El reensamblaje y la reposición virtual de un recipiente de beber fragmentado

[EN] A key issue in the study of cultural assets is theiroften fragmentary condition. This causes serious problems and questions regarding theirstudy and presentation. Pottery fragments are the most numerous findings in every excavation. Furthermore, pottery plays an essential role for the reconstruction of the past, since it providesinformation for all aspects of life (private, public, religion, death, economy, society, trade,etc.). Therefore,a thorough study and presentation of pottery fragments contribute to a better knowledge of the past.The focus of this work is the visualisation of an ancient Greek drinking vase, a kantharos, which was unearthed during the excavations at the settlement of Karabournaki (ancient Therme) in the area of Thessaloniki (Greece). It dates to the Archaic period (7th-6thc. B.C.) and it was found in fragments among the settlement's architectural remains. The vase is of great archaeological significance due to its peculiarities in terms of shape, decoration and function. Therefore,its digital completion and 3D reconstruction willcontribute to its betterstudy and scholarly publication along with a general contribution to the field of pottery studies.We discuss on the 3D digitisation of the kantharosfragments that werebased onStructure from Motion/Multiple View Stereovision (SfM/MVS) and a custom automated data collection system. A detailed description of the digitisation pipeline is given along with details related to the quality of the 3D digital replicas of the sherds. Furthermore, we presentour manual virtual reassembly and reconstruction pipelineof the kantharosby describing the challenges, issues and ambiguities discovered while analysing the geometrical features of each sherd. A number of photorealistic reconstruction visualisations of the artefact are presented in order to question the applicability of the solution for the actual reconstruction[ES] Una cuestión clave en el estudio de los bienes culturales es su condición amenudo fragmentaria. Estacausa problemas y serias dudas en cuanto a su estudio y presentación. Los fragmentos de cerámica son los hallazgos más frecuentes en una excavación. Además, la cerámica juega un papel esencial para la reconstrucción del pasado, ya que proporciona información acerca de todos los aspectos de la vida (privada, pública, la religión, la muerte, la economía, la sociedad, el comercio, etc.). Por lo tanto, un estudio a fondo y la presentación de los fragmentos de cerámica pueden conducir a un mejor conocimiento del pasado.El objetivo de este trabajo es la visualización de un recipiente griego para beber, un Kantharo (recipiente para bebidas) descubierto en las excavaciones del asentamiento de Karabournaki (antigua Therme) en la zona de Tesalónica (Grecia). El vaso se fecha en el periodo arcaico (VII-VI a.C.) y sus fragmentos se encontraronentre los restos arquitectónicos del asentamiento. El recipiente es de gran importancia arqueológica debido a sus peculiaridades en cuanto a la forma, la decoración y su función. Por lo tanto, su acabado digital y la reconstrucción 3D contribuirán a su mejor estudio y a la publicación además de una aportación genérica enel campo de los estudios de cerámica.Se discute sobre la digitalización en 3D de losfragmentos del kantharos, que estábasadoen StructurefromMotion/Multiple View Stereovision(SfM/MVS) y un sistema automatizado de recogida de datos a medida. Se ofrece una descripción detallada del proceso de digitalización junto con los detalles relacionados con la calidad de las réplicas digitales en 3D de los pedazos. Además, presentamos nuestro manual de reensamblaje virtual y el proceso de reconstrucción virtual del kantharos,mediante la descripción delos desafíos, de los problemas y de las ambigüedades descubiertas durante el análisis de las características geométricas de cada fragmento. Se presentanvisualizaciones fotorrealistas de la reconstrucción del artefacto con el fin de cuestionar la aplicabilidad de la solución a la reconstrucción realThis work was implemented as a Case Study within the framework of the COST-Action TD 1201: Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage (COSCH). COST is supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020.Tsiafaki, D.; Koutsoudis, A.; Arnaoutoglou, F.; Michailidou, N. (2015). Virtual reassembly and completion of a fragmentary drinking vessel. Virtual Archaeology Review. 7(15):67-76. doi:10.4995/var.2016.5910.SWORD677671

Revisión de los métodos computerizados para la reconstrucción de fragmentos arqueológicos de cerámica

[ES] Las cerámicas son los hallazgos más numerosos encontrados en las excavaciones arqueológicas; a menudo se usan para obtener información sobre la historia, la economía y el arte de un sitio. Los arqueólogos rara vez encuentran jarrones completos; en general, están dañados y en fragmentos, a menudo mezclados con otros grupos de cerámica.El análisis y la reconstrucción de fragmentos se realiza por un operador experto mediante el uso del método manual tradicional. Los artículos revisados proporcionaron evidencias de que el método tradicional no es reproducible, no es repetible, consume mucho tiempo y sus resultados generan grandes incertidumbres. Con el objetivo de superar los límites anteriores, en los últimos años, los investigadores han realizado esfuerzos para desarrollar métodos informáticos que permitan el análisis de fragmentos arqueológicos de cerámica, todo ello destinado a su reconstrucción. Para contribuir a este campo de estudio, en este artículo, se presenta un análisis exhaustivo de las publicaciones disponibles más importantes hasta finales de 2019. Este estudio, centrado únicamente en fragmentos de cerámica, se realiza mediante la recopilación de artículos en inglés de la base de datos Scopus, utilizando las siguientes palabras clave: "métodos informáticos en arqueología", "arqueología 3D", "reconstrucción 3D", "reconocimiento y reconstrucción automática de características", "restauración de reliquias en forma de cerámica ". La lista se completa con referencias adicionales que se encuentran a través de la lectura de documentos seleccionados. Los 53 trabajos seleccionados se dividen en tres períodos de tiempo. Según una revisión detallada de los estudios realizados, los elementos clave de cada método analizado se enumeran en función de las herramientas de adquisición de datos, las características extraídas, los procesos de clasificación y las técnicas de correspondencia. Finalmente, para superar las brechas reales, se proponen algunas recomendaciones para futuras investigaciones.[EN] Potteries are the most numerous finds found in archaeological excavations; they are often used to get information about the history, economy, and art of a site. Archaeologists rarely find complete vases but, generally, damaged and in fragments, often mixed with other pottery groups. By using the traditional manual method, the analysis and reconstruction of sherds are performed by a skilled operator. Reviewed papers provided evidence that the traditional method is not reproducible, not repeatable, time-consuming and its results have great uncertainties. To overcome the aforementioned limits, in the last years, researchers have made efforts to develop computer-based methods for archaeological ceramic sherds analysis, aimed at their reconstruction. To contribute to this field of study, in this paper, a comprehensive analysis of the most important available publications until the end of 2019 is presented. This study, focused on pottery fragments only, is performed by collecting papers in English by the Scopus database using the following keywords: “computer methods in archaeology", "3D archaeology", "3D reconstruction", "automatic feature recognition and reconstruction", "restoration of pottery shape relics”. The list is completed by additional references found through the reading of selected papers. The 53 selected papers are divided into three periods of time. According to a detailed review of the performed studies, the key elements of each analyzed method are listed based on data acquisition tools, features extracted, classification processes, and matching techniques. Finally, to overcome the actual gaps some recommendations for future researches are proposed.Highlights:The traditional manual method for reassembling sherds is very time-consuming and costly; it also requires a great deal effort from skilled archaeologists in repetitive and routine activities.Computer-based methods for archaeological ceramic sherds reconstruction can help archaeologists in the above-mentioned repetitive and routine activities.In this paper, the state-of-the-art computer-based methods for archaeological ceramic sherds reconstruction are reviewed, and some recommendations for future researches are proposed.Eslami, D.; Di Angelo, L.; Di Stefano, P.; Pane, C. (2020). Review of computer-based methods for archaeological ceramic sherds reconstruction. 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The present volume includes 50 selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the 41st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Across Space and Time (CAA2013) conference held in Perth (Western Australia) in March 2013 at the University Club of Western Australia and hosted by the recently established CAA Australia National Chapter. It also hosts a paper presented at the 40th Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA2012) conference held in Southampton

Food and balms: combined botanical and chemical studies from funerary and domestic contexts

Questo studio consiste nell’analisi interdisciplinare di micro- e macro-resti vegetali provenienti da vari contesti archeologici e nell’identificazione dei rispettivi profili chimici. Comunemente, l’analisi di micro-resti quali granuli pollinici, fitoliti e NNPs (palinomorfi nonpollinici), e macro-resti vegetali, come semi e legni, avviene per mezzo di indagini microscopiche che permettono di riconoscere la morfologia e tassonomia della pianta di provenienza. Circa l’analisi dei residui dei materiali amorfi, la loro caratterizzazione si basa su biomarcatori, ossia molecole organiche che servono da indicatori chimici, rivelandone l'origine. Combinando i due approcci, il materiale per la ricerca è stato selezionato basandosi sullo stato di conservazione e sulla disponibilità. Inoltre, dato che il trattamento analitico di manufatti attraverso protocolli di laboratorialo è ridotto al necessario per limitare alterazioni e garantire usi futuri a fini di ricerca o musealizzazione, i campioni sono stati preparati secondo i metodi strumentali appropriati. In rellazione alle delle esigenze specifiche del materiale analizzato, ciascun campione è stato studiato mediante la microscopia ottica, stereo-microscopia e microscopia elettronica a scansione (SEM). Per l'analisi chimica, il residuo organico visibile è stato sottoposto a spettroscopia di trasformata di Fourier a riflettanza totale attenuata non distruttiva (ATR-FT-IR) e spettrometria di massa di gascromatografia a pirolisi minimamente distruttiva (Py-GC/MS). I residui organici recuperati da vasi di ceramica, identificati come contenitori di offerte alimentari, sono stati caratterizzati mediante gascromatografia- spettrometria di massa (GC/MS). Qualora pertinente, la frazione inorganica dei campioni è stata caratterizzata mediante SEM accoppiata con spettrometria a raggi X a dispersion di energia (SEM-EDS) e d diffrattometria a raggi X (XRD). Ciascuna tecnica è stata impiegata a seconda delle esigenze diversificate di ogni caso di studio. I dati acquisiti sono stati contestualizzati alle precedenti condizioni archeologiche e ambientali, nonché dei materiali naturali disponibili, consentendo un'interpretazione completa dei resti vegetali archeologici

Marsala\u27s Hinterland: The Evolution of Roman Settlement in Western Sicily

This thesis comprises a study of the evolution of human settlement in the hinterland of Marsala, in western Sicily, during the island\u27s period of Roman control. The years between the third century BCE–eighth century CE were a period of frequent and significant change. Paradoxically, they are also a period during which Sicily is comparatively little known. A variety of factors have conspired to minimize scholarly attention on Roman Sicily, and as such, the ways in which the island responded to events in the wider Roman Mediterranean. Among the aims of the Marsala Hinterland Survey—an archaeological survey project active between 2007–2010—was to redress this imbalance. On the basis of ceramic materials collected during surface survey, and analyzed using Geographical Information Systems software, I reconstruct the history of settlement in the area of the survey\u27s activity. This history, I go on to demonstrate, is characterized by an impressive degree of continuity, both in respect of the location and distribution of settlement. I locate the reasons for this continuity, and the moments of its occasional rupture, in the changing relationship between native Sicilian and Roman interests, especially as they relate to the production and shipment of grain throughout the Roman empire