Update on Umm el-Jimal
Read where the project is and plans for future development.
US State Department grant for preservation of House XVIII at Umm el-Jimal, Jordan
The US State Department grants for 2012 through the Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation include Umm el-Jimal as one of fifty granted through embassies around the world and one of four in the Middle East. "Jordan: Preservation of the Ruins of House XVIII at Umm el-Jimal Archaeological Site" will receive $96,000, to be directed by Prof Bert de Vries and administered by Calvin alumni Paul Christians and Jeff DeKock of Open Hand Studios. Read more.
Creating a virtual museum: application of engineering and computing in archaeology
Stephen Clemenger, computer science major, worked this summer with Prof. Bert de Vries on a three-dimensional virtual reconstruction of ancient buildings of Umm el-Jimal, Jordan. In this McGregor Fellowship project, Stephen is applying both engineering and computing in archaeology. Read more.
Interim 2012 Field Work in Archaeology in Jordan
Prof Bert de Vries took Calvin students to Umm el-Jimal for three weeks of hands-on train in archaeology including digital photographic documentation, planning of both digital and actual site-museum presentation, interview-based recording of modern Umm el-Jimal village culture, planning of a community heritage center, architectural analysis of a large Byzantine house, and working as part of a team of professional archaeologists from Jordan and the United States. Read more.
