Accurate, textured, 3D computer models of objects are of increasing interest in many disciplines, e.g. archeology. Laser scanners provide a very precise way of gathering data for such models; however, a number of steps are necessary before this new laser data can be imported into a computer model that is ready for rendering. This work discusses the processes undertaken to develop a simple to us...

Structure from Motion 3D reconstruction has become widely used in recent years in a number of fields such as industrial surface inspection, archeology, cultural heritage preservation and geomapping. A number of software solutions have been released using variations of this technique. In this paper we analyse the state of the art of these software applications, by comparing the resultant 3D mesh...

Experimental archaeology has long yielded valuable insights into the tools and techniques that featured in past peoples’ relationship with the material world around them. However, experimental archaeology has, hitherto, confined itself to rigid, empirical and quantitative questions. This paper applies principles of experimental archaeology and serious gaming tools in the reconstructions of a Br...

Software is invisible to most of the world. Although individuals, organizations, and nations rely on a multitude of software-intensive systems every day, most software lives in the interstitial spaces of society, hidden from view except insofar as it does something tangible or useful. Furthermore, most interesting software is continuously evolving: it is never turned off, but rather is adapted,...

Within Memphis’ T.O. Fuller State Park, formerly the Shelby County Negro lies C.H. Nash Chucalissa Museum where skeletal remains of Tunica people are on display. Because it is a popular tourist attraction and hub for archeology research, has been dubbed “central clearing house Western Tennessee archeology.” Despite many journal articles written about Chucalissa, underwhelmingly few critically e...

Radiocarbon dating is a well-established chronometric technique that has been widely employed in Chinese archeology since the first radiocarbon laboratory started operating Institute of Archaeology at Academy Sciences 1965. In three decades studies followed, achievements were made dating, especially measurement techniques, sample preparation, and establishment regional chronological frameworks....