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 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 Torah Lee | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Yesterday, May 18th, was the third excursion to the Jewish Cemetery and luckily the weather decided to be relatively pleasant this time around. Although it wasn’t the sunniest, it was warm enough that we were able to comfortably record/ amend the monument sheets we...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
The first day of summer semester approaches rapidly and I am gearing up to head back to the cemetery with a new group of students. I’m revising the syllabus and assignments, updating the CourseSpaces (Moodle) site, and looking through my resources to make sure...