Egypt
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Not Egypt but relevant to archaeology in general.
- Online: Medarchnet
MedArchNet Thanks to Charles Jones and his invaluable Ancient World Online blog for pointing out the Mediterranean Archaeological Network project (MedArchNet). The areas that will be eventually covered by the site are: Spain, France, Italy, Aegean,...
- Off-topic: Shard, Artifact Cataloging Program
http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/shard Of potential interest to anyone developing programs to catalogue artefacts: SHARD, our artifact cataloging program, has just been posted! http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/shard Download it free, gratis, and for nothing. SHARD...
- $2.6 Million Award For Computer Vision In Archaeology
EurekAlert A Brown University archaeologist and team of engineers have been awarded $2.6 million from the National Science Foundation to use computer vision and pattern recognition in an archaeological excavation. The team is setting out to change the...
- Harris Matrix
The Harris Matrix For those of you who are interested in the process of archaeological excavation and its history this website is dedicated to the Harris Matrix. Developed by Edward C. Harris it provides of recording the relationships between archaeological...
- Etana Digital Library Project Update
http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=627News about the latest project from ETANA (Electronic Texts and Ancient Near Eastern Archives): "ETANA-DL will be a digital library for ancient Near Eastern studies with two archaeological components: DigBase...
Egypt
Data Matrix Codes Used to Catalogue Archaeological Heritage
Science Daily
Not Egypt but relevant to archaeology in general.
Researchers at the Centre for the Studies of Archaeological and Prehistoric Heritage (CEPAP) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have implemented an innovative system to register archaeological artifacts which eliminates problems in manual markings, such as errors in writing or erosion of data. The system, based on direct labelling using bi-dimensional data matrix (DM) codes, has been used by the CEPAP team during two years, in which numerous artifacts and bone remains from sites in Spain and Africa were registered.
The marking of archaeological material, or coding, is the process in which archaeologists identify each of the artifacts discovered at a site through an identifier code which is currently applied manually to each item and which contains the name of the site, the archaeological level at which it was found and an inventory number. This information is essential because it remits to a complex network of data which contextualises each artifact individually.
- Online: Medarchnet
MedArchNet Thanks to Charles Jones and his invaluable Ancient World Online blog for pointing out the Mediterranean Archaeological Network project (MedArchNet). The areas that will be eventually covered by the site are: Spain, France, Italy, Aegean,...
- Off-topic: Shard, Artifact Cataloging Program
http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/shard Of potential interest to anyone developing programs to catalogue artefacts: SHARD, our artifact cataloging program, has just been posted! http://www.sonoma.edu/asc/shard Download it free, gratis, and for nothing. SHARD...
- $2.6 Million Award For Computer Vision In Archaeology
EurekAlert A Brown University archaeologist and team of engineers have been awarded $2.6 million from the National Science Foundation to use computer vision and pattern recognition in an archaeological excavation. The team is setting out to change the...
- Harris Matrix
The Harris Matrix For those of you who are interested in the process of archaeological excavation and its history this website is dedicated to the Harris Matrix. Developed by Edward C. Harris it provides of recording the relationships between archaeological...
- Etana Digital Library Project Update
http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=627News about the latest project from ETANA (Electronic Texts and Ancient Near Eastern Archives): "ETANA-DL will be a digital library for ancient Near Eastern studies with two archaeological components: DigBase...