Filling the Void in Archaeological Excavations: 2D Point Clouds to 3D Volumes

Abstract 3D data captured from archaeological excavations are frequently left to speak for themselves. models of objects uploaded online viewing platforms, the tops or bottoms surfaces visualised in 2.5D, both reduced 2D representations. Representations excavation units, particular, often remain incompletely processed as raw surface outputs, unable be considered individual entities that represent individual, volumetric units excavation. Visualisations such surfaces, whether point clouds meshes, commonly viewed an end result and themselves, when they could beginning a fully way recording understanding record. In describing creation archaeologically focused routine 3D-focused processing workflow, this article provides means fill void between excavation-unit thereby producing entity corresponds each unit. Drawing on datasets Kaymakç? Archaeological Project (KAP) western Turkey, shows potential programmatic contextual cloud datasets, opening world possibilities challenges development truly practice.