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1. Computer Graphics for Archaeology

Authors : Filipe Castro, Christopher Dostal

Published in: Visual Computing for Cultural Heritage

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Archaeologists reconstruct past human activity from material culture remains. Recording, representing and reconstructing artifacts or contexts is a long, morose, and often expensive process. Computers have radically changed traditional methodologies and are creating opportunities to develop more eloquent images or graphic files that convey compressed information and engage the public in a more participative way. Archeological reconstructions are thinking tools that allow us to reason better and faster about our past and present, and computer graphics can replace the traditional long texts and orthographic images with a rich learning environment that transforms the learning experience into an active and critical mental process. This chapter analyses the current methodologies and evaluates the cost-benefits of the best off-the-shelf software packages and their potential to improve the recording, representing, reconstructing, and sharing archaeological contexts and artifacts.

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Metadata
Title
Computer Graphics for Archaeology
Authors
Filipe Castro
Christopher Dostal
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Visual Computing for Cultural Heritage

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-37190-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-37191-3

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37191-3_1