Digital workflow to improve osteoarchaeological documentation

Abstract This paper presents a feasible method mainly based on digital photogrammetry and digital modelling to obtain a more complete documentation of skeletal remains excavated during archaeological investigations. Osteoarchaeological analysis and methods are crucial when a large number of human remains is individuated, and the related documentation needs to be as accurate as possible. The presented workflow allows for obtaining several outputs (orthoimages, vector drawings, 3D models) that can be successfully used as support for osteoarchaeologists in both in-field and post-excavation activities. Digital photogrammetry allows one to speed up the recording phase during fieldwork. However, the digital representation of skeletal remains is open to further interpretations of funerary contexts.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

• Publication date

  2019-06-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.DAACH.2019.E00097
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