Computer-Assisted Orientation and Drawing of Archaeological Pottery
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F18%3A00106217" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/18:00106217 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3230672" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3230672</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3230672" target="_blank" >10.1145/3230672</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Computer-Assisted Orientation and Drawing of Archaeological Pottery
Original language description
Archaeologists spend considerable time orienting and drawing ceramic fragments by hand for documentation, to infer their manufacture, the nature of the discovery site and its chronology, and to develop hypotheses about commercial and cultural exchanges, social organisation, resource exploitation, and taphonomic processes. This study presents a survey of existing solutions to the time-consuming problem of orienting and drawing pottery fragments. Orientation is based on the 3D geometry of pottery models, which can now be acquired in minutes with low-cost 3D scanners. Several methods are presented: they are based on normal vectors, or circle fittings, or profile fittings. All these methods seek to determine the optimal position of the rotation axis. We also present and discuss new approaches and improvements to existing methods. We have developed a suite of functions for the computer-assisted orientation and drawing of archaeological pottery. The profile and contours of the fragment, as well as any possible decoration, can be depicted in various ways: photorealistic rendering or dotted patterns, calculated by ambient occlusion, combined or not with artificial light. The general workflow, evaluated using both synthetic and real-world fragments, is rapid, accurate, and reproducible. It drastically reduces the amount of routine work required to document ceramic artefacts. The information produced, together with the 3D representation of the fragments, can easily be archived and/or exchanged within the archaeological community for further research. The source code (built in the R environment), together with an installation notice and examples, is freely downloadable.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ACM JOURNAL ON COMPUTING AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
ISSN
1556-4673
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
000457148000007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85061174593