Digging into Digital: Using Technology to Interpret Archaeological Sites

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Reinterpreting New England’s Past For the Future" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Technology provides a constantly increasing toolset for site interpretation, and one that has been utilized by museums and corporations alike in recent years. Each physical site hosts a unique constellation of content and history, and each site’s expansion into the digital realm should build upon that unique source material to create a distinct visitor experience. Trivium Interactive, an interactive design firm based in Boston’s North End, creates unique media-based experiences for museums, visitor centers and corporations. Two of these projects, the Harbor Way experience inspired by the Seaport Shipwreck (Skanska) and the Chilmark Brickyard experience on Martha’s Vineyard (The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., The Trustees of Reservations), highlight the myriad ways technology can be used to foster site interpretation and create a successful visitor experience at archaeological sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Reinterpreting New England’s Past For the Future   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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