NCPTT’s Archeology and Collections Program seeks to foster and develop technological innovations and applications that enhance the preservation of archeological sites, landscapes, materials, and collections.
Eons of the human past are unknown but for the record people left in the ground and across the landscape. Industrial and technological developments of the last two centuries have threatened this record to an unparalleled degree. Even the process of doing archaeology takes its toll on the very resources from which we seek to learn about the past. Modern technological innovations have, however, given us the capability of protecting these finite materials and places in ways that once were unimaginable.
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“Prospection in Depth” is held at El Presidio de San Francisco NCPTT held its third annual workshop on archeological prospection Sept. 16-20, 2008 at the historic Presidio in San Francisco. | 10/01/2008 |
Why Can’t We Just All Get Along? Connecting the Ground to the Adminisphere at the Remote Site Surveillance Meeting When organizing the Remote Site Surveillance meeting held last year, in August of 2008, one of the things I hoped to do was spark discussion about the administrative sustainability of surveillance/monitoring programs… | 03/31/2009 |
Wet Recovery Workshops NCPTT worked in conjunction with the American Institute for Conservation to produce the workshop series, “After the Storm: Recovery of Wet Collections,” which was held in March. | 04/17/2006 |
Webinar: Submerged Cultural Resources A free webinar session at the 29th International Submerged Lands Management Conference will address cultural resources. This session will cover issues surrounding the assessment of injury and damage to submerged cultural resources from oil or chemical spills, groundings, looting or any other man-made impact. The speakers will discuss the various methodologies that are used to conduct ... | 11/15/2010 |
Webinar trains Vanishing Treasures Personnel in high definition technology for archeology Texas Tech University and CyArk have produced a webinar to train Vanishing Treasures personnel in the use of High Definition tools in archeology. | 02/04/2009 |
Web Catalog Increases Access to NPS Museum Collections The National Park Service (NPS) Museum Management Program has re-launched its Web Catalog museum collections website. This project is an ongoing initiative that supports the Director’s Call to Action #17, “Go Digital” by providing online access to thousands of images and records from the NPS museum collections. | 01/16/2013 |
Video Preservation Website: Migration of Historic Video Tape to Digital Video Files (2007-13) This thorough website was built and designed as a clearinghouse of information on videotape preservation. | 11/08/2007 |
USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
USGBC Seeks Public Input on LEED The U. S. Green Building Council recently released a draft update on its LEED rating system and is seeking public input by January 14, 2011. | 12/21/2010 |
Use of Remote Sensing to Evaluate and Monitor the Condition of Prehistoric Earthen Structures (2000-14) The intent of the proposed research was to use historic aerial photographs to evaluate the effectiveness of using them as a data source to detect and document change in prehistoric earthen structures through time. There was some reason to believe that photogrammetric methods could serve as a basis for detecting changes in such archaeological remains, ... | 12/31/2000 |
U.S. Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Beyond the Territorial Sea: Problems and Prospects (2000-23) U.S. treatment of underwater cultural heritage beyond the territorial sea is analysed in light of Law of the Sea principles and the UNESCO Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Article published in 2000. | 12/31/2000 |
Two Additional 2012 PTT Grants Awarded Two additional grants totaling $50,000 were made to the following recipients. The Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center is receiving $25,000 to develop a symposium on the Conservation and Continuation of Native American Monumental Wood Carving. The California Preservation Foundation is receiving $25,000 to advance distance learning through the Preservation Virtual Classroom. | 09/19/2012 |
Turning the Wheel, or What Preserve America and Drugs Have in Common… Katrina, 9-11, and “other challenges mean the preservation of our historic resources…requires innovative and proactive approaches during the coming decades” (Preserve America p5). That, I think, is where our remote archaeological site surveillance event comes into its own, especially when you consider how clearly antiquities trade, narcotics trafficking, and terrorism are becoming linked. | 02/24/2009 |
Thin-Section Petrography Workshop a Success Under the microscope sat a thin section of the smaller Bamiyan Buddha from Afghanistan which was destroyed in 2001. As polarizing filters were placed in front of and behind the sample creating cross polarization, grains of large quartz, feldspars, chert, and other components sparkled in vivid color on a dark background. This technique is called ... | 04/03/2012 |
The Use of Multibeam Swath Bathymetry for the Identification and Assessment of Underwater Archaeological Sites This project was a two-phase approach to evaluating the use of multibeam swath bathymetry as a new tool for underwater archeology. | 06/18/2007 |
The Philosophy of In-use Musical Instrument Conservation (Podcast 28) In this edition of the podcast, we join NCPTT’s Anna Muto as she speaks with John Watson, Instruments Conservator and Associate Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Today they will discuss the special considerations of conservation when artifacts remain in use. | 01/23/2011 |
The North American Database and Website of Archaeological Geophysics (NADAG) (2000-21) “The North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics (NADAG) is a database and website under continuous development that aims to promote use, education, communication, and a knowledge base of the practice of archaeological geophysics in North America. It is maintained by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas at: www.cast.uark.edu/nadag.” (Excerpted ... | 12/31/2000 |
The Highest of High-Tech: A Sheet (or Three) of Paper As part of our Remote Site Surveillance event in August of 2008, which I’ve mentioned in the prior two blog posts, we are working to enhance the joint U.S. Forest Service-Louisiana Army National Guard’s “Site Vulnerability Assessment Model.” | 03/10/2009 |
Testing the Regional Reliability of Spectral Signatures of Archaeological Phenomena (2006-01) The research reported herein focuses on developing and testing predictive models based on the satellite remote-sensing (SRS) of prehistoric and historic archaeological phenomena. With advances in the resolution of satellite-borne imagery, such as IKONOS, and the availability of software designed to process such imagery, such as ENVI, archaeological predictive modeling is positioned to progress beyond ... | 12/31/2006 |
Technologies for Drying Archeological Wood from Shipwrecks (Podcast 14) In this edition of the Preservation Technology Podcast, we meet Eric Schindelholz, a conservator in private practice who specializes in metals and marine archaeological materials. Eric was the principal investigator for a PTT Grant Project that examined methods to dry waterlogged archaeological wood. | 02/16/2010 |
Technical Assistance in Archeology in Major Erosion NCPTT responded to a request by Cane River Creole National Historical Park for technical assistance in archeology. | 12/18/2006 |
Surviving Disaster: dPlan online software helps collections managers plan for the worst A good plan can determine whether a cultural collection survives a disaster or fades into memory. And while nature can be unpredictable, the online disaster-planning portal “dPlan” offers a streamlined, reliable way for institutions to protect their cultural collections. Created through funding by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, dPlan is a free, ... | 08/26/2011 |
Southeastern Archaeological Conference Student Paper Prize The Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) has hosted a competition each year since 1991 for the most outstanding paper submitted by a student about the prehistory, ethnohistory, or historical archaeology of the Southeast. | 07/18/2007 |
Shipwreck: America’s Underwater Heritage (2004-18) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
SHA 2009 Conference The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) will hold its annual conference entitled “The Ties That Divide: Trade, Conflict & Borders” from January 6-11, 2009 in Toronto, ON, Canada. | 12/31/2008 |
Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Second Life as an Archaeological Tool (Podcast 5) Today in The Preservation Technology Podcast, NCPTT visits with Ruth Tringham, one of the founders of the University of California Berkley the People in Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology at Berkley (MACTiA). As a professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkley Ruth uses an online virtual environment called Second Life ... | 06/18/2009 |
SAA Annual Meeting David Morgan, NCPTT archeology and collections chief, presented a paper at the Society of American Archeologists (SAA) annual meeting on burials excavated from Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. | 06/12/2006 |
Root of the Problem (1998-33) Neville Agnew of the Getty Conservation Institute speaks about the conservation of the hominid footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania. He lists three primary conservation topics that the general public will care about: Egyptology, dinosaurs, and human ancestry. | 09/22/2008 |
Role of Technology in Archeological Resource Protection The Louisiana Army National Guard has provided funding for NCPTT to host a workshop on the role of technology in archeological resource protection, especially in regard to remote site surveillance techniques. | 10/08/2007 |
Rocket Science and 3D Analyses in the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works This presentation was presented as the keynote address for the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012, Presidio, San Francisco, CA. Rocket Science and 3D Analyses in the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works More than sixty years ago development began on the nuclear-propelled ORION Spaceship destined for a manned mission to the planet Saturn. This ... | 10/29/2012 |
Rock-art Image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California: not the AD 1054 (Crab Nebula) supernova (1997-13) The visual manifestation of the recent Hale-Bopp comet reminds us how telling are those rare objects which suddenly flare in the sky. One can suppose ancient people living by natural light were more compellingly struck by the sight of comets and supernovae, and understandably researchers seek images of them in the shapes of rock-art motifs. ... | 12/31/1997 |
