Archiving Cultural Objects in the 21st Century

Recent developments in three-dimensional technologies and measurement instrumentation combined with multimedia databases offer today new possibilities for the integrated and complete description of Cultural Heritage Objects (CHO). In this work, we present an attempt to develop a database for archaeo...

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Published in:Journal of cultural heritage 2004-10, Vol.5 (4), p.379-384
Main Authors: Tsirliganis, Nestor, Pavlidis, George, Koutsoudis, Anestis, Papadopoulou, Despina, Tsompanopoulos, Apostolos, Stavroglou, Konstantinos, Loukou, Zacharenia, Chamzas, Christodoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
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Archiving
Cultural heritage
Cultural objects
Digitization
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Summary:Recent developments in three-dimensional technologies and measurement instrumentation combined with multimedia databases offer today new possibilities for the integrated and complete description of Cultural Heritage Objects (CHO). In this work, we present an attempt to develop a database for archaeological ceramic and glass artifacts, where in addition to digitized two-dimensional images and three-dimensional reconstructions, description, typological characteristics and historical information for each artifact will also include point-wise surface data, forming a GIS-like 1 1 GIS stands for Geographical Information System. Such a system usually involves the detailed description of a part of the earth’s surface in particular layers of information formed in a database. environment for CHO. This information will contribute significantly to the comparative study of artifacts, provenance studies, determination of weathering, authentication and detection of forgery, inspection of past restorations, and ultimately, their preservation.
ISSN:1296-2074
1778-3674
DOI:10.1016/j.culher.2004.04.001