Monitoring and conservation of archaeological wooden elements from ship wrecks using 3D digital imaging
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2013
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
In marine archaeology, many artifacts made of metallic or organic material are found in different state of conservation depending of the environment in which they are discovered. Once brought to the surface for study or display purposes, the artifacts need to be treated properly otherwise they deteriorate in a short lapse of time. The fragility of organic artifacts and the volumetric variation caused by the marine life on or surrounding them and water lead to the need for measuring the physical dimensions soon after an artifact is extracted from the sea. In an ideal context, it would be appropriate to preserve and restore the archaeological elements rapidly and with the latest methods but due to the large number of artifacts, the cost of complete restoration activities becomes prohibitive for the funding available in public institutions. For this reason, many public laboratories are resorting to digital technologies for documentation, restoration, display and conservation. In this paper, we illustrate the experience of the University of Salento in this area of archaeology using 3D imaging technology. The interest sprang from the need to develop a protocol for documentation and digital restoration of archaeological finds discovered along the coast of Torre S. Sabina (BR) Italy.
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@inproceedings{10.1109:DigitalHeritage.2013.6743720,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage International Congress},
editor = {-},
title = {{Monitoring and conservation of archaeological wooden elements from ship wrecks using 3D digital imaging}},
author = {Bandiera, Adriana and Alfonso, Cristiano and Auriemma, Rita and Bartolo, Maurizio Di},
year = {2013},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743720}
}