Jordan Schaefer, an archaeologist who specializes in the use of digital technologies to study the past, will discuss the process of creating a 3D digital map of what is known as the 12th Unnamed Cave, a dark-zone cave art site in Tennessee that contains over three hundred images. While two-dimensional maps can be useful, they make it difficult to understand the relationship between the cave’s artwork and the artists’ physical experiences of navigating the cave.
Using a 3D modeling process called photogrammetry, a digital reconstruction of a cave’s interior can address why certain images were created in different locations inside. Additionally, sound data can indicate how ambient noises and chamber acoustics relate to the artwork. Findings indicate that the locations of 12th Unnamed Cave’s rock art are by no means random, but likely based on the artists’ personal experiences of different spaces.
This Lunch and Learn event is in-person in the Museum’s Digital Learning Center at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, November 21, 2024. No RSVPs are required to attend this free event. Boxed lunches made by Apple Spice Nashville are available for purchase for $12.24 to enjoy during the event. The lunches will include a sandwich, chips, and a cookie. Lunch orders must be placed by noon on November 19, 2024. Please order your boxed lunch on the ticket registration page. If you have any questions please email Public.Programs@tn.gov.
It will also be livestreamed on the Museum’s website at: TNMuseum.org/Videos. Also online, see these recent past events:
Saturday, October 26, 2024 TN Writers | TN Stories: Jared Sullivan, “Valley So Low: One Lawyer’s Fight for Justice in the Wake of the Great Coal Catastrophe” (Penguin Random House) presented at the Museum as part of the Southern Festival of Books
Thursday, October 17 “Lunch and Learn: The Nashville Musical History Tour: Traveling Beyond Music Row” by Music historian and journalist Brian Mansfield.
Saturday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. Katie Seigenthaler (editor), Amy Frogge (editor), and Rachel Hester, “Charles Strobel – The Kingdom of the Poor: My Journey Home” (Vanderbilt University Press) in conversation with Kay West.
Saturday, August 10, 10:30 a.m. Sara Koffi, “While We Were Burning” (Penguin Random House) in conversation with Jeremy Finley.
Saturday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. Betsy T. Phillips, “Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control” (Third Man Books) in conversation with Dr. Learotha Williams.
Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m. Michael T. Bertrand, “Southern History Remixed: On Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Dilemma of Race” (University Press of Florida), in conversation with Sheri Bartlett Browne, Ph.D.
Saturday, May 11, 10:30 a.m. Aime Alley Card, “The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State” (Lyons Press) in conversation with LaTonya Turner.
Saturday, April 13, 10:30 a.m. A Celebration of Tennessee Poets for National Poetry Month, hosted by Ciona Rouse with Gabriel Seals and Ami` Hanna-Huff.
Saturday, March 16, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Mark Cheathem, “Who Is James K. Polk? The Presidential Election of 1844” (University Press of Kansas) with Richard White, Tennessee State Museum Chief Curator.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Join the Tennessee State Museum for “Carols, Cookies and Crafts,” a free festive event for the whole family that includes holiday cookies, crafts, and live caroling, Saturday December 7, 2024 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM.
