
Juliana van Roggen is one of five Digital Humanities undergraduate fellows from the 2014-2015 academic year. At the time of her year-long fellowship project, Juliana was a Senior at UMass Amherst.
View the website for
The Iron Streets of Pompeii at:
https://ironstreetsofpompeii.5colldh.org/
Juliana van Roggen of @UMassAmherst maps the iron streets of Pompeii in her undergrad DH proj
Today! ⇢ http://t.co/DiHFNdWy7q #NewRigor
— Five College BL/DH (@5collBLDH) May 2, 2015
Juliana van Roggen from @UMassAmherst maps location of iron deposits apparently used to repair the streets of Pompeii.#5cdh @5collDH
— Andy Anderson (@EduObservatory) May 2, 2015
Van Roggen thinking @ what it means to be excited by what you find, w or w/o the narrative that fits it all together. #NewRigor #5cDH
— Five College BL/DH (@5collBLDH) May 2, 2015
Juliana van Roggen investigates feasibility of using iron blooms to repair the streets of Pompeii, far from the smithies.
@5collDH #5cdh— Andy Anderson (@EduObservatory) May 2, 2015
The Iron Streets of Pompeii
Juliana’s project is a public, digital resource that functions as a companion to ongoing archaeological research on iron deposits in the streets of Pompeii. The project will bring together new research on the ancient city with georeferenced maps to create a web interface that will provide valuable context on how people moved through and used the Pompeiian streets, as well as new insights into how digital technologies can be used in archaeological research.
In Juliana’s words:
Read more in Juliana’s blog post:
Juliana van Roggen uses ArcGIS to map molten iron deposits in the streets of Pompeii @5collDH #5cdh #newrigor pic.twitter.com/s0dVLGPsdC
— Yael Rice (@Yael_Rice) May 2, 2015