THE PHOENIX PROJECT: USING HEURIST TO RESURRECT THE MARTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION AND ATLANTA’S PAST Paper presented at the 2014 Computer Applications in Archaeology – Paris, France

Jeffrey B. Glover Georgia State UniversityIan Johnson University of SydneyRobert Bryant Georgia State UniversityAlexis Powers Georgia State University

What is MARTA?

The MARTA Archaeological Project

GSU UNC UGA

Late 1970s – early 1980s

mid 1980s – late 1990s

late 1990s - 2011

History of MARTA Archaeological Collection

Selection ofField Notes

Specimen Catalog Examples (c. 1000 pages)

Stakeholders

Cultural Resource Management Companies

Avocational ArchaeologyGroups (e.g., GAAS)

MARTA

Georgia State University

Urban Studies Scholars (e.g. Atlanta Studies Group)

Local Historical Groups

Stakeholders

Analog Heurist

Future Directions

Thank YouThanks especially to GSU students (past, present and future) and members of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS)

JGlover@gsu.eduian.johnson@sydney.edu.aurbryant4@student.gsu.edu

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