Medieval and Premodern History

Includes short articles about as well as photographs and videos about different archeological projects around the world.

Interface and content predominately in English.
The ADS is the leading accredited digital repository for heritage data generated by UK-based fieldwork and research.
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"ULAS is an award winning independent archaeological contractor based in the UK. We are embedded within the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, and we are a Registered Organisation with the CIfA." Includes 3D models of King Richard III's grave and more.
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DigVentures is a social business that specialises in crowdfunding, crowdsourcing and digital methods to increase public participation in archaeological research. The results of several of their projects can be found on their website, including a series of virtual museums where you can engage with 3D models of artifacts and a wide range of current and completed digital and multimedia projects and diaries.
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"A EU-funded research project that works from the premise that cultural sites are highly emotional places. That regardless of age, location or state of preservation, they are seed-beds not just of knowledge, but of emotional resonance and human connection. From 2016-2019, the EMOTIVE consortium has researched, designed, developed and evaluated methods and tools that can support the cultural and creative industries in creating narratives and experiences which draw on the power of “emotive storytelling”. The output of this process is a number of prototype tools and applications for heritage professionals and visitors that produce interactive, personalized, emotionally resonant digital experiences for museums and cultural sites."
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"Cloth and clothing have been integral to life for every person since civilization began. In the Middle Ages dress was an identifier of occupation, status, gender and ethnicity; textiles ranged through opulent, symbolic, utilitarian and recycled. Cloth production and international trade constituted a major sector of the economy of medieval Britain."
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The Must Farm project is the first landscape scale archaeological investigation of deep Fenland, with its complex geological history (from wet to dry and back again). The project’s exploration of deeply buried deposits is transforming our understanding of prehistoric life and revealing a level of preservation previously only dreamt about.
The site itself doesn’t share much, but they focus a lot on Social Media Use for Archaeological Engagment.
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Interface and content in English. "Aldborough is a small village in North Yorkshire, UK. Beneath its quiet streets and farmland lies the Roman town of Isurium Brigantum. There is a rich history of research at the site; the emerging story of the archaeology weaving with the development of the discipline itself. The first known excavation took place in 1770, and exploration continues to this day. The Aldborough Roman Town Project seeks to better understand the origins and endings of Isurium, to capture some of its character and life. Geophysical survey and excavation are revealing plans at a landscape scale, and delving deep to understand the stratigraphy – the changing material layers through time."
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"The caves near East Wemyss are special because of ancient and historic artwork carved onto the cave walls. Around fifty of these carvings are abstract symbols and animal representations. They were inscribed around 1500 years ago by people known as Picts. .. Our aim was to build a digital 3D model of the Wemyss Caves and coastline and use this as our stage to tell the story of the Wemyss Caves. We used laser and photogrammetry techniques to build our stage; specialist photography to create the interactive viewer for each carving, video to tell stories and digital artistry to re-create the past."
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The Dumbarton Oaks online catalog is an ongoing project to record the 17,000 Byzantine lead seals held by Dumbarton Oaks and publish them online. From this page you can browse or search the collection, learn about sigillography and download tools to help teachers present sigillography to their students.
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The project will ultimately record every published type of Roman Imperial Coinage, and will provide links to examples in major collections published online. To date OCRE records all types from Augustus to Hadrian (27 BC – AD 138), and links to examples present in the ANS collection.
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Dumbarton Oaks. Interface and materials in English.
The Pre-Columbian Photograph and Fieldwork Archives comprise images of Pre-Columbian objects, archaeological sites, architecture, monuments, maps, major codices, and illustrations. The holdings document places and objects from Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area, and the Andes, and cover around 2,000 years of history.
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"An international digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations. ... tDAR operates under the organizational umbrella of Digital Antiquity, a multi-institutional organization that has been explicitly designed to ensure the long-term financial, technical, and social sustainability of tDAR." U.S. focus.
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