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Beyond Digital Dwelling: Re-thinking Interpretive Visualisation in Archaeology
- Source :
- Open Archaeology, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- De Gruyter, 2015.
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Abstract
- Archaeology is a visually rich discipline with a long history of utilising images across a variety of contexts within its practice. However, due to the often unavoidably subjective nature of visual interpretation, fundamental issues with its application remain problematic and largely unresolved. Furthermore, in recent years the rising dominance of digital techniques for archaeological threedimensional surveys and interpretive visualisation has resulted in a rapid uptake of emerging technologies without adequate assessment of their impact on the interpretive process and practitioner engagement. Using an example from experimental work in Orkney as a springboard for discussion this paper outlines the need for the field to develop a more practical approach to addressing some of these recurring issues by developing methodologies which more accurately reflect the multi-layered, interpretive and ambiguous processes involved in archaeological interpretation.
- Subjects :
- Archeology
laser survey
reconstruction
Process (engineering)
Emerging technologies
Interpretation (philosophy)
laser scanning
Automatic identification and data capture
digital documentation
Conservation
photogrammetry
Archaeology
archaeological interpretation
Education
Variety (cybernetics)
Visualization
data capture
Classical archaeology
storytelling
creative practice
Sociology
Archaeological visualisation
CC1-960
Storytelling
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23006560
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Open Archaeology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a8cebf416bbd486feaa7dc5135d1c8e1