| Name | Date |
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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… | 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… | 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… | 11/16/2012 |
| Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries (2011-11) The first impulse in cemetery preservation efforts is usually to protect or treat the grave markers. After all, they are the obvious historic resource. But the condition of the stones is often indicative of a neglected landscape that is contributing to the deterioration of those historic resources. | 12/13/2011 |
| Preservation Maintenance of Turf Using Resource Sensitive Techniques in Historic Landscapes (2011-03) Historic sites reflect a particular time period and cultural use. These landscapes are composed of historic features such as buildings, trees, fencing, and walkways that date to an historic period. Understanding and implementing appropriate maintenance practices to preserve a site’s historic character and its individual features are essential components of a maintenance worker’s job. This… | 04/14/2011 |
| What’s Out There: An Interactive Catalog of Designed American Cultural Landscapes (2010-01) Spanning more than two centuries of American landscape design, What’s Out There is the only free, Wiki‐style database focused on the nation’s landscapes and landscape features, and is searchable by landscape name, type, and/or style, landscape architect and/or designer, and/or location. It is designed for use by tourists and heritage travelers; local residents; park, garden… | 12/31/2010 |
| 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 |
| Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes (2009-06) Trees in historic landscapes are often important cultural resources that contribute to the significance and integrity of a property. This video provides guidance on the concepts and techniques of replacing individual trees at historic properties. | 04/06/2009 |
| Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06) This video shows how to build small drystone retaining walls from beginning to end; laying out the shape, digging the foundation, determining the wall angle, building the face, packing the back, and leveling the top. | 03/02/2009 |
| Connections: Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1996-02) This video examines the importance of preserving the integrity of America’s historic landscapes. | 09/22/2008 |
| Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05) This video documents the repair of damaged drystone walls in the popular Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. | 09/22/2008 |
| Preservation Resource Guide for Public Works Managers (1998-01) This guide is intended for use by public works managers who find themselves encountering the world of historic preservation. | 09/22/2008 |
| Landscapes and Lives (1997-27) Susan Turner talks about how and why landscapes are and should be preserved. | 09/22/2008 |
| Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01) The video is a primary training resource, providing graphic instruction on how to repair, rebuild and relocate stone walls and rock fences. | 09/22/2008 |
| Historic Landscape Resource Manual (2000-18) This report documents a historic landscape workshop developed to introduce preservation professionals to the identification, documentation, evaluation and treatment of designed, vernacular and rural historic landscapes. | 09/22/2008 |
| Stone Wall Repair Workshop: Ellsworth Rock Gardens (2007-08) The Ellsworth Rock Gardens were determined eligible for the National Register in 1998, as an extraordinary and unique American art environment and outstanding example of mid-twentieth century vernacular landscape architecture. | 12/31/2007 |
| Cultural Landscape of the Upper Tongue River Valley in Rosebud County, Montana (2007-12) This report is an overview and assessment of the cultural landscape of the Tongue River Valley, its historic themes and cultural resource site types. Designed to accompany other project deliverables (the video documentary and map-based digital archive), the goal of the project is to demonstrate the national, state and local significance of the layers of… | 12/31/2007 |
| Iron Fence Repair (2007-03) Materials Conservator Jason Church demonstrates how to properly repair an iron fence. | 12/31/2007 |
| Keeping the Boys Busy: The Revival of Incremental, On-Site Design by National Parks (2002-10) NPS designers produced significant works of Landscape Architecture that were simultaneously influenced by the scheme's evolving form and the emerging native features of the landscape. | 12/31/2002 |
| Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 2 (2001-07) The purpose of this project was to develop a new Internet-accessible database of information about the landscape design records for projects undertaken by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and the Olmsted firm. | 12/31/2001 |
| Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 1 (2000-15) The project team developed a prioritized list of collections to be included in the database and a three-year schedule for data collection and data entry. | 12/31/2000 |
| Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide – Morgan County Volume 2 (1999-20) In 1996, the Morgan County Landmarks Society sponsored a graduate intern from the University of Georgia to research historic landscapes. Many resources were utilized to collect as much information as possible about heritage plants, garden sculpture, structures, and garden club activities. | 12/31/1999 |
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| Name | Date |
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| What’s Out There: An Interactive Catalog of Designed American Cultural Landscapes (2010-01) Spanning more than two centuries of American landscape design, What’s Out There is the only free, Wiki‐style database focused on the nation’s landscapes and landscape features, and is searchable by landscape name, type, and/or style, landscape architect and/or designer, and/or location. It is designed for use by tourists and heritage travelers; local residents; park, garden… | 12/31/2010 |
| Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01) The video is a primary training resource, providing graphic instruction on how to repair, rebuild and relocate stone walls and rock fences. | 09/22/2008 |