Rising from the Depths When Union ships sunk the English blockade runner Modern Greece off the coast of North Carolina in 1862, Confederates at nearby Fort Fisher wasted little time in salvaging munitions from the vessel. Nearly 150 years later, what they left behind is helping make history in preservation research. | 09/13/2007 |
Removal of Arsenic and Mercury Contamination in Museums using a Natural Environmentally Benign Chemical (2006-02) Some natural science specimens and ethnographic artifacts in museums were historically treated with arsenic and mercury salts. This has created an environmental concern for museum workers and the public who may be exposed to these toxins. In addition, museums are frequently being asked to return sacred objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ... | 12/31/2006 |
Reflectance Transformation Imaging Workshop, July 16-19, 2012 Cultural Heritage Imaging (C-H-I) is offering a four-day workshop on the use of reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) to document cultural heritage. The workshop will be held July 16-19, 2012 at the C-H-I offices in San Francisco, California. The new technique helps create digital representations of artifacts and sites. The workshop is a combination of lectures, demonstrations ... | 03/08/2012 |
Reflectance Transformation Imaging Workshop One of the biggest barriers to the rapid spread of cutting edge, innovative technologies in archeology is cost. Let’s face it: things that end in “-ometer” or “-oscopy” tend to be pricey. And if they are really new, or if their utility in some contexts has yet to be proven, the price remains in the stratosphere ... | 07/14/2009 |
Readings in Site Discovery and Site Evaluation (1995-14) This publication contains a number of readings that aid in the decision-making process involved with the discovery and evaluation of archeological sites. | 12/31/1995 |
pXRF Presentation at LAS/MAA NCPTT’s David W. Morgan and Jason Church presented preliminary results of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis of copper at the joint Louisiana Archaeological Society and Mississippi Archaeological Association meeting held from February 27-March 1, 2009 in Natchez, Miss. | 03/03/2009 |
PTT Grants research on aerial thermal infrared concludes Christopher Fennell of the University of Illinois recently concluded a study on the use of aerial thermal infrared technology to identify the infrastructural features of archeological sites. | 03/17/2009 |
PTT Grantees Make Time Team America Getting archeology onto the silver or flat screen has always been a tricky proposition: you have to entertain, but stick to the facts, all without encouraging site looting. One of the programs that seems to have done it, at least in the U.K., is Time Team. And now it’s coming to the ... | 07/09/2009 |
Protecting Gullah Land and Community: A Locative Media Website for Tourism, Community Planning and Education (2012-09) In its simplest form, locative media is a portal through which location can be connected to content. By delivering content directly to a hand-held GPS-enabled device, the interpretive material has the potential to create a visitor experience that is simultaneously self-directed, has low infrastructure costs, and has minimal negative impact to the local community and their cultural landscapes. However, ... | 11/16/2012 |
Prospection in Depth: September 16-20, 2008 NCPTT will hold its third annual workshop on archeological prospection Sept. 16-20, 2008, in San Francisco. | 06/10/2008 |
Prospection In Depth Online A beta web version of the NCPTT Summer Institute course, Prospection in Depth, is available online. | 10/20/2006 |
Prospection in Depth 2009 Limited Seating Still Available for Geophysics Workshop David Morgan, Chief of Archeology and Collections at the National Park Service National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, talks about the annual geophysics workshop course that we call Prospection in Depth Limited seating is still available for this five day course at the Presidio in San Francisco from August 4-8, 2009. The tuition of $499 ... | 07/01/2009 |
Prospection in Depth 2009 Prospection in Depth 2009, a course in archaeological geophysics, will be hosted from August 4-8, 2009 in partnership with the Presidio Trust at the site of El Presidio de San Francisco, in California. Register for this course online. | 05/25/2009 |
Prospection in Depth 2009 NCPTT and the Presidio Trust will present “Prospection in Depth 2009,” a workshop on geophysical prospection on August 4-8. | 03/24/2009 |
Prospection in Depth 2008: September 16-20, 2008, San Francisco Geophysical techniques like radar, magnetometry, conductivity, and resistivity are fast becoming essential archeological skills. | 02/05/2008 |
Prospection in Depth 2007 NCPTT hosted Prospection in Depth, a GPS, GIS, and Geophysical technologies workshop held June 18-23, 2007. | 08/10/2007 |
Prospection in Depth 2006 In June 2006 the NCPTT hosted “Prospection in Depth,” a Summer Institute training program in GIS, GPS, and remote sensing aimed at archaeology professionals and students around the country. Four instructors and 10 participants used the St. Anne and Whittington sites as learning laboratories. This group of 14 collected GPS and remote sensing data, analyzed ... | 04/19/2007 |
Prospection in Depth 2006 From June 6-23, 2006, NCPTT partnered with the NPS Midwest Archeology Center, the NPS Cultural Resources GIS laboratory, the University of Mississippi, and Northwestern State University of Louisiana to hold its first training program on non-destructive archeological prospection techniques. This intensive workshop is unique in that it uses data from an ongoing, mature grant-funded research ... | 06/26/2006 |
Prospection in Depth Annually NCPTT hosts “Prospection in Depth,” an integrated, holistic professional development workshop fusing GIS, GPS, and geophysical prospection. | 09/25/2008 |
Proposal to Reduce the Exposure to Light of Museum Objects Without Reducing Illuminance (2000-10) “Many types of museum exhibits are susceptible to damage caused by exposure to light, and current recommendations for museum lighting include avoidance of nonvisible radiant power (UV and IR), limitation of illumination level, and restriction of exposure duration. This article investigates the notion that the visual satisfaction provided by incandescent sources could be matched with significantly ... | 12/31/2000 |
Priorities for Natural History Collections Conservation Research: Results of a Survey of the SPNHC Membership (2001-02) The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is a multidisciplinary international organization composed of individuals and institutions who are interested in the development and preservation of natural history collections. Under the direction of the SPNHC Conservation Committee and its Research Subcommittee, the project coordinator surveyed the SPNHC membership by mail to develop ... | 12/31/2001 |
Preservation Symposium to Honor James Marston Fitch A symposium is being held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 9AM to 5PM to honor James Marston Fitch, a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Fitch was an architect, preservationist, and a founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. The topic for this year will be ... | 09/15/2009 |
Preservation of Human Dental Surface Micro-Topography with Three-Dimensional Non-Destructive Digital Imaging (2012-01) Human skeletal remains from archeological sites are often studied to determine historical information such as sex, age, and health, among other facts. The information from individuals can be used to better understand a population and the culture of a past people. With the aid of a Preservation Technology and Training Grant, Dr. Shannon Hodge at ... | 02/28/2012 |
Preparing Your Collection for a Disaster Preparing your collection for a disaster could greatly increase what survives. Northeast Document Conservation Center recommends to first prepare an emergency preparedness plan. This will allow your staff to respond quickly before, during and after a disaster with explict instructions that will provide the best practices for preparing and salvaging your collections. ... | 08/26/2011 |
Preparing Historic Buildings and Sites for a Disaster If any substantial changes are planned to prepare a historic building for a disaster please refer to the Secretary of Interiors Standards for the Treatment of Historic Structures and check with all local and state authorities before making any changes. This article provides information on disaster preparedness in the face of floods, high winds, hurricanes, wildfires, ... | 10/29/2012 |
Plasma extraction and AMS 14C dating of rock paintings (1997-14) We developed a plasma-chemical technique to remove carbon from rock paintings. This extraction is followed by accelerator mass spectrometric analysis of the 14C to yield direct estimates of the ages of rock paintings. We have demonstrated use of the technique on charcoal as well as iron and manganese pigmented paintings. Unfortunately, there are no rock paintings made ... | 12/31/1997 |
Petrographic Analysis for Conservation The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) and The Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD) in the University of Delaware’s School of Public Policy and Administration are partnering to host a two-day hands-on workshop on the uses of polarized light microscopy for the study of stone and ceramic cultural materials. The workshop ... | 11/15/2012 |
Origin of Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust in the Lower Pecos Region of Southwest Texas and its Significance to Paleoclimate Reconstructions (1996-03) A calcium oxalate (whewellite)-rich crust occurs on exposed limestone surfaces in dry rock and open air shelters in the Lower Pecos region of southwest Texas. | 12/31/1996 |
NPS Archeology Program Urban Archeology Corps In the pilot year of summer 2012, the NPS Archeology Program partnered with Groundwork Anacostia River DC to carry out the Urban Archeology Corps at Fort Mahan, one of the Fort Circle Parks and part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington. The work experience aimed to broaden urban youths’ knowledge about the communities east ... | 08/22/2012 |
New Technology, New Opportunities: Development of a National Chert Characterization Database (2012-03) The research funded by the NCPTT grant has begun the development of a broad chert database, to provide a mechanism for comparing artifacts to known chert sources. The development and publication on the web of this database will make possible comparisons from across the country. As more XRF instruments become available at research ... | 11/16/2012 |
New Research Priority for Archeology NCPTT has created a new research priority for its grants program targeting the field of archeology. | 11/01/2006 |
New Life for Native Artifacts Recent research reveals bacteria may be the biggest ally in the fight to preserve ancient artifacts from erosion and deterioration. | 03/01/2009 |
NCPTT’s Conservation Team Sources Copper On October 20, 2012, Jason Church, Curtis Desselles, and Tad Britt—National Center for Preservation Technology and Training—demonstrated copper sourcing using Native American copper fragments from the Gahagan site located in Louisiana. The team brought the portable x-ray fluorescence instrument, which identifies elemental analysis. This technology allows for “fingerprinting” the sample, which can then be compared ... | 10/22/2012 |
