Like many other disciplines, archaeology has entered an age in which “the digital” is having a transformative impact on all aspects of method and practice within the field. More than that, however, digital technology is changing the very nature of scholarly and professional activities within archaeology, opening up new horizons of collaboration, community engagement, citizen scholarship, cyberinfrastructure, preservation & access, capacity building, and sharing. Drawing upon a series of exemplar projects, this talk by Ethan Watrall will explore the ways in which modern archaeologists are leveraging digital technology for fieldwork, research, preservation, and public engagement.

Ethan Watrall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Associate Director of MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities & Social Sciences at Michigan State University.