From punch cards to virtual space. Changing the concept of archaeological heritage management in the digital age

0389120 - ARÚ 2014 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Květina, Petr - Končelová, Markéta
From punch cards to virtual space. Changing the concept of archaeological heritage management in the digital age.
Heritage in the Context of Globalization. Europe and the Americas. New York: Springer, 2013 - (Biehl, P.; Prescott, C.), s. 95-101. Springer Briefs in Archaeology, 8. ISBN 978-1-4614-6076-3.
[Society of American Archaeology Annual Conference /76./. Sacramento (California) (US), 30.03.2011-03.04.2011]
R&D Projects: GA MK(CZ) DF12P01OVV032
Keywords : archaeological heritage * Neolithic * 3D scanning * virtual museum
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

The aim of this article is to demonstrate with the case study of the Neolithic site of Bylany in the Czech Republic the transformation of a large-scale and long-term archaeological project into a sustainable heritage management concept. This includes the preservation and dissemination of archaeological data as well as the creation of virtual spaces for the public and the archaeologists alike. After brief introduction of the site and project and its ground breaking use of a code-like system in the 1960s which allowed analyzing the data semi-automatically by punch cards, the article will contextualize a new research strategy with the new State Heritage Law of the Czech Republic and outline the potential of digital heritage including a 3D virtual museum of the site and the Neolithic culture which will comprise a digital catalogue along with a GIS map of the site, open access of 3D scans of artefacts and virtual reconstructions of Neolithic settlement, architecture and circular enclosures. The article will also provide an outlook on the potential of new digital technologies for open source databases to facilitate and promote knowledge transfer and sharing of archaeological data as part of a new conception of a national digital heritage within a globalized digital world.
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