id
	13411
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13411
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Excavation is Destruction Digitization: Advances in Archaeological Practice
Creator
	Roosevelt, Christopher H.
	Cobb, Peter
	Moss, Emanuel
	Olson, Brandon R.
	Ünlüsoy, Sinan
Date
	2015
Language
	eng
Abstract
	This article modifies an old archaeological adage—“excavation is destruction”—to demonstrate how advances in archaeological practice suggest a new iteration: “excavation is digitization.” Digitization, in a fully digital paradigm, refers to practices that leverage advances in onsite, image-based modeling and volumetric recording, integrated databases, and data sharing. Such practices were implemented in 2014 during the inaugural season of the Kaymakçı Archaeological Project (KAP) in western Turkey. The KAP recording system, developed from inception before excavation as a digital workflow, increases accuracy and efficiency as well as simplicity and consistency. The system also encourages both practical and conceptual advances in archaeological practice. These involve benefits associated with thinking volumetrically, rather than in two dimensions, and a connectivity that allows for group decision-making regardless of group location. Additionally, it is hoped that the system's use of almost entirely “off-the-shelf” solutions will encourage its adoption or at least its imitation by other projects.
Is Part Of
	Journal of Field Archaeology
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000004
Issn
	0093-4690
Issue
	3
Pages
	325-346
Short title
	Excavation is Destruction Digitization
Uri
	https://doi.org/10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000004
Volume
	40
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/7XNW6SNA/item-list

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