Archaeology in the Digital Age: Context and Trends

Authors

  • Danny Rangel Universidade de Coimbra e Évora
  • Nelson Almeida Grupo Quaternário e Pré-História (Centro de Geociências)

Keywords:

New Technologies, Digital Age, Archaelogy

Abstract

Since its beginning, archaeology stands between the natural sciences and the social sciences and humanities. This shared position and the search for a greater understanding of its specific study objects, created the need among archaeology experts to resort to various methods (and technologies) originated from other disciplines. Similarly to other sciences, archaeology is an area permeable to experimentation and application of theoretical and practical exogenous concepts. This lead to the development of several specializations that unite archeology and other areas, such as Zooarchaeology. As happened throughout its history, academics are facing a time of change in the way the acquisition of knowledge is processed. The Digital Era of globalization is related to the shifting of paradigms and the growing need for unceasing adaptation; archeology is also affected by this reality. After a brief introduction to the humanities "digital paradigm" we review some of the main uses of the Internet as a support to research development in archeology, their main obstacles and tendencies.

Author Biographies

  • Danny Rangel, Universidade de Coimbra e Évora
    Licenciado em História na FLUC (2002-2006); Pós-Graduação (2007- 2008) em Relações Internacionais na FEUC, Faculdade de Economia. Mestre (2008-2010) em Património Europeu, Multimédia e Sociedades da Informação na FLUC; Especializado em bibliotecas digitais pela Universitat zu Koln na Alemanha; Estágio de 9 meses (2010) no Departamento de Imagem, Identidade e Comunicação da UC; Investigador pelo CITCEM da FLUP e pelo CHSC da FLUC; actualmente Doutorando de Altos Estudos em História – Contemporânea na FLUC, e Bolseiro da FCT na Universidade de Évora, como membro de uma equipa que está a trabalhar na criação de uma base de dados de periódicos do século XIX e XX.
  • Nelson Almeida, Grupo Quaternário e Pré-História (Centro de Geociências)
    Licenciado em Arqueologia e História (UC) e Mestre Erasmus Mundus em Arqueologia Pré-Histórica e Arte Rupestre (IPT/UTAD), é bolseiro da FCT (SFRH/BD/78079/2011) no Doutoramento em Quaternário, Materiais e Culturas (UTAD). Integra as equipas do Grupo Quaternário e Pré-História (GQP-CGC-UC, uI&D 73, FCT, Portugal), Grupo de Pesquisa em Arqueologia e Gestão Integrada do Território (UNESC, CNPq, Brasil), Instituto Terra e Memória e é colaborador do Museu de Arte Pré-Histórica de Mação e do Centro de Pré-História (IPT).

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2012-03-05

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