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Motion in place: a case study of archaeological reconstruction using motion capture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Human movement constitutes a fundamental part of the archaeological process, and of any interpretationof a site’s usage; yet there has to date been little or no consideration of how movement observed (incontemporary situations) and inferred (in ...
White, Martin
core   +1 more source

Bipedalism or bipedalisms: The os coxae of StW 573

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, Volume 248, Issue 2, Page 163-183, February 2026.
There has been a long debate about the possibility of multiple contemporaneous species of Australopithecus in both eastern and southern Africa, potentially exhibiting different forms of bipedal locomotion. Here, we describe the previously unreported morphology of the os coxae in the 3.67 Ma Australopithecus prometheus StW 573 from Sterkfontein Member 2
Robin Crompton   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual Archaeology – The NextEngine Desktop Laser Scanner

open access: yesArchaeology International, 2015
Recent advances in 3D technology have led to the increasing use of virtual methods of data collection in archaeology, including the use of computed tomography (CT) and portable laser scanners. One popular piece of equipment is the NextEngine Desktop 3D laser scanner (www.nextengine.com), which was released in 2006 and offers the ability to capture ...
openaire   +3 more sources

East Texas Caddo Ceramic Sherd Database [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A considerable amount of effort has been expended over the years by archaeologists in the identification, description, and classification of ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels and sherds recovered from sites across East Texas, beginning with the masterful ...
Perttula, Timothy K.
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Digital Anthropology: Projects and Platforms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
pdf of website textMark Turin has agreed with the copyright holder the right to host a copy of this piece (whether audio, text or video) on University of Cambridge archives and servers.Article published 28 November, 2011.
Lende, Daniel
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Changing Trains at Wigan: Digital Preservation and the Future of Scholarship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper examines the impact of the emerging digital landscape on long term access to material created in digital form and its use for research; it examines challenges, risks and expectations.
Ross, Seamus
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Material motion: motion analysis for virtual heritage reconstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Through the AHRC funded, 'Motion in Place Platform' project, a number of experiments were conducted to look for quantitative differences in movement in virtual vs material environments.
Dunn, Stuart, Woolford, Kirk
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Virtual archaeology: a beginning

open access: yes, 2014
This paper argues that Virtual Archaeology has become too constrained in its scope and calls for some of the original core concepts developed in 1990 to be rehabilitated. Specifically, the introduction of technology into archaeological practice remains under theorised and requires renewed attention.
openaire   +1 more source

Towards a virtual archaeology

open access: yes, 1990
The video is a very early example of using CSG modelling of digital solids which seeks to create an epistemological rupture between conventional archaeological recording and representation of excavation data -- by demonstrating the arbitrariness of conventions, such as section and plan drawings -- and demonstrate the possibility of developing new ...
openaire   +1 more source

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