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The Mayaarch3d Project: A 3d Webgis For Analyzing Ancient Architecture And Landscapes, Jennifer Von Schwerin, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Fabio Remondino, Giorgio Agugario, Gabrio Girardi
The Mayaarch3d Project: A 3d Webgis For Analyzing Ancient Architecture And Landscapes, Jennifer Von Schwerin, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Fabio Remondino, Giorgio Agugario, Gabrio Girardi
Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications
There is a need in the humanities for a 3D WebGIS with analytical tools that allow researchers to analyze 3D models linked to spatially referenced data. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow for complex spatial analysis of 2.5D data. For example, they offer bird’s eye views of landscapes with extruded building footprints, but one cannot ‘get on the ground’ and interact with true 3D models from a pedestrian perspective. Meanwhile, 3D models and virtual environments visualize data in 3D space, but analytical tools are simple rotation or lighting effects. The MayaArch3D Project is developing a 3D WebGIS—called QueryArch3D—to allow these two …
Ten Years After Iraq: Archaeology, Archaeologists, And U.S. Foreign Relations, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Ten Years After Iraq: Archaeology, Archaeologists, And U.S. Foreign Relations, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Soldiers Of Science--Agents Of Culture: American Archaeologists In The Office Of Strategic Services (Oss), Despina Lalaki
Soldiers Of Science--Agents Of Culture: American Archaeologists In The Office Of Strategic Services (Oss), Despina Lalaki
Publications and Research
"Scientificity" and appeals to political independence are invaluable tools when institutions such as the American School of Classical Studies at Athens attempt to maintain professional autonomy. Nonetheless, the cooperation of scientists and scholars with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), among them archaeologists affiliated with the American School, suggests a constitutive affinity between political and cultural leadership. This relationship is here mapped in historical terms, while, at the same time, sociological categorizations of knowledge and its employment are used in order to situate archaeologists in their broader social and political context and to evaluate their work not merely as agents …
U.S. Cultural Diplomacy And Archaeology: Soft Power, Hard Heritage, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel
U.S. Cultural Diplomacy And Archaeology: Soft Power, Hard Heritage, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
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Podcast With Morag M. Kersel, Morag Kersel
Looting Matters. Early Bronze Age Cemeteries Of Jordan’S Southeast Dead Sea Plain In The Past And Present, Morag M. Kersel, Meredith S. Chesson
Looting Matters. Early Bronze Age Cemeteries Of Jordan’S Southeast Dead Sea Plain In The Past And Present, Morag M. Kersel, Meredith S. Chesson
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Editorial Introduction: Innocents Abroad: Cavalier Collecting At Heritage Sites, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Editorial Introduction: Innocents Abroad: Cavalier Collecting At Heritage Sites, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Illicit Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel
Marj Rabba: Wrapping Up The 2012 Season, Yorke Rowan, Morag Kersel
Marj Rabba: Wrapping Up The 2012 Season, Yorke Rowan, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.