Archeological Applications of Advanced imaging Techniques

This article presents results of new approaches to imaging, specifically those utilizing techniques developed by NASA for planetary spacecraft missions to other solar system bodies. Results from an Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center month long field project in Jerusalem in the summer of 1994 demonstrate the usefulness of the new techniques on sofi media documents and ostraca, This imaging approach is also useful on frescoes, mosaics, ink inscriptions on plaster, colored textiles, illuminated manuscripts and inscribed ostraca. Most of the examples will be drawn from text material, as these are the ol>jects to which we have had the most access. We will present other suggested applications of this approach and provide sufficient detail to allow others to apply these techniques.