Technology Archives - Society for Historical Archaeology

Using Machine Learning and Spatial Statistics to Measure the Geometric Structure of Archaeological Spaces

March 30, 2023
Heritage at Risk

By Lindsey Cochran, Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University; Grant Snitker, Director of the Cultural Resource Sciences and Fire Lab, New Mexico Consortium An urgent question for archaeologists as we…

“Tech Appeal” in Coastal Archaeological Site Monitoring: Experiences with Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry in Northwest Florida

February 1, 2023
Heritage at Risk

Nicole Grinnan, Research Associate, Florida Public Archaeology Network; PhD Candidate, University of St Andrews; with contributions from Jeffery Robinson, Master's Student, University of West Florida This blog post has been adapted…

Workshops at the 2017 SHA Annual Conference – Fort Worth, Texas | January 4-7, 2017

December 13, 2016
Diversity

Howdy folks! I hope that you’re surviving the crazy holiday season and looking forward to the SHA’s annual conference. This year, the conference mozies on down to Fort Worth, Texas where…

Your First Drone: Basic Considerations and Best Practices for Drone Use in Public Outreach

June 15, 2016
Current Topics in Historical Archaeology

Kevin Gidusko, Florida Public Archaeology NetworkImage 1 The FPAN drone, Boas I, gets ready for flight. Photo credit: Kevin GiduskoAt some point in the near future you or someone you know…

New Articles from Technical Briefs in Historical Archaeology

September 22, 2015
Publications

Technical Briefs in Historical Archaeology has recently published several exciting and useful articles. Three are artifact studies, including a discussion of the origins of French faience based on stylistic and…

Tech Week: Photography in Archaeology

November 3, 2014
Technology
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Here is a riddle, what technology is used by an archaeologist working on a 19th century farmstead, an archaeologist recording a wreck in the Mediterranean, and an archaeologist explaining a site…

Going Interactive Underwater

November 3, 2014
Technology
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By Drew Fulton When you first tell people that you are going to spend a couple weeks during the summer diving on a 2,000 year old shipwreck in 150 feet…

Preservation Photography: Roles and Rules

November 3, 2014
Technology
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By Karen Price There’s something about a photograph. Humans are visual and I think pictures can sometimes reach broader audiences than can words. 21st century technology has only helped our…

Photographs into Models: Documenting the World Trade Center Ship

November 3, 2014
Technology
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By Carrie Fulton If you attend any archaeology conference or glance through recent issues of journals, you will quickly see the extent to which photogrammetric documentation has become a part…

What the Tech…?!

A recent SHA Academic and Professional Training Student Sub-committee survey asked student members what technologies are necessary in archaeology and as professionals. In continuing support of the identification, discussion, and…