Visiting a real or virtual museum or an archaeological site could be a hard task, especially for large sites provided with many works of art or ancient ruins. For this reason most historical sites propose guided tours, helping visitors to improve their satisfaction and stimulate interests. In this work we explore the use of an e-learning environment, called Lecomps5, in order to provide museums...

during the first islamic centuries, kurdistan is one of areas that there has been little information on architectural and monumental structure of this area. in such a situation, imamzadeh aghil monument can provide a valuable insight into the architectural patterns of the perion in the area. this monument is located in the middle of a major archaeological site and its architectural style and ar...

During archaeological excavations it is important to monitor the new excavated areas and findings day by day in order to be able to plan future excavation activities. At present, this daily activity is usually performed by using total stations, which survey the changes of the archaeological site: the surveyors are asked to produce day by day draft plans and sections which allow archaeologists t...

Satellite images have been systematically explored by archaeologists to detect crop marks, which are considered as a proxy for the identification of buried archaeological remains. Even though several existing algorithms are frequently applied, such as histogram enhancements and vegetation indices, the detection of crop marks still remains a difficult task, while the final interpretation results...

Visiting a real or virtual museum or an archaeological site can be a hard task, especially in case of large sites provided with many works of art or ancient ruins. For this reason most historical sites provide guided tours, to improve visitors satisfaction and interest. In this work we explore the use of an e-learning environment, called Lecomps5, to provide museums or other cultural sites with...

Ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to discover and map buried archaeological sites containing pit-structures in the American Southwest. Sites tested contained different archaeological features, geological matrix, and varying deptlis of burial. These varying site conditions necessitated the application of different acquisition, data processing and interpretation techniques. With pit-...

Hunter-gatherer societies have distinct social perceptions and practices which are expressed in unique use of space and material deposition patterns. However, the identification of archaeological evidence associated with hunter-gatherer activity is often challenging, especially in tropical environments such as rainforests. We present an integrated study combining ethnoarchaeology and geoarchaeo...

Of the many diverse arts that flourished during the third millennium BC, textiles played an especiallysignificant role in society. Archaeological textiles offer an important source of material cultural testimony fordaily life in ancient times- relating simultaneously to agriculture, pastoralism, trade, migration, ritual, and soforth as well as to craft technologies. The study of the techniques ...

The Early Stone Age archaeological record does not become persistent and widespread until approximately 2.0-1.7 million years ago, when Oldowan sites spread across Africa and ultimately into Eurasia. However, good records of hominin behavior from this important time interval are uncommon. Here we describe recent findings from the two million year old Oldowan site of Kanjera South, on the Homa P...