A GPR survey was carried out in advance of archaeological excavations at Madjedbebe (formerly known as Malakunanja II), a sandstone rock shelter in western Arnhem Land (Australia) containing numerous Aboriginal burials. GPR revealed subsurface patterning of rocks in the shelter deposits and archaeological excavation demonstrated that these were related to burials. Post-excavation, GIS and stati...

This paper presents a method for 3D reconstructions of archaeological excavation sites. The method extends a 3D reconstruction algorithm for general rigid scenes to better fit the special archaeological needs and to integrate easily into the documentation process. As input, an ordered image sequence captured with a calibrated standard digital camera is required, along with a small set of 3D poi...

The TRANSLATION Framework for Archaeological Excavation Data: Transparent Negotiation and Sharing of Local Application Terminologies, Instances and Ontologies. A progress report submitted for continuation towards a PhD

The progress of excavation work has been regularly recorded by taking images during the excavation seasons of Finnish Jabal Haroun Project. This multitemporal archaeological imagery is collected during 1998-2003. Images have been taken daily from the archaeological excavation site, namely the monastic complex of St. Aaron located near Petra, in Jordan. The images have been taken with non-metric...

Archaeological excavation documentation poses several challenges to spatial data management. This work gives a data model, respective query functionality and the description of the resulting prototype system for recording and analyzing the data produced during the course of an excavation. Based on a requirements analysis, we develop a data model that not only captures georeferenced finds (potte...

Data from archaeological excavation is suitable for computerization although they bring challenges typical of working in non-scientific subjective areas. We present some issues with regard data modeling in the specific field of archaeology.

Like the Sanxingdui ruins, the Jinsha ruins are an important archaeological site in the Chengdu Plain. Excavation of these ruins may offer important evidence for the origins and evolution of the ancient Shu civilization. In order to protect historical relics during excavation, it is necessary to use INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SMART SENSING AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS VOL. 6, NO. 2, APRIL 2013 Submitt...

the higher mountainous region of the central zagros is regarded as one of the important regions for the early human settlements. although archaeological studies have been initiated from the early 20s but there has been little precise information on the absolute chronology and also transitional processes of cultural sequences especially on the eastern parts of the region including eastern lurist...

We are developing a collaborative system for offsite visualization of an archaeological dig site through both virtual and augmented reality. Multiple users, wearing tracked, head-worn, see-through displays, can interact with the environment using tracked, instrumented gloves, a multi-user, multi-touch, projected table surface, large wall displays and tracked hand-held displays. We take advantag...

Automation is an important issue when integrating heterogeneous collections into archaeological digital libraries. We propose an incremental approach through intermediaryand mapping-based techniques. A visual schema mapping tool within the 5S framework allows semi-automatic mapping and incremental global schema enrichment. 5S also helped speed up development of a new multi-dimensional browsing ...