If you’re interested in the archaeology of the county of Wiltshire, you can now access the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) online, complete with a map interface. It takes a bit of getting used to the interface, but to have this information publicly available is a step in the right direction. Tip: find the [...]
Archive | January, 2008
Historic Photos and Folksonomies
I’ve long been an advocate of folksonomies. It allows the wider community to add knowledge to resources through tags and comments, ultimately making things easier to find. A number of institutions have allowed free tagging of certain resources for a while now, such as the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, the collective STEVE museum, and of [...]
Opening up a Roman Coffin
It’s not every day that you get a phone call from an excited colleague saying “we’ve found a Roman sarcophagus – can you grab your video camera and come out?”. This short film (hosted by the fabulous Vimeo) shows just how exciting archaeology can be! Opening a Roman Coffin from Wessex Archaeology on Vimeo. There [...]
A new window into our past?
Sorry about the cryptic title, but I’ve just stumbled upon a very interesting video by Johnny Lee demonstrating how a Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote) can be used to perform ‘head tracking’. It allows one person to use a screen as a ‘window’ onto a much larger image. If you get close to the screen you [...]