NCPTT Provides Archeology Technical Assistance to Louisiana State Exhibit Museum NCPTT recently provided technical assistance to the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport regarding concerns about the condition of several archeological copper objects associated with the Gahagan burials that were excavated in the 1930s. | 02/04/2008 |
NCPTT Archeologist Surveys Hurricane Sandy Effects. Tad Britt, NCPTT’s Chief of Archeology and Collections, spent 13-23 November in Staten Island and surrounding area surveying hurricane damage per Section 106 of the NHRP, as amended. Britt was part of the READ (research advisor) team who were deployed to investigate the park properties, which had been subjected to the ravenous effects of Hurricane ... | 11/26/2012 |
Nature of a Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust Associated with Pictographs in Southwest Texas (1999-17) A whewellite-rich rock crust covers vast areas of limestone inside dry rock shelters and under rock overhangs throughout the Lower Pecos Region in southwestern Texas (USA). | 12/31/1999 |
National Park Service Geophysics Training at Los Adaes (Podcast 4) David W. Morgan, Chief of Archeology and Collections at NCPTT, introduces the 19th annual National Park Service Geophysics course taught by Steve De Vore. This video includes a description of the course and commentary by participants. Steve has assembled about 10 different instructors and about 18-20 participants that are providing classroom opportunities at NCPTT and ... | 05/29/2009 |
National Park Service 2007 Archaeological Prospection Workshop The National Park Service’s 2007 workshop on archaeological prospection techniques entitled Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century will be held May 14-18, 2007, at the HAMMER Training Center, Richland, Washington. | 01/26/2007 |
Museum Lighting Protocols (1998-31) Museum conservators and the like are well acquainted with the fact that some types of museum exhibits are susceptible to damage caused by exposure to light. | 12/31/1998 |
Mound Chronology through Pedogenesis Sediments used to build earthworks break down into identifiable soil horizons over time. Previous and on-going studies show that older earthworks have a more developed soil sequence with a well defined and thick accumulation of clay. | 07/18/2007 |
Morgan Presents at Southeastern Archaeological Conference David Morgan, NCPTT Archeology and Collections chief, attended the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Little Rock. | 12/11/2006 |
Morgan Presents at Heritage of Africans in New World Colloquium David Morgan, Archeology and Collections program chief, presented “Plantation Pottery along the Cane River: Colonoware and Ethnicity” and “The Coincoin Plantation and African Architecture in Louisiana” at Abolition 2007. | 05/04/2007 |
Morgan Presents at From Slavery to Freedom Symposium “Contemporary Myths: Deconstructing the Late Colonial/Early American Creole Landscape at the Coincoin Plantation” | 04/02/2007 |
Morgan Lead Author on Paper in American Anthropologist David Morgan of NCPTT was the lead author of a peer-reviewed paper with Nancy I.M. Morgan (Cane River National Heritage Area) and Brenda Barrett (NPS) that appeared in the December issue of American Anthropologist. | 02/05/2007 |
Morgan Consults on Remote Cultural Site Monitoring, Surveillance and Risk Assessment On May 8, 2007 NCPTT’s David W. Morgan attended the annual government-to-government consultation meeting held at Marksville, Louisiana. | 06/12/2007 |
Morgan Co-Authors Paper The paper focused on the archeological and social implications of the translation of historic French documents spanning 1780-1810. | 01/22/2007 |
Morgan Attended the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks Protected Areas and Cultural Sites David Morgan attended the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites held in St. Paul, Minnesota from April 16-20. | 06/21/2007 |
Morgan at UK Abolition 2007 Celebration David Morgan of NCPTT has been asked to serve as a liaison between University College London and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology in coordinating an artifact loan for an exhibit. | 03/16/2007 |
Morgan and Simon Co-Host Advancing Remote Sensing Technology in the Discovery, Analysis, and Preservation of Cultural Resources NCPTT’s David W. Morgan and the University of Arizona’s Arleyn Simon co-hosted a symposium at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, held April 25-29 in Austin, Texas. | 06/15/2007 |
Morgan Accepted as ICOMOS Archeological Expert David W. Morgan has been accepted as an Expert Member of International Council on Monuments and Sites’ International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management. | 07/11/2007 |
More on Arrow- and Meth-Heads Back in Blog 2, “Turning the Wheel…,” I was tracing the strange but true link between methamphetamines and antiquities theft. Turns out I’m not the only person with this on their mind. | 03/05/2009 |
Mobile XRF in Museums NCPTT’s David W. Morgan participated in “Mobile XRF in Museums: Applications for Anthropology and Natural History Collections.” | 07/30/2007 |
Midwest Archeological Center Workshop NCPTT contributed funds to support the Midwest Archeological Center’s annual workshop on geophysical prospection. | 06/26/2006 |
Methodology Report for a Multimedia Approach to Training Staff in Simple Book Repair (1997-26) Simple book repair was defined as those repairs meeting the following criteria: the repair could be completed in a relatively short period of time, required a relatively low level of conservation skill and experience, and could be accomplished with available tools and supplies. | 12/31/1997 |
Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites PTT Grant MT-2210-05-NC-09, Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites. | 06/15/2007 |
Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites This project will devise protocols for the fusion of commercially available synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data with commercially available multispectral data for the inventory of archaeological sites. | 08/14/2007 |
Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites (2007-11) The need is clear for rapid, wide-area, planning level inventories of archaeological sites, which are disappearing rapidly because of development and looting. Inventory makes preservation through monitoring and proactive planning possible. Successful protocols for the use of sophisticated synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technologies for such inventories in certain environments were formulated recently. | 12/31/2007 |
Louisiana Archeology Week On October 4, NCPTT hosted one of the statewide activities celebrating Louisiana Archaeology Week. | 11/11/2007 |
Louisiana Archaeological Society Annual Meeting Morgan discussed the results of his recent NEH-funded archaeological investigations at the Louisiana Archaeological Society’s annual meeting held on March 4 in Monroe. | 03/23/2006 |
Links Educators may find the following resources useful in teaching heritage education in the classroom. | 04/17/2007 |
LiDAR Surveyor: A Tool for Automated Archaeological Feature Extraction from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Elevation Data (2012-07) This report presents the results of a project undertaken by the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (UI-OSA) to develop and test LiDAR Surveyor, a feature extraction model to be used with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Bare-earth Digital Elevation Models (BE DEM) to identify conical, compound and, to a lesser extent, effigy ... | 11/17/2012 |
Lichens: The Challenge for Rock Art Conservation Debra Elaine Dandridge, Lichens: The Challenge for Rock Art Conservation, a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University. | 08/13/2007 |
KeckCAVES, Immersive 3D Visualization System for Cultural Sites (Podcast 41) In this episode, we join NCPTT’s Jason Church as he speaks with Marshall Millet, owner of MMars 4-D. Today they are talking about Millet’s work with U.C. Davis and the KeckCAVES visualization facility. | 02/15/2013 |
June 2007 NCPTT Archeology Workshops in GIS GPS and Ground Truthing in Natchitoches, Louisiana NCPTT will present two workshops in June featuring high-level technology in the archeology field. | 05/17/2007 |
Judy Bense Recommended for Interim President of University of West Florida Dr. Judy Bense, Chair of the Preservation Technology and Training board at NCPTT, has been recommended to serve as the interim President of the University of West Florida. | 06/26/2008 |
Investigating the Whittington and Ailhaud St Anne Sites with Ground Penetrating Radar A Summary of Results from the 2006 and 2007 Field Seasons Bryan S. Haley Center for Archaeological Research University of Mississippi Introduction As part of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) Prospection in Depth Workshop, the University of Mississippi Center for Archaeological Research conducted a geophysical survey of the Whittington (16NA241) and Ailhaud St. Anne Site (16NA529) ... | 09/25/2008 |
Image Recovery of Worn-Off Hallmarks on Silver and Gold Objects (2004-02) The name of the silversmith, the date of manufacture, the quality of the metal alloy, as well as other information can be determined from the study of the hallmarks. | 12/31/2004 |
Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01) Near-surface geophysical techniques, including ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, electrical resistivity, and electromagnetic conductivity, have become primary tools in the detection of unmarked human interments. | 04/15/2009 |
I-Sites: An Online Database and GIS for Iowa Archaeology (2003-02) I-Sites contributes to information management in historic preservation in Iowa by resolving the all-too-often-overlooked need to keep preservation-related databases current with existing and ever-growing knowledge. It empowers users to record new archaeological data, giving those who most urgently need the data an active role in keeping it current. It provides government agencies, planners, professional researchers, ... | 07/14/2006 |
Hurricane Sandy Archeological Investigations NCPTT Archeologist Tad Britt spent 13-23 November 2012 in the New York and New Jersey areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. Britt, temporarily based out of Ft Wadsworth, NY, conducted archeological and cultural resources inventory of the Park units affected by Hurricane Sandy. Areas inspected by Britt included: Jamaica Bay, NY, Morristown, NJ, Fire ... | 03/12/2013 |
Hurricane Katrina and Traditional Places in Preservation Law Hurricane Katrina and its massive destruction drew attention to the commonplace markers on the landscape that create sense of place for a community. | 07/18/2007 |
Historic Resource Surveys and the Internet (1999-10) This manual teaches communities and neighborhoods how to complete their own historic resource surveys and share that information quickly. | 09/22/2008 |
