Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Other Keywords
Photogrammetry • Vessel Reconstruction • Collections • Community • Shipwrecks • Maritime Archaeology • Shipwreck • Avocational • open data • Digital Data

Geographic Keywords
global • The world • NE US, Lake Champlain

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  • Avocational Diver Based Photogrammetry of Historic Shipwrecks (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher R. Sabick.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 2018 through 2020, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum hosted a number of workshops for local avocational divers to train them in photogrammetry and shipweck documentation. With support from the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program, these workshops trained more than a dozen local divers in the methods of...

  • Digital Data Access at Archaeological Repositories (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Freeman. Kerry Gonzalez.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2017 the SHA Collections and Curation Committee formed a sub-committee to collect information about archaeological repositories across the United States. This year-long survey resulted in the recordation of 102 repositories, with each state in the US having at least one respondent. The data obtained for this work...

  • Digital Libraries in 3D for Maritime Archaeology: Dutch Merchant Ships 1595–1800 (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only John K McCarthy.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation considers the value of 3D digital libraries to support maritime archaeological investigations of historic vessels, focussed on Dutch ocean-going merchant ships (1595 to 1800). During this time the Netherlands rose to become a leading maritime power. Despite prolonged scholarly interest , typological...

  • Reconstructing "Lost" Vessels: Applying Photogrammetric Techniques to Historical Photographs (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel E. Bishop.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation explores a new methodology for retrieving three-dimensional geometry from historical photographs using the iWitness photogrammetry program. Two shipwrecks raised in the early-twentieth century from Lakes Champlain and George (in New York) are examined as case studies for this methodology. As one...

  • Sharing and Cooperating: The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Filipe V. Castro. Richard Furuta. Patricia Schwindinger. Ana Castelli. Nicolas Ciarlo. Ricardo Borrero. Rodrigo Torres.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in a Digital Age (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Nautical Archaeology Digital Library started as a set of informatic tools to facilitate the creation of a shipwreck database online, accessible by all. More than a decade alter it congregates the interest of almost 200 scholars from over 40 countries and keeps growing as a community of domain experts, committed...