digital Heritage:E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies
Dr David Gill
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Introduction
Research-led teaching provided by members of the Centre for
Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA):
• Egyptology
• Mediterranean Archaeology
• MA schemes in Ancient History and Classical Civilization and Ancient
Egyptian Culture
• Undergraduate schemes in Ancient History, Classical Civilization, and
Egyptology
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Research-led teaching
• Engaging with fieldwork and research (DG)
• Considering topical issues in research through Web 2.0
(DG)
• Encouraging research skills and virtual archaeology (KS)
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Tools Used
• Podcasts
• Blogs
• YouTube
• Museum databases
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MA Module in Greek and Latin Epigraphy
Relating Greek inscriptions to their historical settings
Published research output in journals (e.g. Historia)
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Engaging with archaeological fieldwork
• The Methana
peninsula, Greece
• Ptolemaic base
(‘Arsinoe in the
Peloponnese’)
• 3rd-2nd century BCE
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Understanding archaeological features
On top of the akropolis
on ancient Methana
What is this feature?
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The acropolis of ancient Methana
•The acropolis at
Methana
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Boundary dispute
•Topography of the isthmus
•Dispute with Epidauros
•Features include drag-
ways for ships, tuna traps
•Podcast (boundary dispute
topography)
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Other Ptolemaic bases
•Inscription recording
the intervention of the
Ptolemies in the affairs
of Athens
•Base recorded at
Rhamnous
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Rhamnous
•Location
•Acropolis
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Creating materials
•Olympus digital recorder
with USB hub
•Canon Eos Digital 450D
•MacBook using Quicktime
and iMovie
•To try in 2009: Flip
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Transferability
Information collection could be used for other disciplines
• Geography
• Social Sciences
• History
• Health Sciences
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Student access to podcasts
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Podcasts on iTunes
