by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog
When it comes to envisioning their plans for the summer, most students dream of days on the beach perfecting their tan. Others may frantically apply for jobs or set out on adventures around the world. Most, however, don’t plan to spend part of their summer in a...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog
The Unknown I’ve always struggled with the ideas of cemeteries, holding the belief that gravestones are too objective. To describe someone’s entire being in just a few words leaving a feeling of discomfort. How do you simply get someone’s very essence across through...
by Danielle Fransen | Jun 4, 2018 | Blog
Last week we arrived at the cemetery and while waiting for our morning meeting our group noticed a lone grave, away from all the rest, against the front fence of the cemetery. We made a note to ask about it later, but our question was answered during a tour by Dr....
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 3, 2018 | Blog
In class on May 31st, my group learned many things in the classroom. We spent most of the day learning how to use programs such as PhotoScanPro and MeshLab, which proved to be both exciting and a little challenging. The purpose of PhotoScan was to learn...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | 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-Lee McGuire | 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-Lee McGuire | 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 Janet Gutierrez | May 24, 2018 | Blog
Doubts Surrounding Cemeteries My experience and knowledge of cemeteries was limited before I started working on this project. My past experiences with cemeteries are tragic, since I lost my cousin and grandmother recently. I was unsure as to how I would react...
by David Klok | May 21, 2018 | Blog
May 17th was our first day of the field school actually spent in the field, at Emanu-el cemetery. Personally, it was also the first time that I can remember having ever been in a cemetery, something I only realized when I sat down to write this post. I have been very...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | 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,...
