Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since 2019, the Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project, in partnership with the Castleton Innovation Lab, has focused on documenting and sharing Vermont’s past through the use of diverse 3D technologies. Our activities have included documenting both archaeological and private artifact collections, collaborating with museums and historical societies to create interactive content, and extensive outreach with K–12 school groups. 3D technologies have proven to be highly effective for digitally curating artifacts, reaching new online audiences, and connecting with younger students. The application of 3D imaging has also proven to be a remarkably effective tool for undergraduate research. Undergraduate archaeology, geography, and history students, trained in advanced 3D imaging and provided with open access to state-of the-art 3D scanners, have engaged with Vermont’s past in new and innovative ways. Their work, in turn, has provided fresh opportunities to engage with local communities. The posters in this session highlight collaborative undergraduate research utilizing 3D imaging technologies to capture and share Vermont’s past in accessible and interactive formats.

Other Keywords
Digital Archaeology: 3D Modeling • Historic • 3D Imaging • Education/Pedagogy • Historical Archaeology • Warfare • Violence • Public and Community Archaeology • and Conflict

Geographic Keywords
North America: Northeast and Midatlantic • North America • United States of America (Country) • United Mexican States (Country) • Department of Martinique (Country) • Republic of El Salvador (Country) • Department of Guadeloupe (Country) • Cayman Islands (Country) • Antigua and Barbuda (Country) • Turks and Caicos Islands (Country)

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  • 3D Imaging the Granger House Ceramic Collection, Castleton, VT (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jacqueline Nash. Nina Neptune. Devyn Cabral. Emily Demers. Ellen Spensley Moriarty.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since 2019, the Castleton Hidden History Project has conducted excavations around Granger House, a nineteenth-century home on the campus of Vermont State University-Castleton that will become a local history museum. Ongoing interdisciplinary work centers on investigating the...

  • Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Moriarty. Ellen Moriarty.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since 2019, the Vermont State University Digital Archaeology Project, in partnership with the Castleton Innovation Lab, has focused on documenting and sharing Vermont’s past through the use of diverse 3D technologies. Our activities have included documenting both archaeological...

  • Made in Vermont: Highlighting the Rich and Complex History of the Vermont Marble Company through 3D Imaging (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Owen Edgcomb. Luigi Travaglini. Sam Angelini.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Vermont has a rich and deep historical connection to the marble industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. Virtually synonymous with this legacy is the Vermont Marble Company (VMC), headquartered in Proctor Vermont. As one of the largest producers of marble in the world, VMC...

  • Reimagining the Castleton Medical College through 3D Imaging and Visualization (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma Ludvigsen. Emily Demers. Jacqueline Nash.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Castleton campus of the new Vermont State University is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the country, first opening its doors to students in 1787 and serving as one of New England’s leading medical colleges from 1818 to 1867. Today, the few reminders of...

  • Scanning at the Artifact Roadshow: 3D Imaging as an Outreach Tool in Community Archaeology (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ellen Moriarty. Matthew Moriarty.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Community outreach has played a major role in the Castleton Hidden History Project, which highlights a diverse and inclusive history of the Castleton, VT area from the end of the Ice Age through the present day. Since 2023, a significant part of outreach programming has...

  • Tanks of Vermont: Using 3D Imaging of Oversized Artifacts and Oral Histories to Build Community Engagement (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip Williams. Joseph Kinney.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The use of 3D imaging within archaeology is often focused on the modestly sized objects and artifacts that form the basis of most museum or research collections. With the appropriate instrument, however, even very large objects can be effectively imaged and used in both...

  • Visualizing the Vergennes Archaic: Using 3D Imaging to Highlight the Importance of Vermont’s Ketcham’s Island Site (2024)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Devyn Cabral. Hannah Ferry. Matthew Moriarty.

    This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Ketcham’s Island (KI) site in Brandon, VT provides an important window into the lifeways of Vermont’s native peoples in the Late Archaic period, including residential structures, extensive tool kits, and subsistence strategies. Despite the significance of Ketcham’s Island...