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Visualizing Wisconsin’s Prehistory with Digital Media
Yoli Ngandali Archaeological Studies– University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Project Inspiration
ì 2012 Local Field School excavaAons at Tremaine Site
ì Inspired to create a website to showcase pictures
ì www.uwlaxfieldschool2012.com
ì Enjoyed creaAng web content
ì Lead to new website project
ì Project part of UW-‐L Undergraduate Research and CreaAvity Grant
ì Archaeological ExcavaAon
+ Lab work
+ Digital Media presentaAon
− Jargon and technical data
= EducaAonal and
public friendly web content
Research Design
Research Goals
ì Showcase the archaeological methods from excavaAon to analysis
ì Emphasize the interacAons of culture and environment with o Photo Galleries o Infographics o E-‐books o InteracAve diagrams o 3D models
Encourage public interest, parAcipaAon, and comprehension
of archaeological concepts
Website Content Methods
Photoshop
ì manipulate images and change colors
Illustrator
ì Create new images and logos
InDesign
ì Create ExcavaAon E-‐book
Adobe Crea6ve Cloud Package
Logos about. Adobe.com about.twiZer.com facebook.com/facebook
Muse
ì Website design
Adobe Muse
About.adobe.com
ì New web design program by Adobe released Jan, 2014
ì NO CODING ì WYSIWYG design editor
ì Import and manipulate assets
ì Insert HTML ì Embed 3D models and
concept web
ì Export to HTML
Website Location
ì Currently at
ì www.exploreWIarchaeology.com ì Which forwards to
ì hZp://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/archaeology/Students/Ngandali/index.html
Tremaine Site Excavation
ì Oneota tradiAon site occupied from AD1200-‐1625
ì Wisconsin’s first larger scale agriculturalists o Corn, Beans, Squash
ì Unearthed arAfacts and living spaces belonging to the Oneota. o Animal bone, charred
seeds, shell, copper, lithics, and ceramics
Excavation Web Content
ì DescripAon of the Tremaine Site
ì ExcavaAon E-‐book ì Daily Journal kept during
field school
ì Photo Gallery
ì Links to News Reports
Laboratory Analysis ì Mississippi Valley
Archaeology Center (MVAC)
ì Lithic, Ceramic, Floral, Faunal analysis of feature 97
ì Assessment of: ì the funcAon of the pit
feature ì the range of tool
producAon acAviAes ì subsistence acAviAes ì evidence of trade from
other regions.
Laboratory Analysis Web Content
ì Outlined the Lab process in the style of an infographic
ì Tried to avoid jargon
ì Pictures, animated gifs, and links to youtube videos
3D Scanning Web Content
ì Outlined the 3d Scan process and best pracAces for further research for other students
ì Used arAfacts from MVAC and UWL archaeological collecAon
ì Sojware used was ScanStudioHD by NextEngine
3D Scanning Web Content
ì Resulted in good 3d models to be used for ì Public demonstraAon ì Digital heritage
collecAons ì Morphometric
Analysis ì ArAfact
ReconstrucAon
Interactive Relationship / Concept Tree
ì Created a relaAonship web to help visualize the connecAons between arAfacts and daily lives of the Oneota people
ì DescripAons of archaeological concepts in plain English
ì Pictures and links to youtube videos
Conclusions
ì The creaAon of digital media should be anAcipated in the first stages of excavaAon to create a more comprehensive
digital collecAon
ì There is a learning curve, but with Adobe Muse, website design is not so different from crea6ng a PowerPoint
presenta6on
ì The most difficult part will be gelng people to visit the site
Conclusions
ì The site has poten6al to become larger, encompassing more features at Tremaine and eventually more sites across
Wisconsin
ì Any correcAons or comments, look to the footer of any page for my contact informaAon
ì Email: [email protected]
Website Location
ì Currently at
ì www.exploreWIarchaeology.com ì Which forwards to
ì hZp://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/archaeology/Students/Ngandali/index.html
More Info
ì Follow UW-‐La Crosse MVAC for quick link to project and other archaeological acAviAes in La Crosse coming up this summer!
hZps://www.facebook.com/UWLMVAC
Special Thanks
Dr. Constance Arzigian Dr. David Anderson
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Staff McNair Scholars Staff
Sociology / Archaeology Department Staff James Theler Ph.D.
URC at UW-La Crosse
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1994 The Gundersen Site: An Oneota Village and Cemetery in La Crosse, WI. Journal of the Iowas Archaeological Society 41:3-‐75.
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