Publications and Presentations
Peer Reviewed Publications
Ranhorn, K.L., Colarossi, D., Molel, S., Laird, M. F., Lewis, J. E., Mashaka, H., Niespolo, E., Porter, S. T., Sawchuk, E., Sharp, W. D., Tryon, C. A., and Patania, I. (2023). Kisese II Rockshelter, Tanzania. In D. Wright, A. Beyin, J. Wilkins, A. Bouzouggar, and D. Olszewski (Eds.), Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa: Hominin Behavior, Geography, and Chronology. Springer.
Arango, Susana, Benjamin Gorbaty, Nicholas Tomhave, Daniel Shervheim, David Buyck, Samantha Porter, Paul A. Iaizzo, and Tjörvi E. Perry. (2023). A High-Resolution Virtual Reality-Based Simulator to Enhance Perioperative Echocardiography Training. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia; 37(2):299-305.
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Lou, Maria E., Samantha T. Porter, Jason S. Massey, Beth Ventura, John Deen, and Yuzhi Li (2022). The Application of 3D Landmark-Based Geometric Morphometrics towards Refinement of the Piglet Grimace Scale. Animals; 12(15): 1994.
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Patania, Ilaria, Samantha T. Porter, Rukia Dihogo, Sara Frank, Jason Ernest Lewis, Husna Mashaka, Julius Ogutu, Elena Skosey-Lalonde, Christian A. Tryon, and Kathryn L. Ranhorn (2022). Geoarchaeology and heritage management: identifying and quantifying multi-scalar erosional processes at Kisese II Rockshelter, Tanzania. Frontiers in Earth Science (2022): 1330.
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Griffin, D., Porter. S. T., Trumper, M.L., Carlson, K. E., Crawford, D. J., Schwalen, D., McFadden, C. H. (2021). Gigapixel Macro Photography of Tree Rings. Tree-Ring Research; 77 (2): 86–94.
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Porter, S. T., Roussel, M., & Soressi, M. (2019). A Comparison of Châtelperronian and Protoaurignacian Core Technology Using Data Derived from 3D Models. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2(1), 41–55. Publisher Link (open access)
Douglass, M., Kuhnel, D., Magnani, M., Hittner, L., Chodoronek, M., Porter, S. (2017). Community outreach, digital heritage and private collections: a case study from the North American Great Plains. World Archaeology.
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Magnani, M. , Douglass, M., Porter, S.T. (2016). Closing the seams: resolving frequently encountered issues in photogrammetric modelling. Antiquity, 90 (354), 1654-1669.
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Porter, S.T., Huber, N., Hoyer, C., Floss, H. (2016). Portable and low-cost solutions to the imaging of Paleolithic art objects: A comparison of photogrammetry and reflectance transformation imaging. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, 859-863.
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Porter, S. T., Roussel, M., Soressi, S. (2016). A Simple Photogrammetry Rig for the Reliable Creation of 3D Artifact Models in the Field: Lithic Examples from the Early Upper Paleolithic Sequence of Les Cottés (France). Advances in Archaeological Practice, 4(1), 71-86.
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Monnier, G. F., Ladwig, J. L., Porter, S. T. (2012). Swept under the rug: the problem of unacknowledged ambiguity in lithic residue identification. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(10), 3284-3300.
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Selected Conference Presentations
For a more complete list of presentations, see my cv page.
Samantha T. Porter, Morgan Roussel, Marie Soressi, and Gilbert Tostevin (2025). Entrer Trois to Trois-D: Comparing Châtelperronian and Protoaurignacian Blade Technology. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
Samantha T. Porter (organizer and moderator) with discussants Alex Badillo, Giacomo Fontana, Kirsten Jenkins, J. Anne Melton, Marco Nebbia, and Colin Wren (2025) Forum: Possibilities and Pitfalls in Teaching and Learning Digital Archaeology (2025). Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
Samantha T. Porter, Husna Mashaka, Kathryn Ranhorn, and the Kondoa Deep History Partnership (2024). Colonial Legacies, Community Archaeology, and Digital Data at Kisese II, Tanzania. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
Samantha T. Porter, Husna Mashaka, Kathryn Ranhorn, and the Kondoa Deep History Partnership (2023). In with the old, in with the new: Integrating archival and modern digital methods at Kisese II, Tanzania. Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Portland, Oregon.
Samantha T. Porter and Colin McFadden (2019). ‘Riddle Mia This’ – A Mobile, Augmented Reality, Museum Puzzle Experience. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Meeting, Krakow, Poland.
Video of Presentation
Porter, S.T., Mcfadden, C., Tostevin, G. (2018). Multi-Scalar Approach to Structure-from-Motion Site Documentation at Crvena Stijena, Montenegro. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Conference. Tübingen, Germany. Zip line photogrammetry rig plans are available at z.umn.edu/CAA2018.
Porter, S. T., Rossel, M, Soressi, M. (2017). A Comparative Analysis of Châtelperronian and Protoaurignacian Blade Core Technology Using Data Derived from 3D Models. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.
Golubiewski-Davis, K., Porter, S., Edling, M., Soderberg, J., and Tostevin, G. (2017). The Use and Reuse of 3D Scanned Lithic Refits. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.
Porter, S. (2016). A Portable, Low-Cost, Open-Design Rig for Reflectance Transformation Imaging. Poster presented at the meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution. Madrid, Spain.
Porter, S. T., Missal, K., Pawlowicz, L. (2016). A Comparison of Methods for Creating 3D Models of Obsidian Artifacts. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Annual Conference. Oslo, Norway.
Porter, S. T. (2015). A Portable Photogrammetry Rig for the Reliable Creation of High-Quality 3D Artifact Models in the field. Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. San Francisco, California. Download on tDAR.
Magnani, M. , Douglass, M., Porter, S.T. (2015). Low-Cost Collection Digitization: Streamlining Photogrammetric Methodologies. Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. San Francisco, California. Download on tDAR.