A “3D photo-logging system,” a new method for recording archaeological sites, was developed. The prototype system consists of several servers running on a single machine and logging units composed of a camera phone equipped with a motion sensor attached to the mobile phone and a GPS sensor, and a notebook PC for logging the position and orientation of the camera phone. Using the 3D photo-loggin...

A wealth of information on cultural heritage coming from archaeological investigations exists in the form of geometric information. Here we want to question how this geometric information relates back to the reality it was intended to document. Building upon the CIDOC CRM an ontology to represent data for cultural heritage we apply CRMgeo, an extension to the CIDOC CRM that treats space always ...

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 ...

In the framework of the Joint Archaeological Mission of the Universities of Bologna and Lecce at the ancient town of Soknopaiou Nesos (Fayyum, Egypt) a wide-range of geomatic methodologies were experimented (GPS, total station surveys, low-height aerial and close-range photogrammetry, Visual Reality, high resolution satellite imagery, etc.). The surveys were conducted with the aim of recording ...

An assemblage of charred plant remains collected from 26 sites in the Yiluo valley of North China as part of an archaeological survey spans the period from the sixth millennium to 1300 calibrated calendrical years (cal) B.C. The plant remains document a long sequence of crops, weeds, and other plants in the country. The results also demonstrate the effectiveness of sediment sampling as part of ...

Introduction During the course of archaeological research completed in the area of Bilad al-Qadim in the northeast of Bahrain in 2001, trial excavations and survey were undertaken at the spring of Abu Zaydan (N26 12¢ 24.5¢¢ E050 32¢ 50.7¢¢). The focus of this research project was to investigate the Islamic period on Bahrain, hence the remains recorded at Abu Zaydan were unexpected, comprising a...

report the patterns of health status and health-related issues of the general population in Hong Kong, in order to strengthen the information base on population health, thereby, supporting evidence-based decision making in health policy. The PHS included 7 084 land-based non-institutionalized population of Hong Kong (excluding foreign domestic helpers) aged 15 and over, representing 5.68 millio...