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Cherokee Landscapes is a digital conservation project to protect and preserve heritage in ways determined by Ani-Kitu Hwagi (Cherokee) stakeholders. This digital repatriation project requires new ways of visualizing archaeological information and geographically integrating Ani-Kitu Hwagi materials that are dispersed among many national and international institutions. The platform for Cherokee Landscapes is mbira, an open-source program developed by Michigan State University’s MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. Mbira, an interactive map interface, and other open-source programs offer novel ways of visualizing spatial data that benefit archaeological professionals and the public.
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Several seasons of archaeological research in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina were made possible by institutional support from Illinois State University, numerous grants and logistical support from the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and a grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
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Townsend, R., Sampeck, K., Watrall, E. et al. Digital Archaeology and the Living Cherokee Landscape. Int J Histor Archaeol 24, 969–988 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-019-00534-7
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