As a discipline, archaeology is often conservative and merely responsive to development. Although some archaeologists are quick to decide on the adoption and use of new technologies, the nature of the work – financial constraints and regional and methodological conventions – often causes most professionals to insist on established methods of working with archaeological resources. However, the ever-accelerating development of digital technologies has caused the pace of change in archeology to be faster and faster, and will accelerate further in the future.
The authors will address the topic as archaeological futurists, paying special attention to the use of existing and emerging digital technologies. They will highlight trends in modern archaeology and outline their expansion and application in future archaeological work. For example, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) suggests that its impact on Archaeological Practice will be inevitable. It will examine the current position of the profession in adopting various AI tools and foresee possible scenarios of its widespread impact on the future of Archaeology.
In addition to technologies that will change Archaeological Practice in the future, the lecture will also address the use of digital tools in areas where archaeology is developing even more intensively: raising awareness and educating the public about the importance of cultural heritage. The role of archaeological research and the importance of cultural heritage have long been intertwined. With cheaper and more user-friendly hardware and software, the use of digital platforms to engage the public in heritage environments is constantly growing. In the future, it is precisely the public aspect of archaeological work that more funds will be allocated.
Dr Kevin Garstki
he is an associate professor of anthropology at the U.S.-based University of the University of Animatisconsin Oshkosh. He is an archaeologist who studies the impact of digital technology on modern archaeology and the impact of emerging technologies on prehistoric societies. His research focuses on the critical use and reuse of digital archaeological data, particularly the use of 3D technologies to enhance the documentation, exploration, dissemination and archiving of material heritage. He published articles in the journals, Antiquity, Journal of Archaeological Theory and Method, Journal of Archaeological Science, Advances, and Archaeological Practice', Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Studies, and Digital Heritage and that of others. He is the author of the monograph Digital Innovations in European Archaeolog II (2020) and editor of the proceedings Critical Archaeolog II in a Digital age (2022). He is currently the co-director of the project the Animalves and the Caesars: Digital Landscape Archaeolog in Slovenia .
Dr Adrienne Frie
she is an associate professor of anthropology at the U.S.-based Universitateamerconsin Oshkosh. She is an archaeologist whose research covers a variety of topics including the Iron Age in Europe, human-animal relations, landscape archaeology, Digital Archaeology, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Since 2019 there is a co-director of the project of the Wolves and the bbc-press office:: Digital Archaeology-of-a Linux Hillfort in a Landscape (WAC). It offers training in traditional and digital field methods in cooperation with the National Museum of Slovenia, The Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the park of military history of Slovenia. The project documents the landscape around the Baba hillfort in Slavina near Postojna with the help of LiDAR, photogrammetry and archaeological excavations.
Kot disciplina je arheologija pogosto konservativna in se zgolj odziva na razvoj. Čeprav se nekateri arheologi hitro odločajo za sprejem in uporabo novih tehnologij, narava dela – finančne omejitve ter regionalne in metodološke konvencije – pogosto povzroča, da večina strokovnjakov vztraja pri ustaljenih metodah dela z arheološkimi viri. Vedno hitrejši razvoj digitalnih tehnologij pa je povzročil, da je tempo sprememb v arheologiji vedno hitrejši, v prihodnosti pa se bo še pospeševal.
Avtorja bosta temo naslovila kot arheološka futurista, pri čemer bosta posebno pozornost posvetila uporabi obstoječih in nastajajočih digitalnih tehnologij. Izpostavila bosta trende v sodobni arheologiji ter orisala njihovo širitev in uporabo v prihodnjem arheološkem delu. Hiter razvoj umetne inteligence (UI) na primer nakazuje, da bo njen vpliv na arheološko prakso neizogiben. Pregledala bosa trenutni položaj stroke pri sprejemanju različnih orodij UI ter predvidela možne scenarije njenega razširjenega vpliva na prihodnost arheologije.
Poleg tehnologij, ki bodo v prihodnosti spreminjale arheološko prakso, bo predavanje obravnavalo tudi uporabo digitalnih orodij na področjih, kjer se arheologija še intenzivneje razvija: to sta ozaveščanje in izobraževanje javnosti o pomenu kulturne dediščine. Vloga arheoloških raziskav in pomen kulturne dediščine sta že dolgo prepletena. S cenejšo in uporabnikom prijaznejšo strojno ter programsko opremo uporaba digitalnih platform za vključevanje javnosti v dediščinska okolja nenehno narašča. V prihodnje bo ravno javnemu vidiku arheološkega dela namenjenih več sredstev.
Dr. Kevin Garstki
je docent antropologije na Univerzi Wisconsin Oshkosh v ZDA. Je arheolog, ki preučuje vpliv digitalne tehnologije na sodobno arheologijo in vpliv nastajajočih tehnologij na prazgodovinske družbe. Njegovo raziskovanje se osredotoča na kritično uporabo in ponovno uporabo digitalnih arheoloških podatkov, zlasti na uporabo 3D tehnologij za izboljšanje dokumentiranja, raziskovanja, diseminacijo in arhiviranje materialne dediščine. Objavil je članke v revijah Antiquity, Journal of Archaeological Theory and Method, Journal of Archaeological Science, Advances in Archaeological Practice, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Studies in Digital Heritage in drugih. Je avtor monografije Digital Innovations in European Archaeology (2020) in urednik zbornika Critical Archaeology in a Digital Age (2022). Trenutno je so-direktor projekta The Wolves and the Caesars: Digital Landscape Archaeology in Slovenia .
Dr. Adrienne Frie
je izredna profesorica antropologije na Univerzi Wisconsin Oshkosh v ZDA. Je arheologinja, katere raziskave obsegajo različne teme, med drugim železno dobo v Evropi, odnose med ljudmi in živalmi, arheologijo krajine, digitalno arheologijo ter zakon NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). Od leta 2019 je so-direktorica projekta Wolves and the Caesars: Digital Archaeology of a Slovenian Hillfort Landscape (WAC). WAC nudi usposabljanje v tradicionalnih in digitalnih terenskih metodah v sodelovanju z Narodnim muzejem Slovenije, Znanstvenoraziskovalnim centrom Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti ter Parkom vojaške zgodovine Slovenije. Projekt dokumentira pokrajino okrog gradišča Baba v Slavini pri Postojni s pomočjo LiDAR-ja, fotogrametrije in arheoloških izkopavanj.
