The ArchaeoTech Podcast

This week we interview Dr. Matthew Harpster about his research using polygons to measure the density of maritime activity in the ancient Mediterranean Sea. He was a guest on the show back in 2020, and 4 years later he returns to discuss his new book that reveals patterns in ancient maritime activity and creates a narrative for this activity based on archaeological data from the sea

Recent discussions with colleagues and the February 2024 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice had Paul thinking about what we do with our digital data. This is an evergreen topic, and one that we've touched on before, but is always good to revisit. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/213 Links * Advances in Archae

Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in Alula, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruc

On this episode we bring back Dr. Denisse Argote to talk about some of the new things she and her team are doing in Mexico. We get an update on Teotihuacan and other research. We even talk about ray guns on archaeological sites! Or portable XRF. Either way, it's great. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/211 Links * Denisse

We bring back one of the founders of tDAR, Keith Kintigh for this episode. Keith gives us the tDAR backstory and tells us how it's staying relevant in a world of AI and digital archaeology. We talk about tDAR's future as well. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to:https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/210 Links * The Digital Archaeological Repository (tDAR) [http

We have an interesting interview today with Gideon Shelach-Lavi. He's part of a team that is researching walls in Mongolia. These walls span a large distance and range of time and some are contemporaneous with the Great Wall. Gideon talks about the tech they used to map and analyze the miles of walls they've found and what's next for them. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this

We're talking about Chacoan road networks again! A few years ago we interviewed Sean Field. He was doing research on the road networks coming into and out of Chaco Canyon. Sean Field is at it again with another paper but this time he's using Lidar to analyze road profiles. It's an innovative technique and Chris and Paul discuss it on this week's show. Transcripts For rough transcri

We talk to Dr. Markus Eberl about his team's use of a particle scanner to analyze micro-debitage. They used machine learning to analyze the data set and tried to learn more about early life than we could otherwise. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/207 Links * Machine Learning–Based Identification of Lithic Microdebitag

Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT and Google's "Bard" seem to be the hot topic of conversation these days. They're being used to write papers, finish reports, and reply to emails, among other thing. But, what do they really know? Chris asks ChatGPT and Bard what they know about topics related to digital archaeology on today's episode. Watch this on YouTube: https://yout

Today we talk about gaming and archaeology, but, in a very different way than I've hear done in the past. Our guests, Andrew Reinhard and Sara Zaia have written an article for Advances in Archaeological Practice about doing photogrammetry and mapping in a gaming space and bringing that into a GIS. It's step one of a bigger plan and they tell us all about it. Transcripts For rough t