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Expert Seminar on History and Archaeology: Virtual History and Archaeology Report

A Better Understanding of the Past

Historians and archaeologists have engaged in informed and advanced debates within their respective communities on the questions of how ICT can enable a better understanding of the past. Until now there has been little opportunity for cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas. This seminar was an important opportunity to address this issue, and a primary goal of the event was to encourage crossdisciplinary collaborations. The expert seminar took place over three days with an ambitious programme that covered a wide-ranging set of disciplines, tools and methods. The programme focused on three subjects: the past and virtual representation of® place and time; the past and virtual representation of texts; the past and representation of objects and events. Each session brought together specialists in the application of ICT to the historical and archaeological domains; recognizing that the two disciplines have much in common, yet are frequently isolated from one another.

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AHDS Methods Taxonomy Terms

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Disciplines

  • History
  • Archaeology
  • Ancient History

Methods

  • Communication and collaboration - Graphical collaborative publishing
  • Communication and collaboration - Textual resource sharing
  • Communication and collaboration - Graphical resource sharing
  • Data Analysis - Content analysis
  • Data Analysis - Data mining
  • Data Analysis - Record linkages
  • Data Analysis - Searching/querying
  • Data Analysis - Visual analysis/visualisation
  • Data Analysis - Predictive spatial modelling
  • Data Capture - 2d Scanning/photography
  • Data Capture - 3d modelling - vector - volumetric
  • Data Capture - Digital aerial photography
  • Data Capture - Digital remote sensing
  • Data Capture - Geophysical survey
  • Data Capture - GPS/total station surveys
  • Data Capture - Usage of existing digital data
  • Data publishing and dissemination - Cataloguing / indexing
  • Data publishing and dissemination - Image optimisation for the web
  • Data publishing and dissemination - Searching/querying
  • Data publishing and dissemination - Graphical resource sharing
  • Data publishing and dissemination - Textual resource sharing
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d animation
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - interactive
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector - point cloud
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector - surface
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector - triangular network models
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector - volumetric
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector - wireframe
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Coding/standardisation
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Data modelling - relational
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Geo-referencing/projection
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Graphical rendering
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Image enhancement
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Image restoration and rectification
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Markup/text encoding - descriptive - document structure
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Markup/text encoding - descriptive - nominal
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Record linkages
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - Virtual world modelling
  • Strategy and project management - Data protection
  • Strategy and project management - Documentation