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The Potential for Open-Air Sites: a Diversified Approach in Emilia, Italy

EXARC Journal, 2017
The development of open-air cultural heritage and archaeological areas is based upon their optimal safeguarding and management, and through the public awareness they generate.
Davide Delpiano, Francesco Garbasi, Filippo Fontana   +2 more
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What Should We Do With These? Challenges related to (semi-)automatically detected sites and features. A note

Internet Archaeology
Recent advances in machine learning and computer vision techniques have brought (semi-)automatic feature detection within reach of an increasing number of archaeologists and archaeological institutions, including those in Finland.
Niko Anttiroiko
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Our Heritage: Towards a Sustainable Future for Digital Spatial Information and Technologies in European Archaeological Heritage Management

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2019
The enormous increase in digital spatial information has led archaeologists all over Europe to rely ever more on digital data to prepare and carry out archaeological research, both in academic and heritage management contexts.
Peter McKeague, Rein van‘t Veer, Isto Huvila, Anne Moreau, Philip Verhagen, Loup Bernard, Anwen Cooper, Chris Green, Niels van Manen   +8 more
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Interpretation at the controller's edge: designing graphical user interfaces for the digital publication of the excavations at Gabii (Italy) [PDF]

, 2016
This paper discusses the authors’ approach to designing an interface for the Gabii Project’s digital volumes that attempts to fuse elements of traditional synthetic publications and site reports with rich digital datasets.
Johnson, Tyler D., Opitz, Rachel S.
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Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics and Invariant Shape Descriptors of Catfish Otoliths in the Yucatán Peninsula: Tools for Species Identification and Individual Size Estimation at Maya Archaeological Sites

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of otolith shape analysis for species identification and size estimation in Ariopsis felis and Bagre marinus, based on 181 modern otoliths obtained from a scientific collection and recent sampling in the coastal regions of Campeche and Yucatán, as well as 39 archaeological otoliths corresponding to the Early ...
Ariana Solis‐Gómez, Jorge Luis Pérez‐Gonzalez, Nayeli Jiménez‐Cano, Maribel Badillo‐Alemán, Alfredo Gallardo‐Torres, Nidiyare Hevia‐Montiel, Daniel Arceo‐Carranza, Xavier Chiappa‐Carrara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
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The Mediterranean Archaeological Network – A Cyberinfrastructure For Archaeological Heritage Management

, 2014
The Mediterranean Archaeological Network (MedArchNet http://medarchnet.org ) is a se-ries of linked archaeological information nodes. Each node contains a regional database of archaeological sites, sharing a common database structure in order to facilitate rapid information retrieval and display within and across nodes in the network.
Savage, Stephen, Levy, Thomas
openaire   +1 more source

Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel, S. Duchesne, F. Bourgailh, F. Callede, C. H. Le Noheh, M.‐L. Merleau, D. Paya, I. Baker, F. Savall, C. Guilbeau‐Frugier   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini, T. Ismaelli, S. Vettori, L. Chelazzi, S. Ciattini, F. Di Benedetto, C. Grifa, E. Cantisani   +7 more
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Climates of Change in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: From Scientific Data to Applied Knowledge

Heritage
This paper outlines the implementation and core results of a combined archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study of the histories of well construction and water management among Boran, Gabra, and Rendille pastoralists in arid and semi-arid areas ...
Paul J. Lane, Freda Nkirote M’Mbogori, Hasan Wako Godana, Margaret Wairimu Kuria, John Kanyingi, Katelo Abduba, Ali Adan Mohamed   +6 more
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