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A look back at eight years of ArchaeoTech - Ep 200

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Michael Ashley says the goal is to put “everything that's ever been said about this site” at your fingertips.

1. The Archaeotech Podcast episode 200 looks back at eight years and 200 episodes of archaeology-and-technology conversations. 2. Chris Webster hosts with Paul Zimmerman, and their anniversary framing matters because the episode is built as a compilation rather than a single interview. 3. The episode asks what the show has covered over 200 installments, from field recording software to public archaeology and mobile devices. 4. Stu Eve of LP Archaeology explains ARC as the Archaeological Recording Kit, a database system with a web-based front end for recording archaeological information. 5. Stu Eve says ARC started from Access, a server, and “typing some HTML” before a colleague introduced PHP. 6. He also says the project had “no planning whatsoever” and has taken “14 years” to reach its current state. 7. Lorna Richardson describes public archaeology online as communication with the public through community archaeology groups, universities, commercial archaeology organisations, and HLF projects. 8. She says her research looked at formats, purposes, and methods of online communication in the UK. 9. Richardson also examines social media use policies, archaeological expertise, anonymity, identity, authority, crowdsourcing, and crowdfunding. 10. Chris Cameron of Field Technologies Incorporated presents Archaeogen as a shovel-testing app made by archaeologists for archaeologists. 11. Cameron says the app compiles data into spreadsheet form, gives nightly updates, and supports export to ArcGIS or Google Maps. 12. He also explains why the company chose iOS, including consistent GPS accuracy and device encryption. 13. The iPads-in-the-field segment uses Apple iPad Mini 3s, Tap Forms, and iAnnotate on a 30,000-acre project in the northern Mojave Desert. 14. The hosts and field crew describe how digital forms replace paper forms and annotated maps in the sun and heat. 15. The same segment says glass-screen tablets can overheat in sunlight, even around 85 degrees, and especially in 110-degree field conditions. 16. A field worker explains that carrying the tablet replaced a five-pound binder-and-clipboard system, which reduced weight and freed up space for water. 17. Michael Ashley says the Center for Digital Archaeology was started in 2011 to help archaeology, CRM, and cultural heritage use digital tools. 18. Ashley names Mukudu CMS and Codify, and he says the goal is to have site records, survey data, ceramics, and human remains available “at our fingertips in real time.” 19. The tone is conversational, practical, and retrospective, with recurring interviews and field-test anecdotes rather than a formal lecture. 20. Listeners who work in archaeology, CRM, digital heritage, or field technology will get the most from it, while people wanting a single focused topic may skip it.

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