Archaeology, GIS and Smell (and Arduinos)
I have had quite few requests for a continuation of my how-to series, for getting GIS data into an augmented reality environment and for creating an embodied GIS. I promise I will get back to the...
View ArticleLearning by Doing – Archaeometallurgy
This post will be a little off my normal topics, in that there will no augmented reality and no computers (although I did make some nice 3D models that I’ll link to later). It is about technology, but...
View ArticleGuest Blog on ASOR
I have just submitted a guest blog post on the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) blog for their ongoing special series on Archaeology in the Digital Age. It’s an introduction to Augmented...
View ArticleSurfing the Hypegeist
This post is written as part of the Call for Papers over at ThenDig, looking at Zeitgeist in archaeological research and how to follow it, keep up with it, or create it. As will be clear from the...
View ArticleDead Men’s Eyes Stories, Podcasts and Seminars
I have been presenting quite a bit lately about the Dead Men’s Eyes project and it has also been picked up by a couple of the mainstream press outlets – so I thought I should put together a page that...
View ArticleHeritage Jamming
As an archaeologist, I’m used to reporting old news, and this is pretty old – however, might be of interest. In 2014 and 2015 I participated in the University of York’s Heritage Jam. The Heritage Jam...
View ArticleCAAUK 2016 – Embodied GIS and applied Multi-Sensory Archaeology
I recently attended the CAAUK 2016 meeting in Leicester, a great couple of days with a few really interesting papers. As usual, the rather excellent Dougs Rocks-Macqueen was on hand to record the...
View ArticlePokémon Go Home – Why Pokémon is not what the heritage sector really needs
Gently I edged toward the beast. It had 4 long semi-transparent wings, the same length as its tube-like body. The body was iridescent in the light, changing colour through blue to green. Its face was...
View ArticleARkit and Archaeology – Hougoumont Farm, Waterloo
For the last 3 years I have had the absolute privilege of being one of the archaeological directors of the current excavations of the battlefield of Waterloo. As part of the incredible project Waterloo...
View ArticleThe ARtefactKit – Heritage Jam 2017 Winner
Somehow the Heritage Jam run by the University of York has come round around again and gone. As I outlined in this post the Heritage Jam is an opportunity for people to get together and create new...
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