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| SahulTime: Rethinking Archaeological Representation in the Digital Age |
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Matthew Coller
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Description:
SahulTime is an experimental interface to investigate how archaeological knowledge might best be presented within a digitally-native mode. This Web-deliverable system incorporates a zoomable geographic view with an equally zoomable timeline, coordinated with time-enabled detail windows.
With an initial focus on Australian archaeology over the glacial timescale, SahulTime uses sea level curves to reconstruct ancient coastlines, lakes and ice-sheets over time. Time-aware icons show known occupation phases at different archaeological sites, and section diagrams can be adapted to depict the temporal process of deposition. Landscape reconstructions can incorporate a temporal dimension. Zooming from the glacial timescale to the historical timescale, Australia is progressively carved into smaller and smaller states, while European settlement spreads across the country.
SahulTime demonstrates the feasibility of a unified, collaborative approach to spatio-temporal representation, placing archaeological meanings into their proper temporal context. |
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| SahulTime debuted at the 2007 Australian Archaeological Association conference, winning Best Overall Paper. This was followed by Best Student Poster at the 2008 World Archaeological Congress in Dublin, Ireland. An article will be published in an upcoming issue of Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress. SahulTime was presented at the 2008 VIA workshop in Southampton, UK. The SahulTime Project is supported by grants from the Environmental Futures Network, Australia. |
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Matthew Coller (Master of IT Student)
Monash University, Faculty of Information Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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