Practical Archaeogaming

Andrew Reinhard is a Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Project Director for Metcalf Archaeological Consultants and is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University. His first book, Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games, was published by Berghahn Books in 2018.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesIntroductionChapter 1. Archaeogaming: The State of the Field in 2023Chapter 2. Rapid Archaeology of Human Constructions within Interactive Digital Built EnvironmentsChapter 3. Adapting the Harris Matrix for Software StratigraphyChapter 4. Archaeology of Abandoned Human Settlements in No Man’s Sky: A New Approach to Recording and Preserving User-Generated Content in Digital GamesChapter 5. Photogrammetry and GIS in Human-Occupied Digital Landscapes (with Sara Zaia)Chapter 6. Photogrammetry and 3D Printing of 2D Digital ArtifactsChapter 7. Report on the Recovered “Atari Burial Ground” Material, Condition, and Post-Excavation DispersalConclusionBibliographyIndex

"…it really fleshes out what ‘archaeogaming’ looks like in its multiple and varied incarnations. In that respect, it dovetails well with the author’s previous book Archaeogaming which was more prescriptive about what archaeogaming could or should be. In that respect, it’s rare and interesting (and valuable!) to see a field get defined and then realized, and (with certain caveats) I could see the two volumes packing a one-two punch employed in classrooms or in graduate programs, providing focus and direction for aspiring archaeologists interested in this open field somewhere between digital archaeology and media archaeology.” • Shawn Graham, Carleton University