Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System

This paper focuses on a system that can ensure that excavations are indeed fully documented and that the record is accurate. REVEAL is a single piece of software that coordinates all data types used at excavations with semi-automated tools that in turn can ease the process of documenting sites, tren...

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Main Author: Donald H. Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2011-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
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Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4560
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description This paper focuses on a system that can ensure that excavations are indeed fully documented and that the record is accurate. REVEAL is a single piece of software that coordinates all data types used at excavations with semi-automated tools that in turn can ease the process of documenting sites, trenches and objects, of recording excavation progress, of researching and analyzing the collected evidence, and even of creating 3D models and virtual worlds. Search and retrieval, and thus testing hypotheses against the excavated material happens in real time, as the excavation proceeds. That is the important advance.
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spelling doaj-art-d28abc0151b4481e9d0ea087f47eeba92025-08-20T02:51:12ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaVirtual Archaeology Review1989-99472011-05-0124899410.4995/var.2011.45603374Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display SystemDonald H. Sanders0Learning Sites, Inc. & the Institute for the Visualization of HistoryThis paper focuses on a system that can ensure that excavations are indeed fully documented and that the record is accurate. REVEAL is a single piece of software that coordinates all data types used at excavations with semi-automated tools that in turn can ease the process of documenting sites, trenches and objects, of recording excavation progress, of researching and analyzing the collected evidence, and even of creating 3D models and virtual worlds. Search and retrieval, and thus testing hypotheses against the excavated material happens in real time, as the excavation proceeds. That is the important advance.http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4560Virtual realityAutomated 3D modelingDatabasesExcavation toolsData integrationGeolocated imagesSite recordingExcavation documentation
spellingShingle Donald H. Sanders
Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
Virtual Archaeology Review
Virtual reality
Automated 3D modeling
Databases
Excavation tools
Data integration
Geolocated images
Site recording
Excavation documentation
title Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
title_full Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
title_fullStr Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
title_full_unstemmed Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
title_short Enabling Archaeological Hypothesis Testing in Real Time using the REVEAL Documentation and Display System
title_sort enabling archaeological hypothesis testing in real time using the reveal documentation and display system
topic Virtual reality
Automated 3D modeling
Databases
Excavation tools
Data integration
Geolocated images
Site recording
Excavation documentation
url http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4560
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