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...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog
Tuesday May 31st was our last day in the field at the Congregation Emanu-el cemetery. It is now the time for my fellow classmates and myself to take to the pen or in this case, to the keyboard to compile our research into reports, presentation posters, blog entries,...
