Archaeogaming

An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-872-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 501 g

Video games exemplify contemporary material objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. Video games also serve as archaeological sites in the traditional sense as a place, in which evidence of past activity is preserved and has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology, and which represents a part of the archaeological record. This book serves as a general introduction to "archaeogaming"; it describes the intersection of archaeology and video games and applies archaeological method and theory into understanding game-spaces as both site and artifact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reinhard, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Computerspiele, Internetspiele
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Real-World Archaeogaming

Chapter 2. Playing as Archaeologists

Chapter 3. Video Games as Archaeological Sites

Chapter 4. Material Culture of the Immaterial

Conclusion

Appendix: No Man’s Sky Archaeological Survey (NMSAS) Code of Ethics

Works Cited

Games Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Reinhard, Andrew
Andrew Reinhard is the Director of Publications for the American Numismatic Society and is currently working towards his PhD in archaeology at the University of York’s (UK) Centre for Digital Heritage. He coined the term “archaeogaming” and runs the archaeogaming.com blog and twitter. In 2014, he and a team of archaeologists helped excavate the Atari Burial Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico.