Cyber-archaeology and Grand Narratives: Where Do We Currently Stand?

Jones, Ian W. N.; Levy, Thomas E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65693-9_1

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“…However, the total metamorphosis undergone by archaeology in recent years has not equipped the discipline with new theoretical frameworks applicable to digital workflows. While researchers in the digital and cyber fields have announced the dawn of "digital culture" or "digital ecosystems" (Forte, 2007;Jones and Levy, 2018;Roosevelt et al, 2015), this significant shift in data gathering, data representation and the afterlife of digital, virtual and cyber imagery has not yet inspired new theoretical understandings of these advances. Rapidly developing technologies should create "open fora for the co-production of pasts that matter now and for visions of future community" (Shanks and Webmoor, 2012: 143).…”

Section: Technologies and Meaning In Archaeologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Prosthetic Archaeology

Stobiecka

2020

Journal of Social Archaeology

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Prosthetic archaeology is a theoretical proposal for a materially oriented digital practice. It is based on a critical approach to implementing the latest technologies in archaeology. Drawing from the philosophy of technology and prosthetic studies, this project offers a more critical and meaningful understanding of digital methods in archaeology. The main interpretative figure is the verb “to prostheticize.” Thus, prosthetic archaeology is not solely about prostheses — technological improvements understood as supplements. Rather, it is about the processes of “prostheticizing” archaeology, brought on by the digital turn in “the discipline of things.” A verbal understanding of this main category and its processual potential allows for a technological prosthesis to function as an active addition that does, makes, transforms, refers, evokes, (re)constructs, and generates meanings. The concept of prosthetic archaeology is illustrated with a discussion of the “Body Can’t Wait” advertising campaign organized in Paris, March 2018, where ancient and neoclassical sculptures were equipped with 3D-printed artificial limbs. Inspired by an advertising campaign that uses technology to raise social awareness and engage in current global problems, prosthetic archaeology may offer a prefigurative blueprint for a future, radical archaeology.

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Section: Technologies and Meaning In Archaeologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Prosthetic Archaeology

Stobiecka

2020

Journal of Social Archaeology

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“…In this vein, cyberarchaeology integrates computer science, engineering, and archaeology (Levy et al 2012) to simulate potential past environments in 3D affording multisensory interaction with data in VR. Cyberarchaeology is therefore leading to new methods and knowledge that are beginning to influence archaeological practice (Forte 2010(Forte , 2016bForte and Pietroni 2009;Siliotti 1997a, 1997b;Jones and Levy 2018;Smith and Levy 2014). While archaeologists have carried out many visibility analyses using GIS (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Multisensory Experiences in Archaeological Landscapes—Sound, Vision, and Movement in GIS and Virtual Reality

Richards-Rissetto¹,

Primeau²,

Witt

et al. 2023

Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Archaeologists are employing a variety of digital tools to develop new methodological frameworks that combine computational and experiential approaches which is leading to new multisensory research. In this article, we explore vision, sound, and movement at the ancient Maya city of Copan from a multisensory and multiscalar perspective bridging concepts and approaches from different archaeological paradigms. Our methods and interpretations employ theory-inspired variables from proxemics and semiotics to develop a methodological framework that combines computation with sensory perception. Using GIS, 3D, and acoustic tools we create multisensory experiences in VR with spatial sound using an immersive headset (Oculus Rift) and touch controllers (for movement). The case study simulates the late eighth and early ninth-century landscape of the ancient Maya city of Copan to investigate the role of landscape in facilitate movement, send messages, influence social interaction, and structure cultural events. We perform two simulations to begin to study the impact of vegetation on viewsheds and soundsheds of a stela at ancient Copan. Our objectives are twofold: (1) design and test steps towards developing a GIS computational approach to analyse the impact of vegetation within urban agrarian landscapes on viewsheds and soundsheds and (2) explore cultural significance of Stela 12, and more generally the role of synesthetic experience in ancient Maya society using a multisensory approach that incorporates GIS and VR.

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“…The second approach to cyber-archaeology adopted a broader definition, essentially synonymous with digital archaeology, in using "digital" and "cyber" tools (e.g., digital photography, laser scanning, remote sensing, virtual reality, etc.) to explore and investigate the archaeological record (Jones and Levy 2018;Averett et al 2016;Kansa et al 2011). Today, both forms of cyberarchaeology coexist with Maurizio Forte (2015) at the forefront of the interpretive model focusing on simulation and Thomas E. adopting cyber-archaeology in the more general sense.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%