Tag: archaeological-survey

Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.

On By hannahpethenIn GIS4 Comments

How do the latest mobile-GIS apps measure up in the field? I review two new approaches to archaeological survey.

Surveying in the Mansion of Gold; The Hatnub travertine (Egyptian Alabaster) quarries near Minya

On By hannahpethenIn Hatnub6 Comments

The Hatnub travertine quarries comprise an area of the Eastern desert of Egypt, roughly 17km south-east of the famous site of Amarna. Since 2012 a joint mission from the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale and the University of Liverpool have been working in the largest quarry, Quarry P (below, looking west). The primary aim of the Hatnub …

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