The Canary in the Data Mine

By Rebekah Miracle (AERA GIS specialist) As the geographic information specialist (GIS) at AERA, my job is to digitally archive, synthesize and present our excavation data in ways that make it more understandable and usable to other people – both to our own...

Connecting Our Data Through Digitization

Posted by Rebekah Miracle Even though I’ve been back home from Giza for over a week now, my work with the AERA geographic information system (GIS) isn’t over– it has just shifted into a new phase. During the excavation season, my priority was the daily digitization of...

Archaeological GIS at Giza

By Farrah L. Brown (GIS Specialist) and Brian V. Hunt The size of AERA’s excavation at Giza’s ancient Egyptian settlement and the enormous quantity of data that it has produced could easily overwhelm. That’s why we’re employing an exciting tool—a Geographic...