Digital Archaeology Laboratory

A computational archaeology resource and digital innovation in Bilby Research Center 

Director: Dr. Kayeleigh Sharp

Location: Bilby Research Center, Room 160

The Digital Archaeology Lab aims to support collaborative efforts to increase socially conscious dissemination of anthropological-archaeological data and to serve as a space where undergraduate and graduate students can carry out small or large research projects that are computationally demanding like image analysis and 3D modeling. Here researchers can create digital archaeological maps, 3-D color images of archaeological sites and features, and creative renderings of ancient human life.

The lab supports student workstations with software and self-paced tutorials for archaeological application of:

• Non-destructive site-settlement network and artifact analysis
• 3D site and object modeling (SfM and Photogrammetry)
• High-resolution panoramic photography (GigaPan/Nodal Ninja)
• Augmented and virtual reality (Unreal Engine, Unity, Roar)
• Machine learning for artifact classification and analysis (CNNs)
• Agent-Based Modeling (NetLogo)
• Non-destructive LiDAR and drone survey image processing and analysis
• Extreme oblique flash photography
• Reflectance Transformation Imaging capabilities
• Digital data and archaeological collections management