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EuroMed 2016: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection pp 397–408Cite as

3D Acquisition, Processing and Visualization of Archaeological Artifacts

The Samarra Collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin

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Abstract

In the past decade there has been a steady increase in research projects dealing with the three-dimensional documentation of cultural heritage. While 3D-scanners and photogrammetry are widely used for documenting historical monuments and archaeological excavations, the application of this technology within museums has not yet been established within the daily work routine. Even though the benefits of 3D-documentation are quite manifold, usually only outstanding artifacts are being recorded in this manner due to the complex workflows for deriving datasets, which can be used for further research and knowledge transfer. The interdisciplinary research project MOSYS-3D has been dealing with the entire workflow ranging from data acquisition, pre- and postprocessing steps as well as testing different forms of visualizations.

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Acknowledgement

We want to express our sincere gratitude for the funding by the European Regional Development Fund (INNO 02-08/EDV. Nr. 2.1.6_0208_E) and the Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin, Senatskanzlei, and the HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences.

Furthermore we would like to thank Daniel Girardeau-Montaut (Cloudcompare) for his great contribution to the 3D-community.

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  1. Landscape Archaeology, Game Design, Computer and Media Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Arie Kai-Browne, Kay Kohlmeyer, Thomas Bremer, Susanne Brandhorst, Felix Balda, Sebastian Plesch & Dennis Lehmann

  2. Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin (SMB), Berlin, Germany

    Julia Gonnella

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Kai-Browne, A. et al. (2016). 3D Acquisition, Processing and Visualization of Archaeological Artifacts. In: Ioannides, M., et al. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10058. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48496-9_32

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