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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00883
- Thesis Title
- Digital Capture and Visualization of Ancient Human Crania for Archaeological Interpretation
- Author
- Faye Olsgard
- E-mail
- F.F.Olsgard AT 2019.ljmu.ac.uk
- 2nd Author
- Mark Roughley
- 3rd Author
- Kathryn Smith
- Degree
- Art In Science MA
- Year
- 10 June 2020
- Number of Pages
- University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Thesis Supervisor
- Mark Roughley
- Supervisor e-mail
- M.A.Roughley AT ljmu.ac.uk
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Caroline Wilkinson
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Art In Science
- Copyright Ownership
- Faye Olsgard
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Keywords
- digital capture, archaeology, crania, visualization, non-destructive, non-invasive
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Digital Capture and Visualization of
Ancient Human Crania for Archaeological Interpretation
FAYE OLSGARD
This dissertation offers a prismatic view of visual art in the science of archaeology. The approach sides with the nature of archaeological excavation methods as the ‘unrepeatable experiment’ and considers how artists adapt their visualization tools within the archaeological context.
Contemporary discourse in archaeology calls for non-destructive, non-invasive, and repeatable means of excavation. Focusing on ancient human remains, specifically the crania, this dissertation explores the evolution of the tools used to visualize and interpret ancient human skulls from the historical use of camera lucinda to modern- day use of 3D photogrammetry. A review of key papers and prominent case studies in the fields of archaeology and digital heritage demonstrates the benefits of novel digital capture of human remains to archaeological science.
Digital technologies are rapidly replacing the traditional tools of archaeology used in the excavation and analysis of ancient burials. This study provides avid evidence suggesting that as archaeological methodology goes digital, the ‘unrepeatable’ will be ‘undone.’