1.1. Why Paperless: Technology and Changes in Archaeological Practice, 1996–2016
| dc.creator | Wallrodt, John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-06T19:21:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-06T19:21:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-10-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The past 20 years have witnessed a slow march toward complete digitization of archaeological field data. In this paper, I assess the last two decades of academic archaeological fieldwork based on my experience with field projects in the Mediterranean, and propose a historical context for the adoption of paperless recording in the field. Drawing on the examples of the Troy excavations, the Pompeii Archeological Research Project: Porta Stabia, and the Kea Regional Archaeological Project, I review trends that include the commoditization of hardware, the early adoption of new hardware by specialists, the incorporation of specialist data into site-wide datasets, and the ways that this knowledge can be applied to direct digital entry of field observations via mobile devices. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | <p>Wallrodt, John. “Why Paperless: Technology and Changes in Archaeological Practice, 1996–2016” in <em>Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology</em>, edited by Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon, and Derek B. Counts, 33-50. Grand Forks, ND: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, 2016.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/84416 | |
| dc.relation.replaces | https://dc.uwm.edu/arthist_mobilizingthepast/3 | |
| dc.subject | archaeological recording | |
| dc.subject | digital archaeology | |
| dc.subject | Mediterranean | |
| dc.subject | paperless archaeology | |
| dc.subject | tablets | |
| dc.title | 1.1. Why Paperless: Technology and Changes in Archaeological Practice, 1996–2016 | |
| dc.type | article |