Interpretation Process at Çatalhöyük using 3D
Author
Editor
- Ian Hodder
- Arkadiusz Marciniak
Summary, in English
The project “3D-Digging at Çatalhöyük” started in 2009 as an on-site digital experiment to record every phase of the archaeological excavation in 3D, using different technologies such as terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), image-based modeling (IBM), remote sensing, and photogrammetry. The end goal of the project is to make the excavation process virtually reversible using different simulation environments: Z-Space (desktop stereoscopic display); Oculus Rift (immersive head mounted display) and the DiVE (Duke Immersive Virtual Environment). During the excavation of B.89 and other buildings, all the georeferenced 3D models were imported in the GIS geodatabase and integrated with other spatially related data, equally stored and arranged in the geodatabase. The capability of the GIS to integrate, display and analyze diverse data sets within a single environment makes this tool an ideal infrastructure for archaeological interpretation and an optimal place for 3D data to be used in the interpretation process. Indeed, 3D interaction and visualization allow very detailed analyses of all the stratigraphic relations in the 3D space and a more advanced reconstruction of all the archaeological excavations.
Department/s
- Digital Archaeology Laboratory DARK Lab
- Archaeology
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Publication/Series
Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
Volume
1
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Maney Publishing
Topic
- Archaeology
Keywords
- neolithic
- Image based 3D Modelling
- 3D GIS
- 3D archaeological documentation
- Archaeology
Status
Published
Project
- 3D GIS: a Research Platform for the Development of New Research Methodologies for the Documentation and Analysis of Archaeological Sites.
Research group
- Digital Archaeology Laboratory DARK Lab
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781910526002