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Digital Archaeology Between Hype and Reality: The Results of a Survey on the Use of 3D Technologies in Archaeology

Between January and March 2020, the EAA Community for 3D-Technologies in Archaeology conducted an international online survey on the current use of image-based 3D technologies. The aim was to gain broader insight into the application of image-based 3D technologies in archaeological practice and cultural-heritage management. The survey made it possible to determine the most important aims of the use of 3D technologies, as well as providing an overview both of the software and data formats used and of current archiving practices for raw and/or generated data. In this way, the main challenges for the further development of the techniques and the ongoing implementation of 3D technologies in practice can be identified

Concluding Remarks – Coordinates for the Future of Digitalised Archaeology

The diverse contributions in this book show that the main challenges for the field are a lack of standardisation, interoperability and open-source solutions, as well as of long-term archiving solutions. The contributions also show that efforts are being made to sustainably integrate 3D technologies into the field of archaeology. Within the broader context of digital archaeology, it is argued that, in addition to technical issues, attention must be paid to ethical considerations about the nature of technology, cultural heritage and accessibility. Finally, the entanglements of technology with violent contexts must also be critically assessed

3D Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Where Are We Today?

Although the basics of 3D technologies developed rather early on, only today are we seeing a steep increase in the application of 3D technologies in archae- ological practice. This volume aims to give a broad overview of possible applica- tions in the field, but also to open a discussion about the challenges and problematic aspects of this method so far. Only if there is an awareness of the implications and challenges of implementing this new technology in the everyday practice of field and research archaeology can archaeology take full advantage of its possibilities

Geophysical prospection and verification at the protohistoric settlement of Punta di Zambrone (Calabria, Italy)

A multi-method geophysical survey was executed prior to archaeological excavations at Punta di Zambrone, Calabria, Italy. Magnetometry, ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography were applied under vary-ing survey conditions in different parts of the promontory with the aim of mapping protohistoric traces at different burial depths. In this chapter we summarise the geophysical surveys and compare the results with observations made during the subsequent excavations of the defensive moat of the Bronze Age settlement

The 3 Dimensions of Digitalized Archaeology. Data Management, Scientific benefit and Risks od Data Storage in Archaeological image-based 3D-Documentation

Using just a smartphone and the right software, we can reproduce a 3-dimensional model of an excavation site in a highly-detailed resolution. Up to date, we are able to generate 3D-models of objects in different scales, of excavations on land and underwater, buildings, ruins or even whole landscapes. Today the creation of 3D-data is a widely accepted and an established procedure in Archaeology without being standardized yet. While drawing with a pencil is becoming an obsolete technique, we instead face new challenges of creating reproducible workflows, how fully exploit and how to store digital data: After data-production, the question rises what scientific benefit can the data provide for research? What yet unsolved questions can be addressed with the analysis of 3D-data? In short: Does the acquisition of 3D-data have an additional scientific value? Working with these techniques, we face an abundant amount of data not only to be analyzed but also to be stored. Do we need to archive all the raw data for future analyses or could we reduce the amount of bytes to store? How can a large quantity of data be handled for easy exchange between different researchers and different softwaresolutions? And how do we prevent information loss for future generations? In this session, we invite researchers working with 3D-scanning techniques to tackle these pressing questions and to share Open Source solutions for data sharing, further analysis and storage. The aim of the session is to discuss and to evaluate how to manage 3D-data in a meaningful way for scientific purposes and to find new ways to address the risks and challenges posed by digitalization. In short: Where are we, where are we going, and how do we want to design the handling of 3D-data in Archaeology