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The ArchaeoTech Podcast is a place to discuss all things tech as they relate to Archaeology. Join Doug and Russell as they dive into the world of technology and apply it to the study of the past.
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Risk Management with Dr. Bill White
Risk Management is something you don't hear a lot about in smaller CRM firms. However, no matter the size, all companies should manage and record hazards and trend on incidents. Dr. Bill White of the CRM Archaeology Podcast and the University of California at Berkeley joins us to talk about his paper on risk management, just published in the March 2021 issue of SAA Advances.
Links
White, William A III, "Applying Risk Management Concepts from CRM and d the Outdoor Recreation Industry" SAA Advances, March 2021
Bill's Blog, Succinct Research
Dr. Bill White at UCB
The Video of the Podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RaVavXVLCUc
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
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Archaeological Sampling with Dr. Ted Banning
Anyone working in archaeology has used some form of sampling strategy during the course of their work, whether they knew it or not. Most professions do something like this. Are we doing it right? Too much? Too little? Dr. Ted Banning recently published a paper in American Antiquity discussing the current state of sampling in the fied.
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American Antiquity “Sampled To Death: The Rise and Fall of Probability Sampling in Archaeology”
The Archaeologist’s Laboratory
Random Integers
Immerssed VR
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
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Wildnote
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Kicking Tech Phobias with Eric Olson
Eric Olson joins us again as a special guest host to discuss how to overcome the fears that keep us from learning about and trying out new (or at least new to us) tech. Paul and Eric share advice, tips, and even some of their own fears and explore great ways to start with GIS, R, programming, and more.
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The Open Digital Archaeology Textbook
Subreddits of interest:
GIS
R
Anthropology
Archaeology
GIS Lounge
QGIS online training manual
AnthroYeti
MAMP
Structure your data
Eric’s online games
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
Affiliates
Wildnote
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Essential low tech equipment with Eric Olson
Eric Olson is back on the ArchaeoTech podcast with his list of low tech, low cost software and equipment that he thinks everyone should know about. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast! What do you use that fits this description that you think everyone should use?
Links/Sources
Archaeotech 136
From the Archives (Eric’s podcast)
TPSDig
Olson, Eric 2019 The Shirey Meadow Site: A Comparative Study of Shovel Testing and Pedestrian Survey. Pennsylvania Archaeologist 89(1):61-74.
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
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Wildnote
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Spatial Archaeometry in the Time of COVID
Many field seasons were canceled in 2020 due to concerns over COVID-19. A recent article in SAA Advances, written by members of the CAST and SPARC program highlight the things researchers can still do despite social distancing regulations and travel concerns. Paul and Chris discuss those techniques and technologies on this episode.
Links
Spatial Archaeology in the Time of COVID from SAA Advances, January 2021
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
Affiliates
Wildnote
TeePublic
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More Big Data in the News
Big data in archaeology is in the news again! With the release of an open access special issue of the Journal of Field Archaeology that focuses on big data in archaeology there is a renewed enthusiasm in the media for the subject. We discuss an Ars Technica article written about the issue that features a former two-time guest of the podcast. To start the show Paul tells us about his volunteer work at a local museum.
Links
The Institute for American Indian Studies Museum and Research Center
"Archaeology is going digital to harness the power of Big Data", by Jennifer Ouellette, January 2, 2021
Journal of Field Archaeology, Volume 45, Issue sup1 (2020): Archaeology in the Age of Big Data
Contact
Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
Affiliates
Wildnote
TeePublic
Timeular
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