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The fields of photography and archaeology are deeply intertwined. The emergence of the latter coincided with the birth of the photographic image, and, as Banta and Hinsley (2017, 73) note," few scientific fields have used photography as variously and experimentally as archaeology, and few have enjoyed such public enthusiasm mediated by this technology." This intersection began over a century ago when early cameras captured ruinous landscapes that shaped early perceptions of ancient worlds. Those images represent some of the first formal efforts to use photography to