| Affiliations: | Aggie Research Mentoring Program |
| Project Leader: | Claire Zak czak@tamu.edu Anthropology |
| Faculty Mentor: | Deborah Carlson, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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Wednesdays 3-5 PM, participants must attend one hour of the meeting |
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Team Size:
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3
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Participants will learn TEI XML coding, interact with Github, and implement historical document transcription practices
Other skill gained: Practical experience with archive and database management; Interact with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and their wide expanse of research material; Gain familiarity with nautical terms and shipwreck archaeology |
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Team Needs:
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Required skills: attention to detail; computer literacy and access to a computer; typing; ability to work with minimal supervision; independent problem solving
Desired (but not required) skills: TEI XML coding or HTML or similar; knowledge of multiple languages including modern and ancient languages; familiarity with ancient ship technology and nautical archaeology; experience with database, archive, and bibliographic management, web design, or 3D modeling |
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Description:
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The Institute of Nautical Archaeology (associated with Texas A&M’s Department of Anthropology for over 45 years) has recently been gifted approximately 9,000 handwritten index cards of nautically-related terms. Within this archive, each term is translated into multiple languages including Arabic, Latin, Greek, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and Dutch (among others). This project proposes the first online and illustrated multilingual lexicon of nautical terminology and shipbuilding technology made available to the public in a searchable, open-access digital database. The resulting lexicon will be a robust and interdisciplinary research tool that integrates literary descriptions of hundreds of water craft with the physical remains of ships and boats by means of a three-dimensional visual apparatus that illustrates not only the nautical terms, but also the ship’s components, and their corresponding archaeological assemblage. With the help of volunteer researchers, we will fully digitize these cards, organize them by language and subject material, enter them into a digital repository, and prepare entries for publication on an online database. |