Historic Preservation Training by and for Indian Tribes: Report of a Workshop on Tribal Needs and Priorities (1996-11) A growing number of Native American tribes are establishing cultural preservation offices and museums. Among their responsibilities is preservation of archeological sites and artifacts. | 09/22/2008 |
Hiprotect at Joshua Tree National Park (1998-18) PSTU was awarded a grant by NCPTT to install and test HIPROTECT, a prototype archaeological sitemonitoring system designed for a desert environment. | 12/31/1998 |
High Definition Heritage Network Webinar Approximately 90 people attended a NCPTT-funded webinar on high definition documentation in archeology on Nov. 14 and 15. | 01/22/2008 |
High Definition Documentation of Archaeological Structures (2008-10) Existing conditions documentation of archaeological structures can be cut by 60% and can improve the accuracy and fidelity of the documentation by using scanning technology. This would optimize valuable human and financial resources for archaeologist and preservation specialist working to save our ‘Vanishing Treasures’. | 12/31/2008 |
Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society The Southeast Archeological Center and Hamline University used funds provided by NCPTT to host a four-day workshop in November called “Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society.” | 01/29/2008 |
Heritage Values The Past in Contemporary Society CPTT has agreed to provide partial support for the “Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society” workshop proposed jointly by NPS’ Southeast Archeological Center and Hamline University. | 09/15/2007 |
Heritage Education Archeology Workshop NCPTT’s Heritage Education and Archeology and Collections programs are developing a workshop in conjunction with Dr. John Jameson of the NPS Southeast Archeology Center. | 12/29/2006 |
Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-Dimensional Computer Mapping in the American Southwest (1998-36) New techniques of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) acquisition and computer processing were tested at archaeological sites in the American Southwest and found to be highly effective in producing images of buried archaeological features. | 12/31/1998 |
Geophysics Symposium On April 26, 2007 NCPTT and the Archaeological Preservation Technology Research Consortium (APTRC) will host a symposium on archaeological remote sensing at the 72nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The APTRC was created with support from NCPTT, and its mission is to foster technology-oriented collaborations between universities and federal agencies with the ... | 02/01/2007 |
Geophysical and Laser Scan Surveys at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (2012-06) Geophysical and laser scan surveys were conducted at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (NHS), Cambridge, Massachusetts in August, 2011. This work was undertaken as part of the Archaeological Survey Technology, Data Integration, and Applications (ASTDA) Workshop. This workshop was funded by the National Center for Preservation Technology Training and supported by the Joukowsky ... | 11/16/2012 |
Fourier Transform Raman Spectrographic Studies Of Prehistoric Rock Paintings from Big Bend (1999-14) A resurgence of interest in prehistoric rock art has occurred recently owing to advances in analytical techniques that provide information on the composition of ancient paints and the natural man”ices surrounding the paints. The greatest problem in studying ancient rock art was the inability to affiliate the artifacts to specific cultures. which severely limited our ... | 12/31/1999 |
Fountain Fundamentals, an Ever Evolving Conservation Collaboration The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training in partnership with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and conservator Martin Burke announces a two day conference on the conservation of fountains. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri will host the conference which includes presented papers, poster presentations, and discussion sessions on July 10-11, ... | 11/27/2012 |
Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-dimensional Computer Mapping (1998-04) New techniques of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) acquisition and computer processing were tested at buried archaeological sites in the American Southwest. | 12/31/1998 |
Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Evolution in Project Workflow – Is High Definition Survey the Missing Link? – Brandon C. Friske This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Evolution in Project Workflow – Is High Definition Survey the Missing Link? There is a major shift occurring in the preservation and building industry today. It was only 30 years ago that architects and engineers where designing ... | 10/18/2012 |
Evaluation of Remote Sensing Tools for the Estimation of Interior Wyoming Basin Cultural Landscape Attributes Using Archived Satellite Imagery and Off-the-Shelf Software Archaeologists have been using aerial photography and satellite imagery to locate and document large, high-contrast archaeological features since inception. But, what about smaller, low-contrast features utilized by past humans such as root patches and terrace cobble deposits? | 08/14/2007 |
Evaluation of Conservation and Preservation Practices in a Southwest Pottery Collection (2009-04) A variety of materials and methods have been used to preserve ceramic vessels. Many have proven successful, while others are damaging. Monitoring and evaluation of past treatments is a documented research priority in the conservation field. The Arizona State Museum (ASM) has examined, recorded and analyzed the performance of past treatments on ... | 12/31/2009 |
Evaluation and Monitoring of Culturally Appropriate Treatments for Vandalism at Rock Image Sites (2007-14) This report details work done to enhance the understanding of Tribal concerns and interests regarding the conservation of rock image cultural heritage sites. The work pertains to Tribes located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The study included research into past treatments at these sites and a survey of various Tribal groups to ... | 09/05/2007 |
Evaluating Sites with Late 19th & Early 20th Century Components for Eligibility in the National Register of Historic Places: Using Turn-of-the-Century Whitewares as Economic Indicators in Assessing Collections and Developing Contexts (1996-10) Late nineteenth and early twentieth century sites are commonly encountered during archaeological surveys in the United States. | 12/31/1996 |
Establishing an Elemental Baseline for Sourcing Shell and Shell-Tempered Artifacts in the Eastern Woodlands of North America using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): Final Report (2009-02) This project involved developing a new method for using the chemical content of freshwater mussel shell as a means of sourcing prehistoric, shell-tempered pottery and shell artifacts to their places of origin. By extension, this means that prehistoric trade and exchange networks can be mapped out. Because each waterway is chemically different to some extent, ... | 12/31/2009 |
Effect of Water on Lower Pecos River Rock Paintings in Texas (1998-22) In 1998, NCPTT partially funded a research project that involved an investigation of rock paintings in the Lower Pecos River area of Texas. Rock Art Research, the journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) and the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO), communicated results which were published by Elmo J. Mawk and ... | 12/31/1998 |
Drying Waterlogged Archeological Wood Artifacts Complete Eric Shindelholz, formerly The Mariners’ Museum, successfully concluded his grant research and submitted his final deliverables regarding his project to investigate the use of emerging technologies for drying waterlogged archeological wood artifacts. | 05/10/2007 |
Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Documentation of Timbisha Shoshone Traditional Cultural Sites Using Video and GIS Technology The grant allowed for documentation of traditional language, foods, music and the cultural landscapes associated with the Timbisha Shoshone people in their aboriginal territories. | 01/01/2009 |
Digital Videography: Recording, Preserving, and Disseminating Archaeological Data (1999-18) The resulting images constitute a database for three-dimensional modeling and analysis, museum exhibits, video production, and broadcast journalism. | 12/31/1999 |
Digital Survey Methods in Archeology (Podcast 9) Today we join NCPTT’s David Morgan as he speaks to Graeme Earl of the University of South Hampton in the UK about digital survey methods in archeology and “born digital” records. Download Episode 9 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes. | 09/03/2009 |
Digital Preservation of Documents at the Library of Congress (Podcast 20) In this episode of the Preservation Technology Podcast, Kit Arrington, digital library specialist at the Library of Congress, discusses how the Library of Congress digitizes and shares documents online for longterm public access. | 06/02/2010 |
Development of High-Resolution, Digital, Color and Infrared Photographic Methods for Preserving Imagery on Hopewellian Copper Artifacts (2000-22) Prehistoric Hopewellian peoples of Ohio (ca. 150 B.C. – A.D. 400) produced fine geometric and representational art that played central roles in their social organization and religious practices. | 12/31/2000 |
Development of a Technique for Buried Site Detection Using a Down-Hole Soil Magnetic Instrument (2003-05) This project has advanced a geophysical approach for identifying buried archaeological sites that combines recently developed down-hole magnetic capabilities with laboratory soil magnetic techniques. Down-hole magnetic susceptibility measurements allow the effective location of paleosols while soil magnetic studies are used to evaluate whether an associated human occupation is likely. This combined geophysical approach ... | 12/31/2003 |
Development of a Micro-fading Tester with Near-UV Capability (2011-09) Paul Whitmore, director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Art Conservation Research Center (ACRC), has developed a portable device that can be used to determine how exposure to visible light and ultraviolet (UV) rays affect the colors on a work of art, providing vital information that can be used to better preserve the artwork. | 12/31/2011 |
Development of a Handheld Metal Tester Using Eddy Current Technology NCPTT’s Curtis Deselles, a graduate student in the Masters of Heritage Resources program at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, is developing a handheld metal tester using eddy current technology. | 08/01/2008 |
Development and Implementation of the Internet Accessible Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG) Spectral Database (2003-03) In 2003, the Infrared and Raman Users Group received NCPTT support to develop and implement an online collaborative database and bibliography of high quality infrared reference spectra. Currently, the database contains over 1250 spectra of oils, waxes, natural and synthetic resins, dyes, pigments, proteins, gums, and minerals. | 12/31/2003 |
