Conceptualizing Preservation: A Case Study Using Emulation Tools on the Chora of Metaponto, The Necropoleis

In 1998, the Institute of Classical Archeology published the Chora of Metaponto: The Necropoleis, a two volume book that represented over twenty years of archeological research and scholarship. This paper describes how graduate students in Dr. Galloway's Digital Archiving class, working together with the ICA, utilized emulation as a tool for recovering data in obsolete legacy formats for long term preservation and increased digital access. This paper analyses their process and presents the project's two objectives?preservation and access?from within two separate conceptual frameworks and demonstrates how they can come into conflict in practice. Awareness of the different frameworks can give future archivists greater control and streamline the process for similar projects.