Recent discussions with colleagues and the February 2024 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice had Paul thinking about what we do with our digital data. This is an evergreen topic, and one that we’ve touched on before, but is always good to revisit. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/215 Links * Advances in Archaeological Practice February 2024 Issue * Protocols.io * FAIR and CARE * Good overview of the issue: Domeischel J, Childs ST. A Collections-Based View of the Future of Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 2024;12(1):1-4. doi:10.1017/aap.2023.37 Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion

This week we interview Dr. Matthew Harpster about his research using polygons to measure the density of maritime activity in the ancient Mediterranean Sea. He was a guest on the show back in 2020, and 4 years later he returns to discuss his new book that reveals patterns in ancient maritime activity and creates a narrative for this activity based on archaeological data from the sea floor. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/214 Links * ArchaeoTech Podcast Episode 126 (April 2020) * Reconstructing a Maritime Past (Routledge) Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion

Recent discussions with colleagues and the February 2024 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice had Paul thinking about what we do with our digital data. This is an evergreen topic, and one that we’ve touched on before, but is always good to revisit. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/213 Links * Advances in Archaeological Practice February 2024 Issue * Good overview of the issue: Domeischel J, Childs ST. A Collections-Based View of the Future of Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 2024;12(1):1-4. doi:10.1017/aap.2023.37 * Protocols.io Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion

Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in Alula, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruction and VR as tools to bring people to archaeological sites and research without physically bringing them there. Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

On this episode we bring back Dr. Denisse Argote to talk about some of the new things she and her team are doing in Mexico. We get an update on Teotihuacan and other research. We even talk about ray guns on archaeological sites! Or portable XRF. Either way, it’s great. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/211 Links * Denisse Argote, survey at Teotihuacan: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440320300637#! * Episode 134: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeotech/134 * The Backdoor to Hell, Dutch Stonehenge, and the Age of Bamboo - TAS 225: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeology/225 Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

We bring back one of the founders of tDAR, Keith Kintigh for this episode. Keith gives us the tDAR backstory and tells us how it’s staying relevant in a world of AI and digital archaeology. We talk about tDAR’s future as well. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to:https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/210 Links * The Digital Archaeological Repository (tDAR) * Archaeotech - Episode 92 * Archaeotech - Episode 157 Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

We have an interesting interview today with Gideon Shelach-Lavi. He’s part of a team that is researching walls in Mongolia. These walls span a large distance and range of time and some are contemporaneous with the Great Wall. Gideon talks about the tech they used to map and analyze the miles of walls they’ve found and what’s next for them. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/209 Links * Gideon Shelach-Lavi, surveys, including use of aerial imagery, to find medieval walls on the Mongolian steppes https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/medieval-longwall-construction-on-the-mongolian-steppe-during-the-eleventh-to-thirteenth-centuries-ad/69850626FA671DD5A8454DD63EC31CFD * “The Wall” project website: https://thewall.huji.ac.il * Gideon’s Academia.edu profile: https://huji.academia.edu/GideonShelachLavi Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

We’re talking about Chacoan road networks again! A few years ago we interviewed Sean Field. He was doing research on the road networks coming into and out of Chaco Canyon. Sean Field is at it again with another paper but this time he’s using Lidar to analyze road profiles. It’s an innovative technique and Chris and Paul discuss it on this week’s show. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/208 Links * “Lidar Derived Road Profiles” - Advances in Archaeological Practice: https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2022.31 * Archaeotech 117 with Sean Field: https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/117 Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

We talk to Dr. Markus Eberl about his team’s use of a particle scanner to analyze micro-debitage. They used machine learning to analyze the data set and tried to learn more about early life than we could otherwise. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/207 Links * Machine Learning–Based Identification of Lithic Microdebitage Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT and Google’s “Bard” seem to be the hot topic of conversation these days. They’re being used to write papers, finish reports, and reply to emails, among other thing. But, what do they really know? Chris asks ChatGPT and Bard what they know about topics related to digital archaeology on today’s episode. Watch this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c86slnkEcWQ Links * ChatGPT: https://openai.com * Murf: https://murf.ai * Play.HT: https://play.ht Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates * Motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

Today we talk about gaming and archaeology, but, in a very different way than I’ve hear done in the past. Our guests, Andrew Reinhard and Sara Zaia have written an article for Advances in Archaeological Practice about doing photogrammetry and mapping in a gaming space and bringing that into a GIS. It’s step one of a bigger plan and they tell us all about it. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/205 Links * Andrew Reinhard My Archaeogaming book: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ReinhardArchaeogaming The Archaeogaming Mastodon account: https://archaeo.social/@archaeogaming * Sara Zaia My academia.edu page https://harvard-yenching.academia.edu/SaraZaia/ My scholar page https://scholar.harvard.edu/sarazaia Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates Motion Motley Fool * Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! * *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Laird Superfood * Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. Liquid I.V. * Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

While Paul is out we’ve got Rachel Roden guest co-hosting the show today. She’s a co-host of The Archaeology Show with Chris. Today, they talk about three current news articles all referencing using AI in an archaeological context. AI is going to change the world and archaeology won’t escape the revolution. Links * Segment 1 AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru Accelerating the discovery of new Nasca geoglyphs using deep learning * Segment 2 Researchers Use AI to Read Ancient Mesopotamian Texts Translating Akkadian to English with neural machine translation * Segment 3 A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images ARCHAEOLOGISTS USE AI TO IDENTIFY NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN MESOPOTAMIA Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates * Motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

On episode 189 we talked to a guest about a project in Louisiana where, as an aspect of survey, they utilized dogs to find an historic Civil War-era cemetery. Well, on today’s show, we have the gentleman that was hired for that job, Paul Martin, to talk about how he uses dogs in his work. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/203 Links * ArchaeoTech 189 - Using Specialized Dogs to Find Historic Burials * Martin Archaeological Consulting Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates * Motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

Paul spent a couple months in Iraq on a CRM project. For a project of this scale and complexity, not to mention out of the country, there are a lot of pieces to consider. Paul takes through the tech they used on his last project and how it all fit together. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/202 Links * Royal Commission for AlUla * iCMTGIS * GeoSlam Laser Scanners * Agisoft Metashape * Polycam * QNAP * Synology Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates * Motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeotechpod to save 20% off anything you order.

The February 2023 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice highlights the efforts of people trying standardize and fix data management in archaeology. There’s a massive data problem in this field, from the collection of data to the longterm management of it. Michael Heilen and Shelby Manney organized SAA symposia and the issue linked below and are at the forefront of this effort. We bring them on to discuss what they’ve been up to in this space. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/201 Links * Advances in Archaeological Practice, February 2023 Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store Affiliates * Motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/techpodfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price.