21st September 2013, 01:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 21st September 2013, 12:11 PM by John Wells.)
Wonderful Unit of 1 ;o)
You have hit the nail on the head with that comment and will be supported by those who languish in Ludittism and ignorance (would I be the devil's advocate?!).
To dig a site, you have to discover/locate it first......if you are not just following the builders!
With imaging think:
Location
Delineation
Assimilation
Manipulation
Interpretation
Presentation
In terms of working outside the visible spectrum, if you are a palaeographer you do not throw a visually faded, or blank, manuscript or papyrus away. You examine it under UV and infra-red light.
Currently, pre-excavated sites, and sites undergoing excavation, are often poorly photographed even in the visible spectrum.
Photography, 3D imaging/photogrammetry and personal aerial imaging techniques should be taught to all archaeology undergraduates, so that this area, and other areas of the archaeological sciences, are not deemed foreign and something for 'hangers on'. Grab and hold on to the techniques applicable to your profession.
Every archaeologist should have the technical expertise to produce an aerial image of a site within 10 minutes of arrival. We have primary school children who can do it!
![[Image: ronandgrandson.jpg]](http://www.armadale.org.uk/ronandgrandson.jpg)
![[Image: archsoc2013a.jpg]](http://www.armadale.org.uk/archsoc2013a.jpg)
A member of Edinburgh Uni.Arch.Soc. bringing down a KAP kite.
Further reading:
http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu/
http://www.univie.ac.at/aarg/php/cms/index.php
http://www.armadale.org.uk/kite03.htm
http://snaps.boards.net/thread/17/useful-links
An image by 'hangers on' at a new site in West Lothian:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/sitew02.jpg
You have hit the nail on the head with that comment and will be supported by those who languish in Ludittism and ignorance (would I be the devil's advocate?!).
To dig a site, you have to discover/locate it first......if you are not just following the builders!
With imaging think:
Location
Delineation
Assimilation
Manipulation
Interpretation
Presentation
In terms of working outside the visible spectrum, if you are a palaeographer you do not throw a visually faded, or blank, manuscript or papyrus away. You examine it under UV and infra-red light.
Currently, pre-excavated sites, and sites undergoing excavation, are often poorly photographed even in the visible spectrum.
Photography, 3D imaging/photogrammetry and personal aerial imaging techniques should be taught to all archaeology undergraduates, so that this area, and other areas of the archaeological sciences, are not deemed foreign and something for 'hangers on'. Grab and hold on to the techniques applicable to your profession.
Every archaeologist should have the technical expertise to produce an aerial image of a site within 10 minutes of arrival. We have primary school children who can do it!
A member of Edinburgh Uni.Arch.Soc. bringing down a KAP kite.
Further reading:
http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu/
http://www.univie.ac.at/aarg/php/cms/index.php
http://www.armadale.org.uk/kite03.htm
http://snaps.boards.net/thread/17/useful-links
An image by 'hangers on' at a new site in West Lothian:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/sitew02.jpg