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The Archaeological Institute of America has recognized the Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project with the 2018 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology.

The Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project (https://digitalhumanities.umass.edu/pbmp/) produces a landscape of publications for the site, integrating centuries of scholarly work with the space of the city itself to create a unified, biodirectional interface. One of the strengths of this growing project is that it integrates traditional scholarship with innovative digital tools like GIS with online interface. It thus brings over two centuries of references together with the notoriously long and complicated history of mapping Pompeii. This resource enhances and improves research on Pompeii, offering an easy to navigate interface of value to researchers from different disciplines, as well as teachers, librarians, and students of all ages.

Eric Poehler, Director of PBMP, received the award at the Annual Meeting of the Institute in Boston in January. Eric is Associate Professor of Classics and Director of Five Colleges Blended Learning and Digital Humanities Programs.