Development and Implementation of a Rapid Low-Cost Photogrammetric Data Archival System for Artifact and Osteological Inventory (1996-05) This report discusses the feasibility and processes necessary to utilize photogrammetric techniques and photogrammetric software in order to be able to gather metric data from softcopy three-dimensional images. | 12/31/1996 |
Designing the Lidar Mission for Industrial Heritage: Cooperation Across the Fields This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Designing the LiDAR Mission for Industrial Heritage: Cooperation Across the Fields Heritage managers and digital documentarians may observe the same subject, but observe it through a contrasting set of filters. The focus of this paper is to ... | 12/11/2012 |
Delivering Archeological Information Electronically (2000-02) Like archeological information on paper, the archeological information we get in digital form must be both appropriate and trustworthy. The forms we can obtain must be the right ones for the job — cost effective and usable. At the same time, what we receive — capta, information, knowledge or summary — must be dependable, resulting ... | 12/31/2000 |
David Morgan presents research at Southeastern Archaeological Conference NCPTT staff recently presented the results of initial research on the applicability of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) to copper artifact elemental composition studies at the 56th annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. | 12/30/2008 |
Creation of a Web-accessible Database of the Comparative Plant Fiber Collection (2010-02) This database of micrographs of textile fibers acquired through the use of multiple microscopic techniques contains 145 collections with 1404 individual files, and requires 23GB of storage space. Each file contains a high resolution image with text fields that delineate image location and size, image collection information, microscopy technique and details of the features presented ... | 10/06/2010 |
Creating a Digital Archive for Cultural Landscapes: Recordation of Montana’s Tongue River Valley Montana Preservation Alliance proposes to create a digital archive of the rich cultural landscape that is the Tongue River Valley. | 08/14/2007 |
Course on Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage, 2011 ICCROM, in conjunction with the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, will present a course on managing and reducing risks to cultural heritage. The course is designed for a maximum of 30 participants and is targeted to conservators, architects, archeologists, archivists, conservation scientists, collection managers, registrars, curators (in museums, archives, historic houses), ... | 11/12/2010 |
Coordinate Measurement of Ships and Smallcraft (1999-06) This manual is meant to help the operator through the measurement of watercraft using the Sokkia total station. The vessels to be measured can vary in size from small boats to full sized ships. | 09/22/2008 |
Controlled Archaeological Test Site Facility in Illinois: Training and Research in Archaeogeophysics (1999-31) A Controlled Archaeological Test Site (CATS) facility has been constructed in Champaign, Illinois, by the Cultural Resources Research Center at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, with funding provided by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. The test site will be utilized for research and training with geophysical applications ... | 12/31/1999 |
Computerizing Arizona’s Cultural Resource Files Implementation Plan (1997-11) This report represents the “end of the beginning” of a multi-year project to computerize archaeological and historical site files for the state of Arizona. | 12/31/1997 |
Close Range Photogrammetry vs. 3D Scanning for Archaeological Documentation This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Close Range Photogrammetry vs. 3D Scanning for Archaeological Documentation The proliferation of terrestrial laser scanners on the market over the past few years has been accompanied by a rapid adoption of the technology by archaeologists. This increased archaeological use ... | 11/06/2012 |
Church and Morgan Represent NCPTT at Louisiana Preservation Alliance Jason Church and David W. Morgan represented NCPTT at the Louisiana Preservation Alliance annual meeting, held May 5, 2007 in Monroe, Louisiana. | 05/01/2007 |
Assessment of Handheld Multibeam Sonar Imagery for the Study of Submerged Cultural Resources (2011-04) The adaptation of existing imaging sonars for use on underwater sites will have widespread applicability to the nation’s thousands of submerged archaeological sites located in turbid waters that make detailed archaeological documentation impractical. LCMM has prototyped the feasibility and methodologies for this technology using a Blue View DF900-2250 Dual Frequency Miniature Multibeam Imaging System on ... | 12/31/2011 |
Arizona Archaeological Council’s Native Americans and Archaeology Workshop (1994-02) The workshop focused on oral tradition and archeological interpretation and the role of Native Americans in archeology. | 09/22/2008 |
Archive of Digital Data for HABS, HAER, and HALS Video in Production This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Archive of Digital Data for HABS, HAER, and HALS The NPS creates a variety of documents and records, such as inventory and monitoring plans, drawings, photographs, and conservation treatment records, to assist in the planning, ... | 11/06/2012 |
Archeology: Prospection in Depth 2008 The Presidio Trust and NCPTT have agreed to jointly promote NCPTT’s “Prospection in Depth 2008,” a workshop that focuses on cutting-edge applications of geographic information systems and geophysical technologies for identifying archeological sites and site features. | 02/02/2008 |
Archeology Goes HD New methods could speed archeological documentation time by 60 percent | 12/01/2008 |
Archeological prospection workshop to be held at NCPTT May 18-22, 2009 Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century. There is a registration charge of $475.00 | 05/12/2008 |
Archaeological Survey Technologies, Data, Integration, and Applications Workshop and Seminar, Longfellow House – Washington’s National Headquarters, National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA (2012-05) The Archaeological Survey Technologies, Data Integration, and Applications (ASTDA) Workshop and Seminar introduced new methods for the integration and visualization of noninvasive geophysical and 3D laser scanning survey methods as a tool for historic site preservation and management. The Workshop and Seminar were hosted at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, MA. The ... | 11/16/2012 |
Archaeological Site Revegetation, Organochloride Based Pesticides, PCBs and Their Relationships to Resource Preservation and Protection (1998-15) Archaeological sites are being lost or significantly degraded due to natural and cultural impacts that have greatest effect upon exposed or unconsolidated surfaces. | 12/31/1998 |
APTRC Holds Second Meeting On April 26th, one day in advance of the Society for American Archaeology meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, NCPTT hosted the second meeting of the Archeological Preservation Technology Research Consortium. | 05/30/2006 |
Applying Infrared Thermography for the Purpose of Identifying Concealed Wood Framing Member Type and Subsurface Anomalies with Intended Application Towards Historic Structures (2008-06) New procedures and protocols were developed relying primarily on previous studies as well as successes achieved throughout the research process. The resulting protocols as well as results are therefore in need of further refinement, however they have provided the proof of concept necessary to continue and expand research into field testing and various wall configurations. | 09/22/2008 |
Application of Complementary Geophysical Survey Techniques in the Search for Fort Louis at Old Mobile: A Comparative Case Study (2004-20) In 2004, NCPTT supported the Friends of Mobile with funding to enable the application of two geophysical survey methods: electrical resistance and ground penetrating radar. Building on past research, a goal of the project was comparing the applicability of five remote sensing methods through ground truthing test excavations. | 12/31/2004 |
Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation (1997-06) In the video, the hull of the Civil War warship USS Monitor is recreated digitally. It is then put in simulated physics environments where different aspects of its operation can be studied. | 09/22/2007 |
Anna Johnson Presents NCPTT Research at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Anna Johnson, a high-school junior at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, took NCPTT research to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Atlanta, Ga. on May 11-16. | 06/17/2008 |
An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze-Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood A new preservation technique involving the use of supercritical fluids to dry waterlogged archaeological wood will be investigated and compared to current preservation treatments. | 08/14/2007 |
An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04) This study evaluates the physical effects of drying waterlogged archaeological wood using supercritical carbon dioxide as compared to air drying and the polyethlene gylcol (PEG)/freeze drying method. | 12/22/2007 |
An Evaluation of Archeological Applications of Mapping Grade Global Positioning Systems (1999-03) Collecting and analyzing spatially defined data is a core component of archaeological research and has become increasingly effective with GPS, mapping and GIS hardware and software. | 12/31/1999 |
Aerial Thermal Survey of New Philadelphia, Illinois Town Site (2009-03) New Philadelphia, Illinois was the first town platted and legally registered by an African American in the United States. Founded by Frank McWorter, a former slave, in 1836, this town grew as a demographically integrated community through the late nineteenth century. The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) awarded funding of $14,800 to ... | 12/31/2009 |
Advances in Computational Photograph Techniques for Cultural, Historic, and Natural History Materials This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Advances in Computational Photograph Techniques for Cultural, Historic, and Natural History Materials This talk presents advances in robust new imaging tools from the emerging science known as Computational Photography. The common feature of the computational photography imaging ... | 01/25/2013 |
Advanced Technology-Based Archeology Training NCPTT has responded to the emerging need for advanced technology-based archaeology training with “Prospection in Depth,” a training series that will be held Sept. 16-20 in partnership with the Presidio Trust at the site of El Presidio de San Francisco. | 08/01/2008 |
