by Ben Carter | Sep 6, 2016 | Updates
This is my final post as a participant in the Institute for Digital Archaeology. This post serves three purposes. First, I announce a resource that I have created to enable digital data collection in archaeology. Second, I want to mention a few of my favorite aspects...
by Ben Carter | Aug 6, 2016 | Institute Project, Updates
This is a field report of efforts to develop a plan for low cost, digital data collection. Here’s what I have tried, what worked well, what did not and how those limitations were addressed. First a description of the conditions. We live in two locations in Ecuador....
by Ben Carter | May 21, 2016 | Updates
Having largely decided on what tools to use (see previous posts: here, here and here), ironing out how this process will actually work has been a bit more difficult than hoped. Two quick reminders. First, the goal of this project is to design (“stitch together” may a...
by Ben Carter | Apr 8, 2016 | Institute News & Updates
Benjamin Carter, Muhlenberg College This will be a relatively quick post. As promised in this post, I will discuss PostGIS, a relational database management system. First, what is a relational database and why should archaeologists use them (for a fuller explanation...
by Ben Carter | Feb 29, 2016 | Institute Project
As promised in my previous post , this post is about using Kobo Toolbox as a data collection tool for archaeology. I also address important issues that have materialized as I design and use forms in Kobo Toolbox. What is Kobo Toolbox? Kobo Toolbox is an open source...
