New technology is revolutionizing the precise recording of history at
an ancient, lost city, bucking a tradition that has been in place for
centuries. University of Cincinnati researchers will present "The
Paperless Project: The Use of iPads in the Excavations at Pompeii"* at
the 39th annual international conference of Computer Applications and
Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). The conference takes place
April 12-16 in Beijing, China.
UC teams of archaeologists have spent more than a decade at the site
of the Roman city that was buried under a volcano in 79 AD. The project
is producing a complete archaeological analysis of homes, shops and
businesses at a forgotten area inside one of the busiest gates of
Pompeii, the Porta Stabia.
Through years of painstaking recording of their excavations, the
researchers are exploring the social and cultural scene of a lost city
and how the middle class neighborhood influenced Pompeian and Roman
culture.
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