Digital Public Archaeology with the ArchaeoTrail App

Abstract

Archaeological sites offer valuable insights into the past. Without a good presentation, however, it is difficult to communicate this knowledge to the general public. The newly developed ArchaeoTrail App does just this and offers the opportunity for visitors to discover the archaeological sites on their own.

Keywords:

• smartphone
• self-guided tour
• public outreach
• Oman

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

Notes

1 https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-oman [accessed 07 November 2022].

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Volkswagen Foundation under Grant Az 97827.

Notes on contributors

Stephanie Döpper

Stephanie Döpper is a postdoctoral researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. She leads a project dedicated to the reconstruction of the Early Bronze Age landscape of the Central Oman and is spokesperson for an interdisciplinary project on perceptions of abandoned mud-brick settlements in the region.

Luise Loges

Luise Loges is a postgraduate researcher in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and a science journalist with seven years of experience in archaeological science communication. She is passionate about interdisciplinary research, digital public archaeology and the study and protection of cultural heritage worldwide. Twitter: @lui_log

Matthias Ludwig

Matthias Ludwig has been full professor for mathematics education at Goethe University since 2011. He studied mathematics and physics and was a teacher at senior high for eight years. His biggest research interest is the use of new technologies to promote mathematics and other science. He was the founder of MathCityMap.

Deng-Xin Ken Oehler

Deng-Xin Ken Oehler is a research assistant at Goethe University Frankfurt. He has a master’s degree in bioinformatics and currently develops several learning applications at the working group of Matthias Ludwig.

Iwan Gurjanow

Iwan Gurjanow is currently working as a software engineer at C24 Bank GmbH. He wrote his PhD thesis about the development of an educational app to learn and teach mathematics outdoors at the working group of Matthias Ludwig.