Digital Classicist & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2012
Friday June 15th at 16:30
Court Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Angeliki Chrysanthi (Southampton)
A visitor-sourced methodology for the interpretation of archaeological sites
ALL WELCOME
This paper investigates movement and behaviour patterns of visitors to
archaeological sites as a way of informing interpretive planning. A
critical point was the development of a hybrid methodology for
collecting and assessing data on movement around sites. I will
demonstrate the methodology developed at the archaeological site of
Gournia in Greece. Recognised forms of observation and the collection of
qualitative data, and technologies such as GPS body tracking,
geo-tagging and GIS applications were employed. The interpretation of
the processed data provided better insight and an overview of the site’s
affordances for movement and revealed the site's 'hot spots' according
to visitors’ assessment.
The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.
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Dr Gabriel BODARD
(Research Associate in Digital Epigraphy)
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
26-29 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5RL
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