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Book SynopsisThe new volume of the CyberResearch series brings together thirty-three authors under the umbrella of digital methods in Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Biblical studies. Both a newbie and a professional reader will find here diverse research topics, accompanied by detailed presentations of digital methods: distant reading of text corpora, GIS digital imaging, and various methods of text analyses. The volume is divided into three parts under the headings of archaeology, texts and online publishing, and includes a wide range of approaches from the philosophical to the practical. This volume brings the reader up-to-date research in the field of digital Ancient Near Eastern studies, and highlights emerging methods and practices. While not a textbook per se, the book is excellent for teaching and exploring the Digital Humanities.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Editors’ Note Note on Phonology List of Figures, Maps and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Maps and Toponyms Related to Ancient Settlements or Regionsl Introduction Vanessa Bigot Juloux, Alessandro di Ludovico, Sveta Matskevich and Randall W. Younker Part 1: Archaeology (Landscape, Archaeology and Artefacts) 1 Evaluating Ancient Arabia’s Trade Routes with Least-Cost-Path Analysis Alexander Städtler 2 High-Resolution 3D Documentation of Archaeological Artefacts. A Copper-Alloy Object from Pyla-Kokkinokremos (Cyprus) as a Case-Study Martina Polig, Sorin Hermon, Simon Jusseret, Giusi Sorrentino, Jan Driessen, Athanasia Kanta and Joachim Bretschneider 3 Interactive 2D and Multispectral Imaging on the Crossroads of Archaeology, Egyptology and Assyriology Hendrik Hameeuw, Athena van der Perre and Vanessa Boschloos 4 Integrating Data, Creating Knowledge from Ancient West Asian Seals and Sealings: The DigANES/ACAWAI-CS Projects Elisa Roßberger and Anna Kurmangaliev Part 2: Texts 5 Fast(Text) Analysis of Mesopotamian Divine Names Heidi Jauhiainen and Tero Alstola 6 Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Annotations of Ancient Texts: The Euporia System Federico Boschetti, Luigi Bambaci, Angelo Mario del Grosso, Gloria Mugelli, Anas Fahad Khan, Andrea Bellandi and Andrea Taddei 7 The Wisconsin Palmyrene Aramaic Inscription Project: Its Digital Methods and Tools in Self-Critical Perspective Preston L. Atwood and R. Jesse Pruett 8 Ancient Gods Going Digital: On the First Steps of the On-Going ERC Project “Mapping Ancient Polytheisms” Élodie Guillon and Fabio Porzia Part 3: Online Publishing, Digital Archiving and Preservation 9 Speedy, Sleek Searching: Building Boolean Text Search Engines for Bibles Drayton C. Benner 10 Digitality and the Ebla Archives: Framing Online Research Tools for the Study of Early Cuneiform Texts in a Broader Methodological Discourse Massimo Maiocchi and Lucio Milano 11 Getting LOADed: Practical Considerations, Tools and Workflows for Producing Linked Open Assyriological Data Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller 12 Integrating Spatial Data in the Ras Shamra Tablet Inventory Miller C. Prosser 13 HUMOT: A Prosopographical Online Resource for Ancient and Late Antique History Elena Gritti 14 Mapping the World of Theology Sean Boisen CyberResearch Glossary General Glossary Index of Authors and Researchers Index of CyberResearch General Index
