The Hamtramck Historic Spatial Archaeology Project: Integrating Archaeological Collections into Historical Spatial Data Infrastructures

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Hamtramck Historic Spatial Archaeology Project, launched in 2021, is an active digital, web-based public collaborative deep mapping project for the city of Hamtramck, an industrialized city completely surrounded by Detroit. The primary focus of the project is to create and launch a digital, web-based, publicly accessible deep map linking information from written records and historic maps with archaeologically-recovered objects or building remains associated with the same location. This paper describes our recently-launched deep map (www.mappinghamtramck.com) and the ways a public, urban archaeology project can make more effective use of the interplay between the historical and archaeological records, and also better collaborate with heritage-making efforts on the part of the community. Finally, we present our project as a model that can be replicated in other urban communities through partnerships between universities and local heritage organizations.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41693.0