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Digital Heritage: E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies. Dr David Gill. Introduction. Research-led teaching provided by members of the Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA): Egyptology Mediterranean Archaeology
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Digital Heritage:E-Research for Archaeological Fieldwork and Museum Studies Dr David Gill
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
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)
Tools Used • Podcasts • Blogs • YouTube • Museum databases
MA Module in Greek and Latin Epigraphy • Relating Greek inscriptions to their historical settings • Published research output in journals (e.g. Historia)
Engaging with archaeological fieldwork • The Methana peninsula, Greece • Ptolemaic base (‘Arsinoe in the Peloponnese’) • 3rd-2nd century BCE
Understanding archaeological features • On top of the akropolis on ancient Methana • What is this feature?
The acropolis of ancient Methana • The acropolis at Methana
Boundary dispute • Topography of the isthmus • Dispute with Epidauros • Features include drag-ways for ships, tuna traps • Podcast (boundary dispute topography)
Other Ptolemaic bases • Inscription recording the intervention of the Ptolemies in the affairs of Athens • Base recorded at Rhamnous
Rhamnous • Location • Acropolis
Creating materials • Olympus digital recorder with USB hub • Canon Eos Digital 450D • MacBook using Quicktime and iMovie • To try in 2009: Flip
Transferability • Information collection could be used for other disciplines • Geography • Social Sciences • History • Health Sciences