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New Trends in Image Processing for Archaeology
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New Trends in Image Processing for Archaeology

A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 14594

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Giorgia Agresti

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Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization (DEIM), University of Tuscia, Largo dell’università, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: pigments; archaeological and historical-artistic materials and their forms of degradation; multispectral investigations; spectroscopic techniques applied to Cultural Heritage; diagnostics for Cultural Heritage
Dr. Claudia Pelosi

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Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization (DEIM), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: spectroscopy; materials for cultural heritage; wood coatings; conservation materials; innovative materials for cultural heritage; multispectral imaging for cultural heritage; coatings for stones
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Dr. Luca Lanteri

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DEIM Department, Laboratory of Multispectral Imaging, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: cultural heritage; 2D and 3D documentation; photogrammetry; multispectral imaging; HBIM techniques
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on the topic "New Trends in Image Processing for Archaeology." Imaging techniques are fundamental in archaeology because they allow us to obtain a general overview of the sites and of the artefacts. The wide application field of imaging techniques allows us to analyse data and information on different scale levels: from terrestrial study to the documentation and scientific examination of the single objects and materials in an excavation site or in a museum.

For this reason, remote sensing techniques and multispectral/hyperspectral/spectroscopic systems have to be considered tools for a multidisciplinary approach to study archaeological contexts. Nowadays the use of such techniques appears essential for a correct approach to the study, the safeguard and the valorisation of the cultural heritage in general and specifically of the archaeological one.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments in the field, through a combination of research papers, communications, and review articles from leading groups around the world that work on image processing for archaeology.

Case studies are also welcome. These should report specific applications of image-based techniques on archaeological sites or objects, constituting valuable knowledge in the case of future studies and interventions.

The Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:

  • Modelling and numerical approaches
  • Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging
  • Imaging spectroscopy
  • Photogrammetry and remote sensing
  • 3D documentations
  • Low cost diagnostic and documentation systems
  • GIS and database
  • Case studies

Dr. Giorgia Agresti
Dr. Claudia Pelosi
Dr. Luca Lanteri
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Archaeology
  • Imaging
  • Documentation
  • Diagnostics
  • Conservation
  • Scientific investigations

