by Erin | Jun 1, 2018 | Blog
This week in the Heritage and Historical Archaeology Field Course, we spent the day back on campus learning about 3D modeling and the process of photogrammetry. Creating 3D models is a popular approach to documenting artifacts in the field, as it is a quick and easy...
by Erin | Jun 1, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
In this course we have learned a whole lot about recording cemeteries. One of the important procedures that goes hand in hand with gravestone recording is photography. Photographing monuments is essential because it provides a record of what the monument looks like....
by Erin | May 28, 2018 | Blog
I had anticipated writing this blog about the new mapping skills we had been utilizing in the field, however we had a visit from Dr. Rick Kool to give us further information, and I was caught by surprise at how emotional I felt when he shared stories about a few of...
by Erin | May 20, 2018 | Blog
The first day of the Heritage Archaeology Field course was important for me in terms of reflecting on the meaning of this work to the wider community in Victoria, especially of course the Jewish community. The words that kept coming up for me were dogma, tradition,...
by Erin | May 15, 2018 | Blog
Guest post, written May 14, 2018. Tomorrow is the day, the first day of Anthropology 367: Heritage and Historical Archaeology field course. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. For me, it’s the same sort of nervous excitement that occurred when I “graduated”...