| The Preservation Technology Podcast: Episode 2 – Entry Level Landscape Management and Preservation Training In the second episode of The Preservation Technology Podcast, Kevin Ammons interviews Charlie Pepper who directs the Historic Landscape Preservation and Maintenance program at the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. | 02/06/2009 |
| The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Landscapes (Podcast 21) NCPTT's Debbie Smith speaks with Robert Melnick, professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon and author of "Climate Change and Landscape Preservation: A Twenty-first-century Conundrum," which appeared in a 2010 volume of the APT Bulletin. Today they will discuss topics addressed in the article. | 06/21/2010 |
| Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide – Morgan County Volume 2 (1999-20) In 1996, the Morgan County Landmarks Society sponsored a graduate intern from the University of Georgia to research historic landscapes. Many resources were utilized to collect as much information as possible about heritage plants, garden sculpture, structures, and garden club activities. | 12/31/1999 |
| Stone Wall Repair Workshop: Ellsworth Rock Gardens (2007-08) The Ellsworth Rock Gardens were determined eligible for the National Register in 1998, as an extraordinary and unique American art environment and outstanding example of mid-twentieth century vernacular landscape architecture. | 12/31/2007 |
| Speedy E-mails Save a Historic Tree in Illinois "I have some bad news. The city of Kewanee will take down the big hedge tree on Tuesday. Safety hazard they say." Even though the tree is not a beauty, and its location is not scenic, this story has a happy ending due to the diligence of a dedicated arborist and the speed… | 01/06/2010 |
| Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05) This video documents the repair of damaged drystone walls in the popular Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. | 09/22/2008 |
| Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes (2009-06) Trees in historic landscapes are often important cultural resources that contribute to the significance and integrity of a property. This video provides guidance on the concepts and techniques of replacing individual trees at historic properties. | 04/06/2009 |
| Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes NCPTT, in cooperation with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park has finished production of the instructional video “Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes.” | 04/17/2009 |
| Reestablishing Vines on Historic Buildings Is it ever appropriate to allow vines to grow on an historic building? Most preservationists would say no. Historic building preservation guidelines, such as National Park Service (NPS) Preservation Brief 39, identify a number of problems. Vine growth can dislodge exterior features. And heavy vine cover traps moisture against the building, accelerating decay of wood… | 09/27/2010 |
| 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… | 11/16/2012 |
| Preservation South: A student conference at the University of Georgia The conference includes a meet and greet Friday night, presentations on Saturday, and Sunday morning tours. Among the speakers are Stephen T. Ayers, 11th Architect of the U.S. Capitol (keynote); Richard Cloues, Deputy SHPO, State of Georgia; Dale Jaeger, Principal, The Jaeger Company; Mark McDonald, President and CEO, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation; Tad Brown, President, Watson-Brown… | 01/12/2012 |
| Preservation Resource Guide for Public Works Managers (1998-01) This guide is intended for use by public works managers who find themselves encountering the world of historic preservation. | 09/22/2008 |
| Preservation Maintenance of Turf Using Resource Sensitive Techniques in Historic Landscapes (2011-03) Historic sites reflect a particular time period and cultural use. These landscapes are composed of historic features such as buildings, trees, fencing, and walkways that date to an historic period. Understanding and implementing appropriate maintenance practices to preserve a site’s historic character and its individual features are essential components of a maintenance worker’s job. This… | 04/14/2011 |
| Preparing Your Historic Landscape for Storms Days before touch down, managers and stewards of historic landscapes should be well prepared for the aftermath of a major catastrophe. Preparedness at Bayou Bend Collections and Gardens begins at the start of Hurricane Season, not days before a storm. Major efforts include the thinning of historically significant trees, as well as trees close to… | 08/26/2011 |
| Preparing for the Next Disaster Disasters can strike at anytime, sometimes with little or no warning. Experience has shown us that while natural disasters can leave a path of destruction there are also man-made disasters that can bring an area to its knees.Being informed and preparing for those that could affect you are key to saving your site, building and… | 10/29/2012 |
| Online Exhibit: Every Tree Tells a Story The Cultural Landscape Foundation recently launched an online exhibit based on their 2010 Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story traveling photography exhibition. The exhibit features 25 images of 12 different locations in the US and Puerto Rico. Landslide, first issued in 2003, is the Foundation’s annual compendium of significant at-risk parks, gardens, horticultural features, and… | 12/20/2010 |
| Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 2 (2001-07) The purpose of this project was to develop a new Internet-accessible database of information about the landscape design records for projects undertaken by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and the Olmsted firm. | 12/31/2001 |
| Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 1 (2000-15) The project team developed a prioritized list of collections to be included in the database and a three-year schedule for data collection and data entry. | 12/31/2000 |
