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A Google-Based Freeware Solution for Archaeological Field Survey and Onsite Artifact Analysis

Advances in Archaeological Practice

This paper introduces a new freeware digital system, based on Google/Android platforms, designed to be a fully integrated and customizable solution to record, manage, and share archaeological survey data. The core of the system is two custom smartphone/tablet applications, through which surveyors are able to retrieve geographical coordinates and relevant attribute data from archaeological locations, but also to perform onsite analysis of artifacts, including taking accurate measurements with digital calipers directly connected to the mobile devices. The system saves all data recovered in the devices' internal memory, as well as in a cloud-based spatial database (Google Fusion Tables), where data can be automatically shared and examined using a rather intuitive set of visualization tools to instantly make maps or produce exploratory charts. Using the example of a recent field survey project for Stone Age sites in Mozambique, we provide a detailed discussion of the creation and us...

Archaeological Surveys with Tablets and Smartphones

OUTDATED - Due to recent updates of the software used here, the described procedure has changed (simplified). -------------------- A short manual for the preparation of maps with QGIS to be used with Avenza PDFMaps© for iOS and Android

0.2. Mobile Computing in Archaeology: Exploring and Interpreting Current Practices

2016

This volume stems from the workshop, "Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: the Future of Digital Archaeology," funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-Up grant (#HD-51851-14), which took place 27-28 February 2015 at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston (http://uwm.edu/mobilizing-the-past/). The workshop, organized by this volume's editors, was largely spurred by our own attempts with developing a digital archaeological workflow using mobile tablet computers on the Athienou Archaeological Project (http://aap.toumazou.org; Gordon et al., Ch. 1.4) and our concern for what the future of a mobile and digital archaeology might be. Our initial experiments were exciting, challenging, and rewarding; yet, we were also frustrated by the lack of intra-disciplinary discourse between projects utilizing digital approaches to facilitate archaeological data recording and processing. Based on our experiences, we decided to initiate a dialogue that could inform our own work and be of use to other projects struggling with similar challenges. Hence, the "Mobilizing the Past" workshop concept was born and a range of digital archaeologists, working in private and academic settings in both Old World and New World archaeology, were invited to participate. In addition, a livestream of the workshop allowed the active participation on Twitter from over 21 countires, including 31 US states (@MobileArc15, #MobileArc). 1 * * * No multifaceted academic endeavor like Mobilizing the Past can be realized without the support of a range of institutions and individ

"Using mobile GIS. for Field Digital Data Acquisition (FDA) in archaeological field survey"

A. Krek, O. Bender, A. Vassilopoulos, N. Evelpidou (eds.), Geoinformation technologies for geocultural landscape analysis: European perspectives (London 2008) 35-46

This chapter discusses an implementation of a low-cost solution in archaeological research concerning the on-site data input of geographical information in a GIS by means of a handheld computer equipped with GPS, i.e. using mobile GIS and FDA (Field Digital Data Acquisition) methodology. The main advantage of this methodology is to avoid the degradation of the information from the moment of its acquisition on-site to the time of its processing and input in a GIS. Using FDA methodology is possible to capture data directly on-site using a handheld computer equipped with GPS, GIS and database software, and digital cartography. Another advantage of FDA is the economy of time, without having to waste it collecting data in conventional format on-site, to have to postprocess all this data in a computer with the risk of loosing vital information. FDA methodology guarantees the correct location, delimitation and documentation of settlements or landmarks, making the work on-site and realtime.

The Archeology Field in the Mobile Era: A Roadmap to Catch-up

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 2018

The field of archeology is undoubtedly left behind in the mobile era compared to other scientific domains. The deployment of mobile technology solutions is of meagre contribution to the field. In fact, almost no mobile apps are designed as per archeologists' work requirements in the excavation site. This study aims to tackle this dilemma through a roadmap to pave the way for the community to recover this digital divide. The roadmap encompasses a comprehensive methodology on how to develop mobile apps that meet the requirements of its respective audience. The development of two apps is introduced to illustrate the implementation of the methodology. The result of adopting this 'roadmap' study improves the data collection, processing and usage. It enhances information accuracy and sharing. Besides, it reduces the 'destructive' aspect of the archeology investigations and provides archeologists with handy solutions that they can use ubiquitously. The refinement of the first versions of mobile apps for archeology will make the measurements more accurate and improve the level of maturity of the field vis-à-vis the mobile technology sector. Most significantly, this study opens the door, eventually, for a new era wherein the community starts by deploying mobile technology solutions to ultimately go beyond the current dating techniques, such as the radiocarbon dating method. An ultimate future work could be the exploration of developing mobile apps, in an interdisciplinary context, that measure the age of archeological items by few clicks and prepare the field for the forthcoming post-device era.

RAMSES: A Mobile Computing System for Field Archaeology

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1999

System is an outdoor application of mobile computing to eld archaeology, whose prototype has already been eld tested in Summer 1998 at the site of Poliochni in Greece. The requirements for both hardware and software are illustrated; the system is composed by a xed station, acting as object repository, and a few mobile units which input archaeological evidence by means of electromagnetic pen. The software components on both xed and mobile systems and their interaction are described as well.