2.2. The Things We Can Do with Pictures: Image-Based Modeling and Archaeology

Authors

Brandon R. Olson, Metropolitan State University of DenverFollow

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Description

Since the wide-spread availability of cost efficient image-based modeling software emerged five years ago, the discipline of archaeology has seen a proliferation of all things digital. The implementation of 3D modeling specifically is well attested as evidenced initially by a wave of peer-reviewed studies testing the technology for archaeological purposes, which has then been followed by colloquia, conferences panels, workshops, and publications focusing on the technology’s analytical benefits. It remains evident that although digital archaeology is not a new development, it now has a heretofore unpresented degree of staying power. The intention here is to present a critical analysis of the technology by drawing on a set of field applications that highlight how this technology continues to transform the discipline through a diverse set of methodological and interpretive frameworks.

Publication Date

10-11-2016

Publisher

The Digital Press @ University of North Dakota

City

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Keywords

image-based modeling, 3D, digital archaeology, spatial analysis, photogrammetry

Disciplines

Classical Archaeology and Art History

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For Supplemental Material see: https://mobilizingthepast.mukurtu.net/collection/22-things-we-can-do-pictures-image-based-modeling-and-archaeology

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Olson, Brandon R. “The Things We Can Do With Pictures: Image-Based Modelling and Archaeology.” In Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology, edited by Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon, and Derek B. Counts, 237-250. Grand Forks, ND: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, 2016.