Browsing Harvard Central Administration and University Research Centers by Author "Emanuel, Jeff"
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Crown Jewel of the Fleet: Design, Construction, and Use of the Seagoing Balsa of the Pre-Columbian Andean Coast
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, 2012)The seaworthiness of the balsa sailing raft, and the seafaring aptitude of those who built and sailed it, has been the subject of critically biased, often conflicting accounts over the nearly five centuries since contact. ... -
Heroesx: The Ancient Greek Hero: Spring 2013 Course Report
Reich, Blair Justin Fire; Emanuel, Jeffrey P.; Nesterko, Sergiy O; Seaton, Daniel Thomas; Mullaney, Tommy Philip; Waldo, James H.; Chuang, Isaac; Ho, Andrew Dean (2014)CB22x: The Ancient Greek Hero, was offered as a HarvardX course in Spring 2013 on edX, a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). It was taught by Professor Greg Nagy. The report was prepared by researchers external ... -
Massive Open Online Archaeology, Massive Open Online Opportunity: Toward a Worldwide Community of Archaeological Practice
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 2016-01-06)While the World Wide Web has provided the public at large with heretofore-unimagined access to information, the egalitarian – and frequently anonymous – nature of online content creation has also provided an unprecedented ... -
Odysseus’ Boat? New Mycenaean Evidence from the Egyptian New Kingdom
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 2014)In 1920, a small wooden ship model was discovered in a shallow tomb in Gurob, near the Faiyum oasis in Middle Egypt. Incorrectly assembled (twice) but perceptively labeled as a “Pirate Boat” by the overseer of its excavation, ...