THE PHOENIX PROJECT: USING HEURIST TO RESURRECT THE MARTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION AND ATLANTA’S PAST Paper presented at the 2014 Computer Applications in Archaeology – Paris, France
Jeffrey B. Glover Georgia State UniversityIan Johnson University of SydneyRobert Bryant Georgia State UniversityAlexis Powers Georgia State University
What is MARTA?
The MARTA Archaeological Project
GSU UNC UGA
Late 1970s – early 1980s
mid 1980s – late 1990s
late 1990s - 2011
History of MARTA Archaeological Collection
Selection ofField Notes
Specimen Catalog Examples (c. 1000 pages)
Stakeholders
Cultural Resource Management Companies
Avocational ArchaeologyGroups (e.g., GAAS)
MARTA
Georgia State University
Urban Studies Scholars (e.g. Atlanta Studies Group)
Local Historical Groups
Stakeholders
Analog Heurist
Future Directions
Thank YouThanks especially to GSU students (past, present and future) and members of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS)
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