Imaging Technologies & Methodologies for Archaeological Visualization
1. Capturing Archaeological Sites & Artifacts in 3D for Archaeological
Analysis& Cultural Heritage Dissemination
Ashley M. Richter
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
BRIEF INTRO
•CISA3
•Point Clouds as a Digital Scaffold
PART ONE: Laser Scanning for Archaeological Landscapes
•Intro to the Mechanism
•Evolution of the Scanner
•Field Problems & Solutions
•Jordanian Field Examples
•Scan Planning
•Scanning Basics
PART TWO: Laser Scanning for Cultural Heritage Artifacts
•Intro to the Mechanism
•Field Problems & Solutions
•Scanning Basics
21. Scan Planning
•Pre-Plan: Size, Schedule, Power, Transport..
•Trouble Shoot the Landscape
•Re-Assess the Plan & Prioritize
•Scan, Scan, Scan
•Scan
•Keep up your Labeling Systems
•Keep visual & textual Metadata throughout
But we’d assume that in today’s modern world, we’d assume that all of that wonderful tech gets applied to archaeology and pop culture sources speak to this having happened and to science fiction potential for high speed data capture and visualization
Bones
CSI
Prometheus LiDAR balls
BUT ITS NOT YET SO- visual data manipulation limited, 3D modelling mostly- one offs- not a systems for entering, storing, and accessing information
As an archaeologist- approached the initial data collection problems- how can we use laser scanning tech (LiDAR) for quick data collection in excavation and surveying environments
Solved certain archaeology specific field issues-
Resulted in Enhanced speed
My trial system at Khirbat Faynan in southern Jordan worked so well that we applied it to a nearby endangered site