Tag Archives: Modeling

AquaTerra on GitHub

Posted on April 21, 2015 by James Newhard

Newhard, Levine, and Phebus (2014) presented a LCP model that incorporated both terrestrial and marine costs to assist in exploring the connectivity between places. Developed in ArcGIS ModelBuilder, the initial model was streamlined by Nicola Buescher, Christina Carmack, Caleb Whitaker, Zach Campbell … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the EAA 2013 Roundtable on “Ephemeral Landscapes”

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Jim Newhard

In September, the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) held its meetings in Pilsen, Czech Republic.  I attended this meeting, and participated in a roundtable on ‘Ephemeral Landscapes,’ organized by Martijn vanLeusen, Andrew Bevan, Kayt Armstrong, and Wieke deNeef.  The workshop … Continue reading →
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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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Three Dimensional Imaging in Mediterranean Archaeology: A Short Introduction to a Blog Project

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Reblogged from The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: Over the past half decade, Mediterranean and Old World archaeology has entered a bold new world of inexpensive three-dimensional documentation. Using photogrammetry software like Agisoft Photoscan, increasingly powerful laptop computers, low-cost drones … 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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Workshop in Agent Based Modeling at CAA 2013

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Jim Newhard

Preposted from the antiquist… Ever wondered what all this complex systems talk in archaeology is about, or how to design your own sophisticated simulation model? Then this might be for you: We will organise a workshop on complex systems and … Continue reading →
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Exploring Ancient and Modern Land Use

Posted on August 7, 2012 by James Newhard

The College of Charleston welcomes Peter Bikoulis from the University of Toronto, in town this week to consult with Jim Newhard and Norm Levine on his work combining multispectral satellite imagery with Ottoman and modern census data to tease out … Continue reading →

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Avkat 3D Update

Posted on July 3, 2012 by James Newhard

We are slowly building our facility with SketchuUp, and time for an update.  Our Junior Intern has been largely involved with this component, and this post is written by me, but with contributions from Chris. Working with Chris is a … Continue reading →

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Junior Internship in Archaeoinformatics

Posted on June 9, 2012 by James Newhard

This week, we will be joined by our junior intern in archaeoinformatics.  Christopher Newhard will be joining us in the Santee Cooper GIS Lab to check out what his dad does when he’s not cooking him dinner. Far from play … Continue reading →

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Modeling Communication Routes Over Land and Sea

Posted on May 29, 2012 by James Newhard

In an ongoing effort to announce the initiatives occurring in Archaeoinformatics at the Santee Cooper GIS Lab, work is nearing completion on a project that models least cost paths in environments that require the integration of terrestrial and marine costs. … Continue reading →

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