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A digital archaeologist helps inaccessible collections be seen

  • Written by Davide Tanasi, Associate Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of History, University of South Florida
Davide Tanasi scans an artifact from the Farid Karam collection.Davide Tanasi, Author provided

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Davide Tanasi is a digital archaeologist at the University of South Florida. He creates highly detailed 3D scans of archaeological artifacts that can be viewed online or used to create 3D...

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