This paper will explore the technical framework and project workflow
for two major interrelated online resources, Terra Biblica and “BAM”
(the “Big Ancient Mediterranean”), which will leverage GIS tools and
annotation/data mining capabilities to allow the exploration of ancient
texts in new ways. Terra Biblica is a tool for the geospatial
analysis/plot mapping of biblical and related literature; Big Ancient
Mediterranean is an information portal for exploring the development of
various ancient social groups over multiple centuries (thus “big
history”), through an interface combining GIS, networks, and textual
search on richly annotated sources. Sources for pre-Constantinian
Christianity constitute the first data set, to be followed later by
fourth-century materials. The project is a joint venture between the
University of Iowa (Paul Dilley, Sarah Bond), the Pleiades Project, and
Ryan Horne (Ancient World Mapping Center, UNC-Chapel Hill).
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