| O’Keeffe Imaging Project With support from a NCPTT grant, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is evaluating practical applications of digital photogrammetric methods for 3D documentation of historic objects, structures, and landscapes. In contrast to laser scanning, this method may allow anyone with a digital camera with a manual mode, raw capture, and a laptop computer to be able to gather… | 07/19/2012 |
| New NPS Cultural Landscapes Program Website NPS has just launched the Park Cultural Landscapes Program website. The site is designed for broad audiences as well as preservation community members, to answer basic questions about cultural landscapes and to serve as a gateway for more in-depth discoveries. The website includes a list of NPS cultural landscapes and feature articles on individual landscapes and… | 10/04/2012 |
| NCPTT holds its first Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop NCPTT hosted a two-day Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop in Natchitoches, Louisiana, September 16-17, attended by both NPS and non-NPS cemetery managers, maintenance personnel and volunteers. | 11/13/2008 |
| NCPTT Grant Recipient to Present the Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Atlas at the 2011 APA Conference NCPTT 2010 grant recipient, The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), will present A New View of Cultural Landscapes – The Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Atlas as part of the technology showcase at the 2011 American Planning Association conference in Boston, April 9-12, 2011. Wendy Pearl, DCR Historic Landscape Preservation Initiative Director, Jessica Rowcroft, DCR… | 01/19/2011 |
| Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries (2011-11) The first impulse in cemetery preservation efforts is usually to protect or treat the grave markers. After all, they are the obvious historic resource. But the condition of the stones is often indicative of a neglected landscape that is contributing to the deterioration of those historic resources. | 12/13/2011 |
| Louisiana’s Poverty Point State Historic Site to be Nominated as a World Heritage Site WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the United States is nominating Poverty Point State Historic Site and National Monument in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The nomination document was prepared by the State of Louisiana in consultation with the National Park Service’s Office… | 01/22/2013 |
| Laser Scanning America’s Cultural Landscapes This poster was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA. Poster full size and detail Laser Scanning America's Cultural Landscapes The Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Documentation to the Secretary of the Interior Standards, Assessing the Value of Laser Scan Data The Historic American Landscapes… | 01/23/2013 |
| Landscapes and Lives (1997-27) Susan Turner talks about how and why landscapes are and should be preserved. | 09/22/2008 |
| Landscape Maintenance in Cemeteries Landscape maintenance is a critical element in historic cemetery preservation. Yet often the landscape is neglected or improperly maintained, resulting in damaged historic features and a loss of historic landscape character. NCPTT presented a webinar addressing landscape maintenance in historic cemeteries on April 7, 2010. Course instructor Jason Church discussed sensitive maintenance practices for cemetery… | 03/29/2010 |
| Keeping the Boys Busy: The Revival of Incremental, On-Site Design by National Parks (2002-10) NPS designers produced significant works of Landscape Architecture that were simultaneously influenced by the scheme's evolving form and the emerging native features of the landscape. | 12/31/2002 |
| Iron Fence Repair (2007-03) Materials Conservator Jason Church demonstrates how to properly repair an iron fence. | 12/31/2007 |
| Integrating Aerial and Ground-based LiDAR in Appalachian Heritage Planning and Visualization 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 Integrating Aerial and Ground-based LiDAR in Appalachian Heritage Planning and Visualization The Natural Resource Analysis Center (NRAC) at West Virginia University is building a portfolio of integrated LiDAR (Light… | 01/22/2013 |
| How the Internet Saved an Historic Tree (Podcast 15) Download this episode as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes. Ammons: Welcome to the Preservation Technology podcast, the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America's heritage. I'm Kevin Ammons, and today we join NCPTT's Jeff Guin as he speaks with Guy Sternberg, a certified arborist and retired… | 03/18/2010 |
| Historic Landscape Resource Manual (2000-18) This report documents a historic landscape workshop developed to introduce preservation professionals to the identification, documentation, evaluation and treatment of designed, vernacular and rural historic landscapes. | 09/22/2008 |
| Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance NCPTT recently partnered with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to host a roundtable to discuss creation of a historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum. Held at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Md., the meeting focused on identifying unmet training needs in the field of historic landscape preservation maintenance. Lively discussion among the 15… | 09/28/2009 |
| Historic Landscape of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Part 2 (Podcast 38) Download this episode as an mp3 or Subscribe via iTunes NOTE: The originally published post had an incorrect URL to the podcast file which has since been corrected. Today, NCPTT’s Jenny Hay continues her discussion with Cindy Brandimarte, Director of the Historic Sites & Structures Program in the State Parks Division of the Texas Parks… | 11/28/2012 |
| Historic Landscape of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Part 1 (Podcast 37) Today we join NCPTT’s Jenny Hay as she speaks with Cindy Brandimarte, Director of the Historic Sites & Structures Program in the State Parks Division of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. In the first installment of this two-part series, they’ll talk about the iconic landscape of the Civilian Conservation Corps and their role in… | 10/17/2012 |
