AR250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Harris Matrix, Adding Machine, Eniac
6 Mar 2018
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Ancient digital: ancient greek grave stele, with image of an ancient greek laptop , influence of ancient aliens on ancient society, probably just a wax tablet, portable mirror or jewellery box. Excavation of digital technology: at university of york, archaeological excavation has been used to explore specific digital. Sites : one example is an excavation of a 40 gb samsung hard drive model sp0411c, goal was to employ archaeological techniques to discuss technology through the lens of materiality. Materiality: various attributes of material culture combine to encourage particular cultural associations with specific objects, (perry and morgan 2015, 97) quote. Excavation of digital technology: phase 1: excavation of digital hard drive, phase 2: excavation of physical hard drive; take apart entire drive and look at the parts, challenges encountered. Spatial and temporal boundaries often intact. e. g. time stamp on folders changed by day of excavation: for phase 1, what is unit measurement.
