by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog
Yesterday we met as a team for the first time. We ended up needing to focus on classroom based activities as there was a funeral at the cemetery, but we found some good ways to keep busy, build relationships, and begin to develop the skills needed for our work. This...
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 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 Tulsa Williams | May 14, 2017 | Blog
Walking into Victoria’s Jewish cemetery for the first time anyone can tell that it’s a place that holds countless stories into Victoria’s history. With the cemetery’s official opening dating back to 1860 multiple burials found within its gates were influential members...
by Melanie Heizer | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
Two summers ago I was a student in the first running of the field course (we were awesome Guinea pigs). I was paired with two other students to do fieldwork with, and we decided to do our final project on the use of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) on...
