{"id":235,"date":"2012-02-27T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/anth331\/?p=235"},"modified":"2012-02-27T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T01:14:00","slug":"archtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/archtech\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology and Technology at Vassar"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Field Archaeology: Mapping Ancient Cultures with Tablet PCs\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tI10lsa2yY?list=UUe4V8XQVgSxd4_bQV__EAhw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The above video is an excerpt from a short film made by Vassar students about the use of HP Tablet PCs in field-based classes. The full film can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/1884478\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Johnson talks about using the tablets to prevent the degradation of data- critical and post-processual archaeology place much emphasis on how the archaeologist influences conclusions and interpretations of field data, but Johnson makes a good point in reminding us that the archaeologists&#8217; first influence on the creation of knowledge happens in the field, during the copying out of data. Field methods have as much room for improvement as methods of thought and methods of collaboration or consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above video is an excerpt from a short film made by Vassar students about the use of HP Tablet PCs in field-based classes. The full film can be found here. Professor Johnson talks about using the tablets to prevent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/archtech\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26308,26323,33],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-field-work","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/anth331\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}