A Paleoclimate Reconstruction for Southwestern Texas Using Oxalate Residue from Lichen as a Paleoclimate Proxy (2000-11) A calcium oxalate rock coating is ubiquitous on limestone surfaces inside dry rock shelters and under rock overhangs within the canyons of the southwestern Edwards Plateau in southwestern Texas. | 12/31/2000 |
A New Approach to Geophysics Pedagogy The “Prospection in Depth” course, currently in its second iteration, offers a new approach to archaeological pedagogy, incorporating multiple geophysical techniques, hands-on equipment use, and data collection at genuine archaeological sites. | 07/18/2007 |
A Magnetic Susceptibility Logger for Archaeological Application (2000-09) prototype instrument developed for archaeological application logs volume magnetic susceptibility down a small-diameter (ca. 2.2 cm) core-hole made with a push-tube corer. Measurements can be made rapidly, approximately 10 times faster than collecting samples either by coring or from an exposed section, to depths of 1.6 m below the surface. | 10/05/2000 |
A Flea among Elephants: Surveillance & Preserve America In 2006 the White House launched Preserve America. Parallel to this, on a much tinier scale, was an event on the use of surveillance equipment for remote archaeological site surveillance. In its own humble fashion this little cog actually helps turn the enormous Preserve America wheel. | 02/19/2009 |
A Better Picture of the Past Using New Technologies Can chemistry lead to better understanding of archeological objects? Ask Dr. Evan Peacock from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University. With funding from NCPTT, Peacock is using an analytical technique called Laser Ablation-inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyzing spoons made of freshwater mussel shell. Spoons like these were used to smooth pottery ... | 02/01/2011 |
3D Technology and the H.I. Hunley: Beyond Documentation – Christopher Watters Since raising the H.L. Hunley submarine (1863) from the seabed in 2000, the project has incorporated 3D technologies including laser scanning, patterned light scanning, Vulcan point system, and computer modeling. Archaeologists developed the use of 3D technologies primarily for site plan development and artifact documentation. As the project progressed, conservators found other applications for the ... | 10/18/2012 |
3D Scanning, Rome Reborn and Virtual Ancient Worlds on Google Earth (Podcast 16) In this edition of the Preservation Technology Podcast, NCPTT’s Jeff Guin speaks with Bernard Frischer about 3D digital documentation of historic resources and the project, “Rome Reborn.” | 03/30/2010 |
3D Digital Rock Art Documentation and Preservation Workshop (2009-05) Cultural Heritage Imaging developed a comprehensive training program for 3D digital rock art documentation and preservation, based on state-of-the-art computational photography techniques that are emerging as the next generation of cultural heritage tools for use both in the field and in museums. | 12/31/2009 |
3D Digital Rock Art Documentation and Preservation (Podcast 13) In this edition of the Preservation Technology Podcast, we’ll meet Carla Schroer of Cultural Heritage Imaging. The non-profit organization recently used a PTT Grant to hold a workshop on 3D digital rock art documentation and preservation. | 02/03/2010 |
3D Digital Documentation Summit July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California NCPTT in conjunction with the Presidio Trust and the Friends of NCPTT will host a three day summit on digital documentation for the preservation of cultural heritage. The program features two days of contributed papers and a poster session, followed by a third day of field ... | 03/01/2012 |
3D Data Recordation and Immersive Visualization: Considerations for Creative Mitigation Practices This poster was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Fransisco, CA. See Poster full detail and size 3D Data Recordation and Immersive Visualization: Considerations for Creative Mitigation Practices The proposed presentation approaches the potential of 3d data collection and analysis in an immersive 3d visualization system, emphasizing digital format ... | 01/23/2013 |
2013 Summer Internships It’s more than just a job… it’s your future. Get hands-on experience and build your resume while preserving the history of our country. Summer internships at NCPTT provide students and recent graduates an opportunity to undertake laboratory or field research in archeology, architecture, engineering, collections management, historic landscapes, and materials science. What do interns do? Interns work in ... | 12/20/2012 |
2007 Southeast Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop NCPTT and the University of West Florida will host the Southeast Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop on October 23-25 at St. Michaels Cemetery in Pensacola, Fla. | 09/05/2007 |
$165,415 Released for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program More than $165,000 will fund research to protect America’s historic legacy as part of the National Center for Preservation Technology & Training’s PTT Grants program. | 07/09/2008 |
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LiDAR Surveyor: A Tool for Automated Archaeological Feature Extraction from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Elevation Data (2012-07) This report presents the results of a project undertaken by the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (UI-OSA) to develop and test LiDAR Surveyor, a feature extraction model to be used with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Bare-earth Digital Elevation Models (BE DEM) to identify conical, compound and, to a lesser extent, effigy ... | 11/17/2012 |
Protecting Gullah Land and Community: A Locative Media Website for Tourism, Community Planning and Education (2012-09) In its simplest form, locative media is a portal through which location can be connected to content. By delivering content directly to a hand-held GPS-enabled device, the interpretive material has the potential to create a visitor experience that is simultaneously self-directed, has low infrastructure costs, and has minimal negative impact to the local community and their cultural landscapes. However, ... | 11/16/2012 |
Geophysical and Laser Scan Surveys at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (2012-06) Geophysical and laser scan surveys were conducted at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (NHS), Cambridge, Massachusetts in August, 2011. This work was undertaken as part of the Archaeological Survey Technology, Data Integration, and Applications (ASTDA) Workshop. This workshop was funded by the National Center for Preservation Technology Training and supported by the Joukowsky ... | 11/16/2012 |
Archaeological Survey Technologies, Data, Integration, and Applications Workshop and Seminar, Longfellow House – Washington’s National Headquarters, National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA (2012-05) The Archaeological Survey Technologies, Data Integration, and Applications (ASTDA) Workshop and Seminar introduced new methods for the integration and visualization of noninvasive geophysical and 3D laser scanning survey methods as a tool for historic site preservation and management. The Workshop and Seminar were hosted at the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, MA. The ... | 11/16/2012 |
New Technology, New Opportunities: Development of a National Chert Characterization Database (2012-03) The research funded by the NCPTT grant has begun the development of a broad chert database, to provide a mechanism for comparing artifacts to known chert sources. The development and publication on the web of this database will make possible comparisons from across the country. As more XRF instruments become available at research ... | 11/16/2012 |
Preservation of Human Dental Surface Micro-Topography with Three-Dimensional Non-Destructive Digital Imaging (2012-01) Human skeletal remains from archeological sites are often studied to determine historical information such as sex, age, and health, among other facts. The information from individuals can be used to better understand a population and the culture of a past people. With the aid of a Preservation Technology and Training Grant, Dr. Shannon Hodge at ... | 02/28/2012 |
Assessment of Handheld Multibeam Sonar Imagery for the Study of Submerged Cultural Resources (2011-04) The adaptation of existing imaging sonars for use on underwater sites will have widespread applicability to the nation’s thousands of submerged archaeological sites located in turbid waters that make detailed archaeological documentation impractical. LCMM has prototyped the feasibility and methodologies for this technology using a Blue View DF900-2250 Dual Frequency Miniature Multibeam Imaging System on ... | 12/31/2011 |
Development of a Micro-fading Tester with Near-UV Capability (2011-09) Paul Whitmore, director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Art Conservation Research Center (ACRC), has developed a portable device that can be used to determine how exposure to visible light and ultraviolet (UV) rays affect the colors on a work of art, providing vital information that can be used to better preserve the artwork. | 12/31/2011 |
Creation of a Web-accessible Database of the Comparative Plant Fiber Collection (2010-02) This database of micrographs of textile fibers acquired through the use of multiple microscopic techniques contains 145 collections with 1404 individual files, and requires 23GB of storage space. Each file contains a high resolution image with text fields that delineate image location and size, image collection information, microscopy technique and details of the features presented ... | 10/06/2010 |
Aerial Thermal Survey of New Philadelphia, Illinois Town Site (2009-03) New Philadelphia, Illinois was the first town platted and legally registered by an African American in the United States. Founded by Frank McWorter, a former slave, in 1836, this town grew as a demographically integrated community through the late nineteenth century. The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) awarded funding of $14,800 to ... | 12/31/2009 |
3D Digital Rock Art Documentation and Preservation Workshop (2009-05) Cultural Heritage Imaging developed a comprehensive training program for 3D digital rock art documentation and preservation, based on state-of-the-art computational photography techniques that are emerging as the next generation of cultural heritage tools for use both in the field and in museums. | 12/31/2009 |
Establishing an Elemental Baseline for Sourcing Shell and Shell-Tempered Artifacts in the Eastern Woodlands of North America using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): Final Report (2009-02) This project involved developing a new method for using the chemical content of freshwater mussel shell as a means of sourcing prehistoric, shell-tempered pottery and shell artifacts to their places of origin. By extension, this means that prehistoric trade and exchange networks can be mapped out. Because each waterway is chemically different to some extent, ... | 12/31/2009 |
