#280CharAbstracts: @ArchaeoBasti and S. van der Heyden compare their understanding of monumentality from their viewpoints: as an archaeologist and as a art historian. While writing this chapter, they learned from the others perspective.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.

#openaccess

🔗 http://www.doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-005

#280CharAbstracts: Krijn H.J. Boom et al. show that games can be used to teach about the past in a fun way. Through 4 case studies (#videogames #streaming #twine and #minecraft), they show us how this happens in practice.

This article is part of a broader book about communicating the ancient past 2020 @ubiquity : Communicating the Past in the Digital Age.

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🔗 https://doi.org/10.5334/bch.c

#280CharAbstracts: @idhrenil & @ArchaeoBasti investigate the energetic cost of buildings in ancient #Uruk & Habuba Kabira. #Monumentality - in their opinion - is not always the same or better: some buildings are more monumental than others.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.
#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-017

#280CharAbstracts: L. Meghan Dennis (@GingeryGamer) writes about digital archaeological ethics. Although ethics in archaeology is a topic, in digital archaeology the discussion has just begun. The article is about successes and failures #openaccess

🔗 http://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.24

#280CharAbstracts: D. Hölscher shows ways to base science outreach in #archaeology upon educational principles. Visitors in GER are offered GPS-tours with ludic elements, learning about the local landscape and #history.

This article is part of a broader book about communicating the ancient past, published in 2020 at Ubiquity: Communicating the Past in the Digital Age.

#openaccess

🔗https://doi.org/10.5334/bch.l

#280CharAbstracts: P. Butterlin focuses his study on the Massif Rouge, a multi-phased high terrace in Mari, Syria. The development of local building traditions is rooted in local religious topographies -> in a form of local #monumentality.

#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-012

#280CharAbstracts: @ArchaeoBasti and S. van der Heyden compare their understanding of monumentality from their viewpoints: as an archaeologist and as a art historian. While writing this chapter, they learned from the others perspective.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.

#openaccess

🔗 http://www.doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-005

#280CharAbstracts: Stephan Quick uses digital media in an open-air archaeological park and shows how these aid in experiencing the #Roman past. 3DReconstructions reveal the monumentality of the site of #Xanten in the past.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.

#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.5334/bch.f

#280CharAbstracts: J. Smoak & A. Mandell explore the monumentality of inscriptions in Jerusalem’s urban
spaces and thereby also texts themselves. These convey memories within a larger political or social narrative than architecture. #openaccess https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-018

#280CharAbstracts: Erik Champion explains how video games can help learning in #archaeology.
He asks the question of game mechanics and how these are used.
What should a #digitalgame consist of, if it is to teach us something?
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http://www.doi.org/10.5334/bch.b