| Historic Cemetery Preservation Workshop, Lowell MA With support from NCPTT and the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, Inc., the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will be presenting a Historic Cemetery Preservation Workshop on November 18, 2011 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Technical sessions and outdoor cemetery labs will provide attendees with a foundation of knowledge for protecting the historic character… | 09/29/2011 |
| GIS Interns The National Park Service is interested in hiring two interns to perform data input into a Geographic Information System (GIS). | 07/18/2012 |
| 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… | 11/16/2012 |
| 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 |
| Exploring Hodges Gardens: an historic landscape blogging project The National Center for Preservation Technology & Training partnered with Hodges Gardens State Park this summer on an historic landscape documentation blogging project. NCPTT intern Derek Linn is working with Debbie Smith, chief of NCPTT's Historic Landscapes program, on the project. This multimedia documentation project uses a blog that incorporates photographs and video. NCPTT has collaborated… | 07/27/2011 |
| Explore America’s National Heritage Areas From “History Lesson” to “Crystal Clear” Call to Action activities are underway in our National Heritage Areas. Enjoy this sampling of current activities and visit a heritage area near you. Motor Cities NHA launched the “Making Tracks”, a web site featuring the accomplishments of African-Americans in the automotive Industry. Through this website visitors and members… | 09/21/2012 |
| El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (Podcast 35) Download this episode as an mp3 or Subscribe via iTunes Welcome to the Preservation Technology Podcast – the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America’s heritage. I’m Kevin Ammons with the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology & Training. Today we join NCPTT’s Jenny Hay as… | 07/12/2012 |
| Earthwork Stability Research at Poverty Point (Podcast 34) Download this episode as an mp3 or Subscribe via iTunes Welcome to the Preservation Technology Podcast, the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America's heritage. I'm Kevin Ammons with the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. Today we join NCPTT's Derek Linn as… | 10/03/2011 |
| Development of Online Training In June 2012, NCPTT's Historic Landscape Program hosted landscape professionals engaged in the development of online training resources. Through a cooperative agreement with Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU), nine National Park Service historical landscape architects and horticulturalists worked with NSU education and media specialists to outline, script, and record video segments for two multi-media… | 07/18/2012 |
| 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… | 12/11/2012 |
| Curriculum Development for Preservation Landscape Maintenance (Podcast 11) Today we join the historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum roundtable discussion hosted by NCPTT and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Attendees gathered to discuss and identify common needs and interests around historic landscape maintenance and to provide recommendations for creating a training curriculum. Download Episode 11 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes. | 10/13/2009 |
| Cultural Resources in the Wilderness (Podcast 39) Download this episode as an mp3 or Subscribe via iTunes Kevin: Welcome to the Preservation Technology Podcast – the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America’s heritage. I’m Kevin Ammons with the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology & Training. Today we join NCPTT’s jenny hay… | 12/17/2012 |
| Cultural Landscapes: Preservation Challenges in the 21st Century Marking the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and the 20thanniversary of its Declaration on Cultural Landscapes, Rutgers University will convene an international conference—Cultural Landscapes: Preservation Challenges in the 21st Century, October 12-14, 2012. The conference will bring together leading scholars and practitioners form around the world to examine five core themes around the… | 08/31/2012 |
| Cultural Landscape of the Upper Tongue River Valley in Rosebud County, Montana (2007-12) This report is an overview and assessment of the cultural landscape of the Tongue River Valley, its historic themes and cultural resource site types. Designed to accompany other project deliverables (the video documentary and map-based digital archive), the goal of the project is to demonstrate the national, state and local significance of the layers of… | 12/31/2007 |
| Connections: Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1996-02) This video examines the importance of preserving the integrity of America’s historic landscapes. | 09/22/2008 |
| Claire Turcotte on Campus Heritage Landscapes (Podcast 32) In this episode of the Preservation Technology Podcast, we join Addy Smith-Reiman as she speaks with Dr. Claire L. Turcotte, Managing Editor for Planning for Higher Education, The Journal of the Society of College and University Planning, and Project Administrator and Researcher, Getty Foundation, Campus Heritage Initiative. | 08/01/2011 |
| Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06) This video shows how to build small drystone retaining walls from beginning to end; laying out the shape, digging the foundation, determining the wall angle, building the face, packing the back, and leveling the top. | 03/02/2009 |
| 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… | 11/06/2012 |
| 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… | 11/16/2012 |
| 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 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… | 03/01/2012 |
| 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?… | 12/20/2012 |
| 2013 Call for Proposals Released – NCPTT Grants Program NCPTT announces its call for proposals for the 2013 PTT Grants program. NCPTT seeks innovative projects that advance the application of science and technology to historic preservation. The PTT Grants program funds projects that develop new technologies or adapt existing technologies to preserve cultural resources. Grants are awarded competitively with a maximum award of $25,000… | 10/01/2012 |
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