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SfM Photogrammetric Techniques Applied in the Building Archaeology Works of the Old Cloister of the Monastery of San Francisco from the 16th Century (Cazalla de la Sierra, Seville)
by Manuel José León-Bonillo, Juan Carlos Mejías-García, Rubén Martínez-Álvarez, Antonio Miguel Pérez-Romero, Cristina León-Ortíz and Carmen Marín-Buzón
Heritage 2022, 5(4), 3901-3922; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5040201 - 4 Dec 2022
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The cloister from the old monastery of San Francisco (Cazalla de la Sierra, Seville) has been suffering a series of remodeling transformations from its original construction in the 16th century to the current day. Thus, a study of building archaeology needed to be [...] Read more.
The cloister from the old monastery of San Francisco (Cazalla de la Sierra, Seville) has been suffering a series of remodeling transformations from its original construction in the 16th century to the current day. Thus, a study of building archaeology needed to be accomplished by using photogrammetric techniques by SfM (Structure from Motion) and laser scanning or TLS (Terrestrial Laser Scanning), which ensure the geometric exactitude and high resolution of the facings surveying. For that, over 500 images were taken for the 4 existing facings (about 78 lineal meters) from which a photogrammetric model was obtained of over 50 million polygons, as well as a cloud of over 40 million points from the laser scanning. It can be concluded that by using the techniques of SfM, the task of documenting, analyzing and studying the facings of the historical building in order to establish its evolutional process gains not only precision and exactitude but also opens the possibility to go further by obtaining products that are capable of helping us conserve, restore and protect the historical heritage, as well as generate the 3D virtualizations planned for the diffusion. Full article
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Conservation and Enhancement of the Pietrabbondante Archaeological Site between History, Geology and Emerging Crowd-Based Digital Technologies
by Adriana Marra, Giovanni Fabbrocino and Silvia Fabbrocino
Heritage 2022, 5(3), 1504-1528; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5030079 - 2 Jul 2022
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Attention to the condition assessment and conservation of cultural heritage is increasing due to growing sensitivity to the preservation of the built and natural environment and awareness of the risks associated with natural hazards. In this context, a comprehensive approach to the conservation [...] Read more.
Attention to the condition assessment and conservation of cultural heritage is increasing due to growing sensitivity to the preservation of the built and natural environment and awareness of the risks associated with natural hazards. In this context, a comprehensive approach to the conservation and valorization of cultural heritage requires the combined action of different skills to achieve reliable assessment of the conditions of valuable assets and sites based on qualitative and quantitative indicators. This paper explores the issues of conservation and sustainable management of archaeological sites, considering humanistic and technical aspects. It reviews the current rules and practices concerning the maintenance and administration of archaeological heritage and outlines the implementation of a novel procedure, based on low-cost tools, to assess and describe the current condition of archaeological assets. Specific attention is paid to the interaction between experts and researchers operating in both humanistic and technical fields and to the knowledge and data contribution available on modern web-based platforms to implement reliable and low-cost data acquisition for the development of worthwhile plans for the conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. The Samnite complex of Pietrabbondante, Molise, South Italy, is employed to apply and check the proposed tools in the real world. Full article
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3D Model Acquisition and Image Processing for the Virtual Musealization of the Spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala, Rome
by María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Roberta Fantoni, Massimo Francucci, Massimiliano Guarneri, Marialuisa Mongelli, Samuele Pierattini, Marco Puccini, Sergio Ferrero Gil, Juan Carlos Izquierdo Garay and Juan Manuel Gil Bordallo
Heritage 2022, 5(2), 1253-1275; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5020065 - 7 Jun 2022
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This study was carried out within the project “Roma Hispana. Nuevas tecnologías aplicadas al estudio histórico, la musealización y la puesta en valor de Patrimonio Cultural español en Roma: la spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala” (Universitat de València Spain), which is funded [...] Read more.
This study was carried out within the project “Roma Hispana. Nuevas tecnologías aplicadas al estudio histórico, la musealización y la puesta en valor de Patrimonio Cultural español en Roma: la spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala” (Universitat de València Spain), which is funded by the Conselleria d’Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat Digital of the Generalitat Valenciana (2020–2021) and authorized by the Sovrintendenza Speciale Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (Special Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape) of Rome, Italy. The spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala was the oldest apothecary in Europe managed by the order of Discalced Carmelite friars. Operating between the second half of the seventeenth century and the mid-twentieth century, over time it acquired great prestige, becoming known as the Pharmacy of the Popes. The aims of the “Roma Hispana” project are to study, musealize and disseminate the material and immaterial cultural heritage of this historical spezieria by combining physicochemical and cultural studies, new 3D technologies, and artificial intelligence. As a case study, in this paper we report the application of a laser scanner prototype for 3D color imaging of the spezieria’s sales room and use a simpler photogrammetry method to collect analogous data in the small nearby storeroom coupled to the high-power capabilities of the ENEA parallel computer facility. Digital data were collected to enable a virtual tour that provides a fully navigable, faithful, high-resolution 3D color model to render this ancient Roman apothecary accessible and usable to interested members of the public and experts in the sector (art historians, restorers, etc.). We also describe the 3D technology used to obtain three-dimensional images of the cultural assets of these spaces (mostly drug containers) and its results. The ultimate aim of this study is to achieve the virtual musealization of the heritage complex. Full article
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A Multi-Analytical Study of an Ancient Egyptian Limestone Stele for Knowledge and Conservation Purposes: Recovering Hieroglyphs and Figurative Details by Image Analysis
by Tiziana Cavaleri, Stefano Legnaioli, Francesca Lozar, Cesare Comina, Federico Poole, Claudia Pelosi, Alessia Spoladore, Daniele Castelli and Vincenzo Palleschi
Heritage 2021, 4(3), 1193-1207; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4030066 - 12 Jul 2021
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A multi-analytical study was carried out on an ancient Egyptian limestone stele with red figures and hieroglyphs (S. 6145) coming from the village of Deir el-Medina and belonging to the collection of the Museo Egizio (Turin, Italy). With the support of a multidisciplinary [...] Read more.
A multi-analytical study was carried out on an ancient Egyptian limestone stele with red figures and hieroglyphs (S. 6145) coming from the village of Deir el-Medina and belonging to the collection of the Museo Egizio (Turin, Italy). With the support of a multidisciplinary team, a project for the preservation and conservation of this stele provided an opportunity to carry out a very detailed study of the object. Petrographic and mineralogical analysis led to the characterization and dating of the limestone, and ultrasonic tests were of great help in shedding light on the state of preservation of the stele, as a preliminary to planning conservation treatment. The chemical nature of the red pigment was investigated by non-invasive spectroscopic analyses. Multispectral imaging and statistical image processing improved the readability of the hieroglyphs, whose preservation ranged from heavily compromised to almost completely invisible, revealing some signs that had previously not been visible. Full article
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Application of Reflectance Transformation Imaging to Experimental Archaeology Studies
by Silvia Florindi, Anna Revedin, Biancamaria Aranguren and Vincenzo Palleschi
Heritage 2020, 3(4), 1279-1286; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3040070 - 31 Oct 2020
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In this work, we present a study on experimental archaeology replicas of 170,000-year-old digging sticks excavated in 2012 in the archaeological site of Poggetti Vecchi (Grosseto, Italy). One of the techniques used for documenting and studying the sticks was the reflectance transformation imaging [...] Read more.
In this work, we present a study on experimental archaeology replicas of 170,000-year-old digging sticks excavated in 2012 in the archaeological site of Poggetti Vecchi (Grosseto, Italy). One of the techniques used for documenting and studying the sticks was the reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) technique, which allows the creation of an interactive image by varying the angle of illumination. A reconstruction of the 3D profile of the surface was also made by applying the technique of photometric stereo imaging to the RTI images. Full article
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