Evaluation of Conservation and Preservation Practices in a Southwest Pottery Collection (2009-04) A variety of materials and methods have been used to preserve ceramic vessels. Many have proven successful, while others are damaging. Monitoring and evaluation of past treatments is a documented research priority in the conservation field. The Arizona State Museum (ASM) has examined, recorded and analyzed the performance of past treatments on ... | 12/31/2009 |
Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01) Near-surface geophysical techniques, including ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, electrical resistivity, and electromagnetic conductivity, have become primary tools in the detection of unmarked human interments. | 04/15/2009 |
High Definition Documentation of Archaeological Structures (2008-10) Existing conditions documentation of archaeological structures can be cut by 60% and can improve the accuracy and fidelity of the documentation by using scanning technology. This would optimize valuable human and financial resources for archaeologist and preservation specialist working to save our ‘Vanishing Treasures’. | 12/31/2008 |
Coordinate Measurement of Ships and Smallcraft (1999-06) This manual is meant to help the operator through the measurement of watercraft using the Sokkia total station. The vessels to be measured can vary in size from small boats to full sized ships. | 09/22/2008 |
Root of the Problem (1998-33) Neville Agnew of the Getty Conservation Institute speaks about the conservation of the hominid footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania. He lists three primary conservation topics that the general public will care about: Egyptology, dinosaurs, and human ancestry. | 09/22/2008 |
Arizona Archaeological Council’s Native Americans and Archaeology Workshop (1994-02) The workshop focused on oral tradition and archeological interpretation and the role of Native Americans in archeology. | 09/22/2008 |
Applying Infrared Thermography for the Purpose of Identifying Concealed Wood Framing Member Type and Subsurface Anomalies with Intended Application Towards Historic Structures (2008-06) New procedures and protocols were developed relying primarily on previous studies as well as successes achieved throughout the research process. The resulting protocols as well as results are therefore in need of further refinement, however they have provided the proof of concept necessary to continue and expand research into field testing and various wall configurations. | 09/22/2008 |
Historic Resource Surveys and the Internet (1999-10) This manual teaches communities and neighborhoods how to complete their own historic resource surveys and share that information quickly. | 09/22/2008 |
Historic Preservation Training by and for Indian Tribes: Report of a Workshop on Tribal Needs and Priorities (1996-11) A growing number of Native American tribes are establishing cultural preservation offices and museums. Among their responsibilities is preservation of archeological sites and artifacts. | 09/22/2008 |
Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites (2007-11) The need is clear for rapid, wide-area, planning level inventories of archaeological sites, which are disappearing rapidly because of development and looting. Inventory makes preservation through monitoring and proactive planning possible. Successful protocols for the use of sophisticated synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technologies for such inventories in certain environments were formulated recently. | 12/31/2007 |
An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04) This study evaluates the physical effects of drying waterlogged archaeological wood using supercritical carbon dioxide as compared to air drying and the polyethlene gylcol (PEG)/freeze drying method. | 12/22/2007 |
Video Preservation Website: Migration of Historic Video Tape to Digital Video Files (2007-13) This thorough website was built and designed as a clearinghouse of information on videotape preservation. | 11/08/2007 |
Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation (1997-06) In the video, the hull of the Civil War warship USS Monitor is recreated digitally. It is then put in simulated physics environments where different aspects of its operation can be studied. | 09/22/2007 |
Evaluation and Monitoring of Culturally Appropriate Treatments for Vandalism at Rock Image Sites (2007-14) This report details work done to enhance the understanding of Tribal concerns and interests regarding the conservation of rock image cultural heritage sites. The work pertains to Tribes located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The study included research into past treatments at these sites and a survey of various Tribal groups to ... | 09/05/2007 |
Removal of Arsenic and Mercury Contamination in Museums using a Natural Environmentally Benign Chemical (2006-02) Some natural science specimens and ethnographic artifacts in museums were historically treated with arsenic and mercury salts. This has created an environmental concern for museum workers and the public who may be exposed to these toxins. In addition, museums are frequently being asked to return sacred objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ... | 12/31/2006 |
Testing the Regional Reliability of Spectral Signatures of Archaeological Phenomena (2006-01) The research reported herein focuses on developing and testing predictive models based on the satellite remote-sensing (SRS) of prehistoric and historic archaeological phenomena. With advances in the resolution of satellite-borne imagery, such as IKONOS, and the availability of software designed to process such imagery, such as ENVI, archaeological predictive modeling is positioned to progress beyond ... | 12/31/2006 |
I-Sites: An Online Database and GIS for Iowa Archaeology (2003-02) I-Sites contributes to information management in historic preservation in Iowa by resolving the all-too-often-overlooked need to keep preservation-related databases current with existing and ever-growing knowledge. It empowers users to record new archaeological data, giving those who most urgently need the data an active role in keeping it current. It provides government agencies, planners, professional researchers, ... | 07/14/2006 |
Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Shipwreck: America’s Underwater Heritage (2004-18) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Application of Complementary Geophysical Survey Techniques in the Search for Fort Louis at Old Mobile: A Comparative Case Study (2004-20) In 2004, NCPTT supported the Friends of Mobile with funding to enable the application of two geophysical survey methods: electrical resistance and ground penetrating radar. Building on past research, a goal of the project was comparing the applicability of five remote sensing methods through ground truthing test excavations. | 12/31/2004 |
Image Recovery of Worn-Off Hallmarks on Silver and Gold Objects (2004-02) The name of the silversmith, the date of manufacture, the quality of the metal alloy, as well as other information can be determined from the study of the hallmarks. | 12/31/2004 |
Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Development of a Technique for Buried Site Detection Using a Down-Hole Soil Magnetic Instrument (2003-05) This project has advanced a geophysical approach for identifying buried archaeological sites that combines recently developed down-hole magnetic capabilities with laboratory soil magnetic techniques. Down-hole magnetic susceptibility measurements allow the effective location of paleosols while soil magnetic studies are used to evaluate whether an associated human occupation is likely. This combined geophysical approach ... | 12/31/2003 |
Development and Implementation of the Internet Accessible Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG) Spectral Database (2003-03) In 2003, the Infrared and Raman Users Group received NCPTT support to develop and implement an online collaborative database and bibliography of high quality infrared reference spectra. Currently, the database contains over 1250 spectra of oils, waxes, natural and synthetic resins, dyes, pigments, proteins, gums, and minerals. | 12/31/2003 |
Priorities for Natural History Collections Conservation Research: Results of a Survey of the SPNHC Membership (2001-02) The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is a multidisciplinary international organization composed of individuals and institutions who are interested in the development and preservation of natural history collections. Under the direction of the SPNHC Conservation Committee and its Research Subcommittee, the project coordinator surveyed the SPNHC membership by mail to develop ... | 12/31/2001 |
Development of High-Resolution, Digital, Color and Infrared Photographic Methods for Preserving Imagery on Hopewellian Copper Artifacts (2000-22) Prehistoric Hopewellian peoples of Ohio (ca. 150 B.C. – A.D. 400) produced fine geometric and representational art that played central roles in their social organization and religious practices. | 12/31/2000 |
U.S. Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Beyond the Territorial Sea: Problems and Prospects (2000-23) U.S. treatment of underwater cultural heritage beyond the territorial sea is analysed in light of Law of the Sea principles and the UNESCO Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Article published in 2000. | 12/31/2000 |
Use of Remote Sensing to Evaluate and Monitor the Condition of Prehistoric Earthen Structures (2000-14) The intent of the proposed research was to use historic aerial photographs to evaluate the effectiveness of using them as a data source to detect and document change in prehistoric earthen structures through time. There was some reason to believe that photogrammetric methods could serve as a basis for detecting changes in such archaeological remains, ... | 12/31/2000 |
Proposal to Reduce the Exposure to Light of Museum Objects Without Reducing Illuminance (2000-10) “Many types of museum exhibits are susceptible to damage caused by exposure to light, and current recommendations for museum lighting include avoidance of nonvisible radiant power (UV and IR), limitation of illumination level, and restriction of exposure duration. This article investigates the notion that the visual satisfaction provided by incandescent sources could be matched with significantly ... | 12/31/2000 |
The North American Database and Website of Archaeological Geophysics (NADAG) (2000-21) “The North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics (NADAG) is a database and website under continuous development that aims to promote use, education, communication, and a knowledge base of the practice of archaeological geophysics in North America. It is maintained by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas at: www.cast.uark.edu/nadag.” (Excerpted ... | 12/31/2000 |
Delivering Archeological Information Electronically (2000-02) Like archeological information on paper, the archeological information we get in digital form must be both appropriate and trustworthy. The forms we can obtain must be the right ones for the job — cost effective and usable. At the same time, what we receive — capta, information, knowledge or summary — must be dependable, resulting ... | 12/31/2000 |
