Digital Curation of Photogrammetric Data

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Towards a Standardization of Photogrammetric Methods in Archaeology: A Conversation about 'Best Practices' in An Emerging Methodology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Back in 2003, archaeologists were warned of what Sullivan and Childs (2003) coined as the “Curation Crisis.” They explained that a set of historical circumstances, “contributed to a crisis in curation of archaeological collections.” Primarily focused on the curation of physical documents and objects, they argued that long-term curation efforts need to be emphasized in all stages of archaeological research. A similar alarm was raised in 2015, when Mary Clarke (2015) wrote on the issue of digital data curation in what she called the “Digital Dilemma.” This call to action still rings true in the present where we see an ever-increasing proliferation of digital data stemming from archaeological contexts and projects. While this deluge of information is gladly accepted in advancing the field, the level of curation and preservation is still deficient. Focusing on photogrammetric practices, in this paper I will offer standardization methods that are useful in all stages of the archaeological process to ensure proper curation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Towards a Standardization of Photogrammetric Methods in Archaeology: A Conversation about 'Best Practices' in An Emerging Methodology

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Contact(s): Rachel Fernandez

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Abstract Id(s): 25044

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