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Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity : from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models : with a case study from the ancient town of Koroneia, in Boeotia, Greece / Chiara Piccoli.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Access archaeologyPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing LTD, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 178491889X
  • 9781784918897
  • 1784918903
  • 9781784918903
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity.DDC classification:
  • 930.102856693 23
LOC classification:
  • CC77.U72
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing past cityscapes before the digital age: A view on Greek and Roman towns; 3. Three-dimensional visualizations in archaeology: An additional tool in the archaeologist's toolbox; 4. The ancient town of Koroneia: Geographical context, historical background and synthesis of the preliminary results by the Boeotia survey; 5. The Graeco-Roman town as a physical entity: Sources for a comparison; 6. Enhancing Koroneia's GIS survey data with the third dimension: A procedural modelling approach; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography.
Summary: The study presented here makes a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as 'laboratories' to test hypotheses and visualise, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-314).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Archaeopress Web site, viewed on November 7, 2018).

The study presented here makes a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as 'laboratories' to test hypotheses and visualise, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations.

1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing past cityscapes before the digital age: A view on Greek and Roman towns; 3. Three-dimensional visualizations in archaeology: An additional tool in the archaeologist's toolbox; 4. The ancient town of Koroneia: Geographical context, historical background and synthesis of the preliminary results by the Boeotia survey; 5. The Graeco-Roman town as a physical entity: Sources for a comparison; 6. Enhancing Koroneia's GIS survey data with the third dimension: A procedural modelling approach; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography.

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