A Paleoclimate Reconstruction for Southwestern Texas Using Oxalate Residue from Lichen as a Paleoclimate Proxy (2000-11) A calcium oxalate rock coating is ubiquitous on limestone surfaces inside dry rock shelters and under rock overhangs within the canyons of the southwestern Edwards Plateau in southwestern Texas. | 12/31/2000 |
A Magnetic Susceptibility Logger for Archaeological Application (2000-09) prototype instrument developed for archaeological application logs volume magnetic susceptibility down a small-diameter (ca. 2.2 cm) core-hole made with a push-tube corer. Measurements can be made rapidly, approximately 10 times faster than collecting samples either by coring or from an exposed section, to depths of 1.6 m below the surface. | 10/05/2000 |
Digital Videography: Recording, Preserving, and Disseminating Archaeological Data (1999-18) The resulting images constitute a database for three-dimensional modeling and analysis, museum exhibits, video production, and broadcast journalism. | 12/31/1999 |
Fourier Transform Raman Spectrographic Studies Of Prehistoric Rock Paintings from Big Bend (1999-14) A resurgence of interest in prehistoric rock art has occurred recently owing to advances in analytical techniques that provide information on the composition of ancient paints and the natural man”ices surrounding the paints. The greatest problem in studying ancient rock art was the inability to affiliate the artifacts to specific cultures. which severely limited our ... | 12/31/1999 |
Controlled Archaeological Test Site Facility in Illinois: Training and Research in Archaeogeophysics (1999-31) A Controlled Archaeological Test Site (CATS) facility has been constructed in Champaign, Illinois, by the Cultural Resources Research Center at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, with funding provided by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. The test site will be utilized for research and training with geophysical applications ... | 12/31/1999 |
Nature of a Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust Associated with Pictographs in Southwest Texas (1999-17) A whewellite-rich rock crust covers vast areas of limestone inside dry rock shelters and under rock overhangs throughout the Lower Pecos Region in southwestern Texas (USA). | 12/31/1999 |
An Evaluation of Archeological Applications of Mapping Grade Global Positioning Systems (1999-03) Collecting and analyzing spatially defined data is a core component of archaeological research and has become increasingly effective with GPS, mapping and GIS hardware and software. | 12/31/1999 |
Effect of Water on Lower Pecos River Rock Paintings in Texas (1998-22) In 1998, NCPTT partially funded a research project that involved an investigation of rock paintings in the Lower Pecos River area of Texas. Rock Art Research, the journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) and the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO), communicated results which were published by Elmo J. Mawk and ... | 12/31/1998 |
Archaeological Site Revegetation, Organochloride Based Pesticides, PCBs and Their Relationships to Resource Preservation and Protection (1998-15) Archaeological sites are being lost or significantly degraded due to natural and cultural impacts that have greatest effect upon exposed or unconsolidated surfaces. | 12/31/1998 |
Museum Lighting Protocols (1998-31) Museum conservators and the like are well acquainted with the fact that some types of museum exhibits are susceptible to damage caused by exposure to light. | 12/31/1998 |
Hiprotect at Joshua Tree National Park (1998-18) PSTU was awarded a grant by NCPTT to install and test HIPROTECT, a prototype archaeological sitemonitoring system designed for a desert environment. | 12/31/1998 |
Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-Dimensional Computer Mapping in the American Southwest (1998-36) New techniques of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) acquisition and computer processing were tested at archaeological sites in the American Southwest and found to be highly effective in producing images of buried archaeological features. | 12/31/1998 |
Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-dimensional Computer Mapping (1998-04) New techniques of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) acquisition and computer processing were tested at buried archaeological sites in the American Southwest. | 12/31/1998 |
Plasma extraction and AMS 14C dating of rock paintings (1997-14) We developed a plasma-chemical technique to remove carbon from rock paintings. This extraction is followed by accelerator mass spectrometric analysis of the 14C to yield direct estimates of the ages of rock paintings. We have demonstrated use of the technique on charcoal as well as iron and manganese pigmented paintings. Unfortunately, there are no rock paintings made ... | 12/31/1997 |
Computerizing Arizona’s Cultural Resource Files Implementation Plan (1997-11) This report represents the “end of the beginning” of a multi-year project to computerize archaeological and historical site files for the state of Arizona. | 12/31/1997 |
Methodology Report for a Multimedia Approach to Training Staff in Simple Book Repair (1997-26) Simple book repair was defined as those repairs meeting the following criteria: the repair could be completed in a relatively short period of time, required a relatively low level of conservation skill and experience, and could be accomplished with available tools and supplies. | 12/31/1997 |
Rock-art Image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California: not the AD 1054 (Crab Nebula) supernova (1997-13) The visual manifestation of the recent Hale-Bopp comet reminds us how telling are those rare objects which suddenly flare in the sky. One can suppose ancient people living by natural light were more compellingly struck by the sight of comets and supernovae, and understandably researchers seek images of them in the shapes of rock-art motifs. ... | 12/31/1997 |
Development and Implementation of a Rapid Low-Cost Photogrammetric Data Archival System for Artifact and Osteological Inventory (1996-05) This report discusses the feasibility and processes necessary to utilize photogrammetric techniques and photogrammetric software in order to be able to gather metric data from softcopy three-dimensional images. | 12/31/1996 |
Origin of Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust in the Lower Pecos Region of Southwest Texas and its Significance to Paleoclimate Reconstructions (1996-03) A calcium oxalate (whewellite)-rich crust occurs on exposed limestone surfaces in dry rock and open air shelters in the Lower Pecos region of southwest Texas. | 12/31/1996 |
Evaluating Sites with Late 19th & Early 20th Century Components for Eligibility in the National Register of Historic Places: Using Turn-of-the-Century Whitewares as Economic Indicators in Assessing Collections and Developing Contexts (1996-10) Late nineteenth and early twentieth century sites are commonly encountered during archaeological surveys in the United States. | 12/31/1996 |
Readings in Site Discovery and Site Evaluation (1995-14) This publication contains a number of readings that aid in the decision-making process involved with the discovery and evaluation of archeological sites. | 12/31/1995 |
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Advances in Computational Photograph Techniques for Cultural, Historic, and Natural History Materials This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Advances in Computational Photograph Techniques for Cultural, Historic, and Natural History Materials This talk presents advances in robust new imaging tools from the emerging science known as Computational Photography. The common feature of the computational photography imaging ... | 01/25/2013 |
Designing the Lidar Mission for Industrial Heritage: Cooperation Across the Fields This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Designing the LiDAR Mission for Industrial Heritage: Cooperation Across the Fields Heritage managers and digital documentarians may observe the same subject, but observe it through a contrasting set of filters. The focus of this paper is to ... | 12/11/2012 |
Rocket Science and 3D Analyses in the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works This presentation was presented as the keynote address for the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012, Presidio, San Francisco, CA. Rocket Science and 3D Analyses in the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works More than sixty years ago development began on the nuclear-propelled ORION Spaceship destined for a manned mission to the planet Saturn. This ... | 10/29/2012 |
Evolution in Project Workflow – Is High Definition Survey the Missing Link? – Brandon C. Friske This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA Evolution in Project Workflow – Is High Definition Survey the Missing Link? There is a major shift occurring in the preservation and building industry today. It was only 30 years ago that architects and engineers where designing ... | 10/18/2012 |
3D Technology and the H.I. Hunley: Beyond Documentation – Christopher Watters Since raising the H.L. Hunley submarine (1863) from the seabed in 2000, the project has incorporated 3D technologies including laser scanning, patterned light scanning, Vulcan point system, and computer modeling. Archaeologists developed the use of 3D technologies primarily for site plan development and artifact documentation. As the project progressed, conservators found other applications for the ... | 10/18/2012 |
Prospection in Depth 2009 Limited Seating Still Available for Geophysics Workshop David Morgan, Chief of Archeology and Collections at the National Park Service National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, talks about the annual geophysics workshop course that we call Prospection in Depth Limited seating is still available for this five day course at the Presidio in San Francisco from August 4-8, 2009. The tuition of $499 ... | 07/01/2009 |
Root of the Problem (1998-33) Neville Agnew of the Getty Conservation Institute speaks about the conservation of the hominid footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania. He lists three primary conservation topics that the general public will care about: Egyptology, dinosaurs, and human ancestry. | 09/22/2008 |
Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation (1997-06) In the video, the hull of the Civil War warship USS Monitor is recreated digitally. It is then put in simulated physics environments where different aspects of its operation can be studied. | 09/22/2007 |
Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Shipwreck: America’s Underwater Heritage (2004-18) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21) Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center. | 12/31/2004 |
Need to talk to your group about preservation of the only original prints for the
Balldwin Locomootive Company we have had for over 45 years and now desire to
move over to someone who would preserve them.
Please call me at 318-356-7444 to discuss further. Thanks, Tad