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#280CharAbstracts: Christoph Rinne explores how Markdown & coding practices foster open source, interactivity & accessibility in teaching—especially for Windows users.
🔗https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1572.c23244
#DigitalHumanities #OpenSource
A laptop on a table
#280CharAbstracts: Maria Shinoto emphasizes text literacy as a core skill in archaeology. Digital tools open new possibilities for analyzing and teaching textual sources in innovative ways.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#Archaeology #TextualStudies
Roman town house with the dipinto “Romanes Eunt Domus” (Level “Roman metal extraction and minting”).
#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Krmnicek & Kevin Körner present *Graveler*, a serious game for numismatic teaching. It helps students explore coins interactively, linking play with academic learning.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Numismatics #SeriousGames
Screenshot of the game "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" (1992).
#280CharAbstracts: Sebastian Hageneuer argues that video games are not only a source for archaeology but also a medium through which archaeology can be taught. Archaeogaming bridges research, teaching & popular culture.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeogaming #Archaeology
#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Feuser discusses the potential and limits of immersive & browser-based VR for teaching archaeology. While VR can open new perspectives, it faces practical & pedagogical constraints.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Part of larger volume: doi.org/10.11588/pro....
#Archaeology #VR
Museum 3D: View inside the Roman house (desktop version). (Viewport Unreal Engine; 3D visualisation: T. Jung).
#280CharAbstracts: Michaela Stark examines the use of serious games & 3D interaction in museums and teaching. These tools open new ways of engaging with archaeology, but also pose challenges for sustainability and accessibility.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#Archaeology #Museums
The Forum Romanum. Photo by Embla Munk Rynkebjerg on Unsplash.
#280CharAbstracts: Asuman Lätzer-Lasar explores ethical challenges of moving images in immersive learning. Reconstructions may distort understanding if not critically reflected upon. Teachers need to foster visual literacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#Archaeology #Ethics
Graphic explaining the research data lifecycle. Source: Martina Trognitz, CC BY 4.0
#280CharAbstracts: 👩🏫 Martina Trognitz argues that teaching archaeology must include data literacy. Good data management, FAIR principles & Open Science should be exemplified by instructors and practiced by students.
🇩🇪 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#Archaeology #Data
Bamyan, the destroyed site without the buddhas. Photo by Zabihullah Habibi on Unsplash
#280CharAbstracts: S. N. Autenrieth and D. von Boekel investigate why the destruction of architectural monuments and pictorial works occurs during times of change in the UK, Mesoamerica, Germany, Afghanistan and Syria, both in the past and in the present day. #OpenAccess
🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...
This image shows the 3D visualisation of the Bit Resh in detail. A massive white temple surrounded by courtyards and walkways. People walking in front of the temple seem insignificant. © artefacts-berlin.de
#280CharAbstracts: @DelitzHeike and F. Levenson discuss the social significance of great architecture and the sociology of #monumentality. They compare nomadic architecture with medieval cathedrals and the ritual topography of Uruk.
#openaccess
🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...
Photo of Cologne
#280CharAbstracts: M. Remmy presents his experiences using #geocaching software. Students of #archaeology and DH have developed new games that guide the user through modern Cologne. #archaeogaming
#openaccess 🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.j
Screenshot of the ChatBot created by the project.
#280CharAbstracts: The Emotive Project introduces a multi-component digital kit for using learning environments to foster prehistoric empathy in young people for #culturalheritage.
@ubiquitypress #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.n
A glimpse inside of a monumental building: the Pantheon!
#280CharAbstracts: 🏺 @archaeobasti.bsky.social and S. van der Heyden compare their understanding of monumentality from their viewpoints: as an archaeologist and as a art historian. While writing this chapter, they learned from the others perspective. #openaccess
🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...
A person typing on a computer.
#280CharAbstracts: @jensnotroff.com & @oliverdietrich.bsky.social introduce us to #scicomm for archaeology,which they see as a chance instead of a chore: Creating a blog helped the project to react immediately to pseudoscience claims. #openaccess
🔗 journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ar...
Model of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana in the scale of 1:350. © O. Ostermann, LVR-APX.
#280CharAbstracts: 🏺 Stephan Quick uses digital media in an open-air archaeological park and shows how these aid in experiencing the #Roman past. 3DReconstructions reveal the monumentality of the site of #Xanten in the past. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.f
Preview of the article’s first page.
#280CharAbstracts: R. Bernbeck sheds light on the perspective of laborers of monumental architecture in Ancient #Mesopotamia. The logic of drudgery in production leads to a critical point of tension in large projects, nonetheless working. #openaccess
🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...
Chui steppe of Altai mountains in Russia. Photo by Konstantin Dyadyun on Unsplash
#280CharAbstracts: 🏺 Andrew A. White discusses group mobility of hinter-gatherers. He uses an agent-based model to explore different factors influencing the mobility, that traditionally is based on lithic artefact distribution. His model shows otherwise
🔗 doi.org/10.5334/jcaa...
Cover of the openaccess book “Size matters”
#280CharAbstracts: F. Buccellati dives into the methodology of monumentality and touches topics of energetics, organisation, visibility, and the reception of built environments as ways of understanding monumentality.
#openaccess
🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978... of the openaccess book “Size matters”
Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by Matthew Essman on Unsplash
#280CharAbstracts: @monipacheco examines Oaxaca in the heartland of #Mesoamerica and draws a picture of an area with a completely reworked landscape, which is truly monumental. She underscores the important role of the natural environment. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...
Screenshot of the game developed by J. Hiriart showing an Anglo-Saxon house
#280CharAbstracts: Juan Hiriart developed a game, where you play the head of an Anglo-Saxon family learning about cultural meanings and traditions.The game was successful when engaging empathetically. @ubiquitypress #openaccess #Archaeogaming #ComPDA 🏺 🕹️ 🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.k
A picture of the city of Jerusalem. Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash
#280CharAbstracts: 🏺 Jeremy Smoak & Alice Mandell explore the monumentality of inscriptions in Jerusalem’s urban spaces and thereby also texts themselves. These convey memories within a larger political or social narrative than architecture. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...
This is a visualisation of Pi-Ramesse. Main view of the central island with canal and internal lake.
#280CharAbstracts: 🏺 @archaeobasti.bsky.social & H. Franzmeier show, how to get from excavation data to a #3DReconstruction for an exhibition or research. They showcase this with the example of Pi-Ramesse in #Egypt, capital of Ramesses II. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.11588/cip...
Photo by Nassim Allia on Unsplash. It shows a laptop and a game controller, both representative of video gaming.
#280CharAbstracts: Erik Champion explains how games can help learning in #archaeology. He asks the question of game mechanics and how these are used. What should a #digitalgame consist of, if it is to teach us something?
#openaccess 🏺
🔗 www.doi.org/10.5334/bch.b
An example of a graph exported for this kind of analysis.
#280CharAbstracts: S.C. Schmidt describes here what #percolation analysis is and how it is used to cluster data and create wonderful informative maps. It is a useful approach at very different scales. If you are interested, have a look here. #Archaeology 🏺
🔗 archaeoinformatics.net/percolation-...
Reconstruction of Pi-Ramesses. © artefacts-berlin.de
#280CharAbstracts: I discuss how to present archaeological #3DReconstruction to a broader audience & show examples of the past & present. Beside the visually pleasing effects, #scicomm is often neglected. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.h
