Virtual Archaeology: 3D Model of Sudanese Church SUR22A
3D reconstruction of a Sudanese church found at the 4th cataract by the HUNE-mission of Humboldt University Berlin.
Archaeology is a destructive process in which accurate and detailed recording of a site is imperative. As a site is exposed, documentation is required in order to recreate and understand the site in context. We have developed a 3D modeling pipeline that can assist archaeologists in the documentation effort by building rich, geometrically and photometrically accurate 3D models of the site. The modeling effort begins with data acquisition (images, range scans, GIS data, and video) and ends with the use of a sophisticated visualization tool that can be used by researchers to explore and understand the site. The pipeline includes new methods for shadow-based registration of 2D images and temporal change detection. Our multimodal augmented reality system allows users wearing head-tracked, see-through, head-worn displays to visualize the site model and associated archaeological artifacts, and to interact with them using speech and gesture. (Authors: Peter Allen, Steven Feiner, Alejandro Troccoli, Hrvoje Benko, Edward Ishak, Ben Smith, Columbia University. Please visit http://www.edwardishak.com for more information.)
This is a reconstruction I produced for the complex settlement site at Old Scatness, Shetland. It was produced as part of my undergraduate dissertation project at the University of Bradford, UK.
For more information about the work and 3D visualisation in general, check out my blog at www.archaeofx.com
Archaeologists have discovered a gold necklace over four thousand years old. It is the oldest gold artifact discovered in the Americas yet. Here's more on the story.
Archaeologists have just discovered an ancient golden artifact in Peru.
The necklace was found near Lake Titicaca on Monday.
Using Radiocarbon dating, scientists estimate the necklace was made around 2100 B.C.
Anthropologist Mark Aldenderfer of the University of Arizona and colleagues discovered the necklace next to an adult skull in a burial pit at Jiskairumoko.
Jiskairumoko is a small hamlet settled by hunter-gathers from 3300 to 1500 BC.
Archaeologists from Peru's National Culture Institue say the necklace could be even older than that.
[Eugenia Cevallos, Archaeologist]: Male
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