Building blocks of the lost past: game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites

Anna Maria Kotarba-Morley; Joe Sarsfield; Joe Hastings; John Bradshaw; Peter Nicholas Fiske

Building blocks of the lost past: game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites

Anna Maria Kotarba-Morley, Joe Sarsfield, Joe Hastings, John Bradshaw, Peter Nicholas Fiske

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This paper explores an idea for creating an informal and easily approachable media platform to promote archaeological sites inaccessible and lesser known to the public in the form of an educational game. This game will create an illusion of a real archaeological site visit, allowing players direct contact with its environment and surroundings as well as interaction with its ancient and contemporary inhabitants. In an era of international connectivity, globalization, and social networking, it seems appropriate to choose the online computer and mobile gaming industries as media for spreading the interest in heritage and archaeology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Archaeology in the digital era
Subtitle of host publication	e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012
Editors	Graeme Earl, Tim Sly, Angeliki Chrysanthi, Patricia Murrieta-Flores, Constantinos Papadopoulos, Iza Romanowska, David Wheatley
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Pages	949-960
Number of pages	12
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9789048527281
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (40th : 2012) - University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Mar 2012 → 30 Mar 2012

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Conference	Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (40th : 2012)
Abbreviated title	CAA 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Southampton
Period	26/03/12 → 30/03/12

Keywords

heritage archaeology
public archaeology
computer game
inaccessible archaeological sites
media in archaeology

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Kotarba-Morley, A. M., Sarsfield, J., Hastings, J., Bradshaw, J., & Fiske, P. N. (2013). Building blocks of the lost past: game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites. In G. Earl, T. Sly, A. Chrysanthi, P. Murrieta-Flores, C. Papadopoulos, I. Romanowska, & D. Wheatley (Eds.), Archaeology in the digital era: e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012 (Vol. 2, pp. 949-960). Amsterdam University Press.

Kotarba-Morley, Anna Maria ; Sarsfield, Joe ; Hastings, Joe et al. / Building blocks of the lost past : game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites. Archaeology in the digital era: e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012. editor / Graeme Earl ; Tim Sly ; Angeliki Chrysanthi ; Patricia Murrieta-Flores ; Constantinos Papadopoulos ; Iza Romanowska ; David Wheatley. Vol. 2 Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013. pp. 949-960

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Kotarba-Morley, AM, Sarsfield, J, Hastings, J, Bradshaw, J & Fiske, PN 2013, Building blocks of the lost past: game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites. in G Earl, T Sly, A Chrysanthi, P Murrieta-Flores, C Papadopoulos, I Romanowska & D Wheatley (eds), Archaeology in the digital era: e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012. vol. 2, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 949-960, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (40th : 2012), Southampton, United Kingdom, 26/03/12.

Building blocks of the lost past : game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites. / Kotarba-Morley, Anna Maria; Sarsfield, Joe; Hastings, Joe et al.

Archaeology in the digital era: e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012. ed. / Graeme Earl; Tim Sly; Angeliki Chrysanthi; Patricia Murrieta-Flores; Constantinos Papadopoulos; Iza Romanowska; David Wheatley. Vol. 2 Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013. p. 949-960.

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Kotarba-Morley AM, Sarsfield J, Hastings J, Bradshaw J, Fiske PN. Building blocks of the lost past: game engines and inaccessible archaeological sites. In Earl G, Sly T, Chrysanthi A, Murrieta-Flores P, Papadopoulos C, Romanowska I, Wheatley D, editors, Archaeology in the digital era: e-papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26-29 March 2012. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 2013. p. 949-960

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