The aim of this study is to build a Web-based virtual tour system, focused at the presentation of archaeological sites. The proposed approach is comprised of powerful techniques such as multiview 3D reconstruction, omnidirectional viewing based on panoramic images, and their integration with GIS technologies. In the proposed method, the scene is captured from multiple viewpoints utilizing off-t...

We report on a long-term cooperation between computer science and archaeology which led to new archaeological insights and new challenges in computer science. In consequence of this cooperation a Roman mansion (the Villa Urbana in Heitersheim near Freiburg) was modeled based on the excavation using methods of computer graphics. As a result a movie, approximately 5 minutes long, was rendered des...

The skull of a small, young adult grizzly bear was discovered in the course of archaeological excavation of an early historic Eskimo house in northern Labrador. This discovery confirms the rumoured presence of Ursus arctm in Labrador in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is suggested that the Labrador grizzly represents an eastward extension of the barren-ground grizzly population acro...

Shipwrecks in deep water are often found by their surface expressions, such as exposed ceramic containers. Fully investigating or excavating those sites, however, requires understanding what is buried beneath, including organic materials and the remains of ship structure. This paper lays out the archaeological and technical justification for a high-frequency, narrow-beam sub-bottom profiler. It...

The origins and dispersal of epidemic diseases have been the subject of much speculation (e.g. Zinsser, 1935; Brothwell & Sandison, 1967; McNeill, 1977; McKeown, 1988; Nikiforuk, 1991). Whilst the archaeological excavation of multiple apparently contemporary burials in pits may provide at the least circumstantial evidence for the occurrence of mass death by disease, most infections leave no spe...

Murale is a European IST project that will develop 3D capture and visualisation technology for archaeology. The project will put special emphasis on the usability on the site, by the archaeologists themselves. The paper describes techniques that are being developed by three of the Murale partners in particular. These comprise two methods to generate 3D models of objects, and approaches to deal ...

The skeletal remains of six perinatal infants were found during archaeological excavation of the Parramatta convict hospital. Perinatal refers to the period around birth, from 24 weeks gestation to 7 postnatal days. Two individuals were found in a double grave dated to the second convict hospital c.1800–c.1810, one individual in a storage cellar dated to c.1820 (second hospital) and three indiv...

The Early Classic Period is well represented in the excavations undertaken at Santa Rita Corozal. The archaeological data from this site are particularly interesting because Santa Rita was a relatively small site throughout the Classic Period; yet, it is a site that had access to many long-distance trade goods. There also was a marked difference between the upper and other levels of Santa Rita ...

Cattle pastoralism is an important trait of African cultures. Ethnographic studies describe the central role played by domestic cattle within many societies, highlighting its social and ideological value well beyond its mere function as 'walking larder'. Historical depth of this African legacy has been repeatedly assessed in an archaeological perspective, mostly emphasizing a continental vision...

Burial conditions play a crucial role in archaeological heritage preservation. Especially, the microorganisms were considered as the leading causes which incurred degradation and vanishment of historic materials. In this article, we analyzed bacterial diversity and community structure from M1 of Wangshanqiao using 16 S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The results indicated that microbial communit...