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Digital Heritage:E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies

Dr David Gill

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Introduction

Research-led teaching provided by members of the Centre for

Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA):

• Egyptology

• Mediterranean Archaeology

• MA schemes in Ancient History and Classical Civilization and Ancient

Egyptian Culture

• Undergraduate schemes in Ancient History, Classical Civilization, and

Egyptology

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Research-led teaching

• Engaging with fieldwork and research (DG)

• Considering topical issues in research through Web 2.0

(DG)

• Encouraging research skills and virtual archaeology (KS)

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Tools Used

• Podcasts

• Blogs

• YouTube

• Museum databases

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MA Module in Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Relating Greek inscriptions to their historical settings

Published research output in journals (e.g. Historia)

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Engaging with archaeological fieldwork

• The Methana

peninsula, Greece

• Ptolemaic base

(‘Arsinoe in the

Peloponnese’)

• 3rd-2nd century BCE

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Understanding archaeological features

On top of the akropolis

on ancient Methana

What is this feature?

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The acropolis of ancient Methana

•The acropolis at

Methana

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Boundary dispute

•Topography of the isthmus

•Dispute with Epidauros

•Features include drag-

ways for ships, tuna traps

•Podcast (boundary dispute

topography)

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Other Ptolemaic bases

•Inscription recording

the intervention of the

Ptolemies in the affairs

of Athens

•Base recorded at

Rhamnous

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Rhamnous

•Location

•Acropolis

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Creating materials

•Olympus digital recorder

with USB hub

•Canon Eos Digital 450D

•MacBook using Quicktime

and iMovie

•To try in 2009: Flip

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Transferability

Information collection could be used for other disciplines

• Geography

• Social Sciences

• History

• Health Sciences

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Student access to podcasts

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Podcasts on iTunes