Category Archives: classical archaeology

Classical Archaeology in the early 21st Century: it (more than ever) takes a village.

Posted on February 12, 2017 by James Newhard

Several days ago, Dimitri Nakassis posted a question on social media, asking colleagues to chime in on the future of classical archaeology. Many of our responses focused upon such matters as the inequitable expectations of archaeological compared to philological classicists … Continue reading →

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Publishing archaeology in the 3rd and 4th dimensions.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by James Newhard

Read Andrew Reinhard’s post in Bill Caraher’s series on 3D applications in Mediterranean Archaeology.  Very good ideas to consider.

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Three Dimensional Field Recording in Archaeology: An Example from Gabii

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Reblogged from The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: This is the first in a series of posts exploring 3D modeling in Mediterranean and European archaeology. For more on this project click here. We hope these papers will start a discussion either … Continue reading →
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Barbarians at the Gate: Comments on Comments

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Reblogged from From the Archivist’s Notebook: Jack L. Davis, Carl W. Blegen professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati and former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2007-2012), here responds to remarks by colleagues concerning … Continue reading →
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Modeling Connectivity

Posted on February 18, 2013 by James Newhard

THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND THEODORE B. GUÉRARD LECTURE SERIES PRESENT Classical Charleston Modeling Connectivity: Cultural Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean New approaches and technologies for interpreting space – “the spatial turn” — are having a profound impact on human communication, and … Continue reading →

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Managing Archaeological Data in the Digital Age: Best Practices and Realities

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Reblogged from The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: This past week, Deb Brown, who co-organized our panel at the Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting made the talks available on the YouTubes. All the papers were very solid on this … Continue reading →
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Digital Classicist London 2013: Call for Papers

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Jim Newhard

From the Stoa Consortium: Call for Papers January 24th, 2013 by Gabriel Bodard The Digital Classicist London seminar series, which provides a forum for research into the ancient world that employs digital research methods, invites submissions for Summer 2013. We … Continue reading →
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Ancient Geography Resources – repost from AWOL

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jim Newhard

In September, the Ancient World Online (AWOL) posted an annotated list of resources for ancient geography.  Better late than never, so here’s the link: http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/09/roundup-of-resources-on-ancient.html Happy browsing! Filed under: Websites of Interest Tagged: classical archaeology, GIS, Topography
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Some More Thoughts on Digital History

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Reblogged from The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: Our panel yesterday on Managing Archaeological Data in a Digital Age was really nice. There was an engaged audience and a diverse but cohesive group of papers. What more could you want … Continue reading →
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AIA 2013 Meeting, Seattle WA

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jim Newhard

I am sitting in the Sheraton’s bar, watching the Seattle/Washington game (and geekily enough, blogging).  Will write a short note now, just to say that the times spent discussing the state of geospatial studies in archaeology formed some of the … Continue reading →
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