ANTH 335 - Digitizing the Past: Applied Archaeological Digital Heritage

Archaeological methodologies are ever-changing in today’s world. Old ways of recording and interpreting archaeological data are being replaced by digital and computational methods. This course draws on visual approaches in anthropology and media studies to understand digital heritage practices in archaeology. We will survey digital tools and methods in analyzing the past, acquire a practical skill set, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of digital heritage applications in archaeology. We will cover issues of subjectivity, marginalization, sustainability, situated knowledge, ethnographic authority, and meaning-making embodied in visual forms of communication and dataset management. In this course you will learn how to use a DSLR camera to compose photographs and create 3D models.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group II
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
Instructional Method: Conference
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):

Evaluate data and/or sources.
Analyze institutions, formations, languages, structures, or processes, whether social, political, religious, economic, cultural, intellectual or other.