NCPTT is sponsoring a seminar organized by the The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University to explore “Archaeological Survey Technologies: Data Integration, and Applications (ASTDA)” at Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site - Cambridge, MA, 21 October 2011, 8 to 12 PM.
Participation is encouraged from (but not limited to) property developers, [...]
New Philadelphia, Illinois was the first town platted and legally registered by an African American in the United States. Founded by Frank McWorter, a former slave, in 1836, this town grew as a demographically integrated community through the late nineteenth century. The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) awarded funding of $14,800 to test the usefulness of low-altitude aerial surveys employing high resolution thermal imaging at New Philadelphia.
The success of this technique will provide an extremely useful resource for applications on numerous similar sites throughout the nation.
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