Digital Techniques for Documenting and Preserving Cultural Heritage

Digital Techniques for Documenting and Preserving Cultural Heritage

In this unique collection the authors present a wide range of interdisciplinary methods to study, document, and conserve material cultural heritage. The methods used serve as exemplars of best practice with a wide variety of cultural heritage objectshaving been recorded, examined, and visualised. The objects range in date, scale, materials, and state of preservation and sopose different research questions and challenges for digitization, conservation, and ontological representation of knowledge. Heritage science and specialist digital technologies are presented in a way approachable to non-scientists, while a separate technical section provides details of methods and techniques, alongside examples of notable applications of spatial and spectral documentation of material cultural heritage, with selected literature and identification of future research. This book is an outcome of interdisciplinary research and debates conducted by the participants of the COST Action TD1201, Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage, 2012–16 and is an Open Access publication available under a CC BY-NC-ND licence.
  • COVER
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • PART 1: COSCH CASE STUDIES
    • Chapter 1. An Interdisciplinary Discussion of the Terminologies Used in Cultural Heritage Research
    • Chapter 2. From a Buried Fragment to the Virtual Artefact: A Case Study of Greek Pottery
    • Chapter 3. Beyond Photography: An Interdisciplinary, Exploratory Case Study in the Recording and Examination of Roman Silver Coins
    • Chapter 4. Wall Paintings in the Château de Germolles
    • Chapter 5. A 4D Virtual Presentation of the White Bastion Fortress in Sarajevo
    • Chapter 6. Digitization of Cultural Heritage at the National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest
    • Chapter 7. Bremen Cog: Three Recording Techniques for One Object
    • Chapter 8. A Study of Spectral Imaging Acquisition and Processing for Cultural Heritage
    • Chapter 9. Ontology-based Structuring of Spectral and Spatial Recording Strategies for Cultural Heritage Assets
    • Chapter 10. Communicating Interdisciplinary Scholarship: Conclusions from COSCH
  • PART 2: METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
    • 3D Depth Sensing
    • 3D Laser Scanning
    • Augmented Reality
    • Digital Storytelling
    • Focus Stacking
    • Hyperspectral Imaging
    • Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
    • Multiple View Stereovision
    • Photogrammetry
    • Reflectance Transformation Imaging
    • Structure from Motion
    • Structured Light 3D Scanning
    • Total Station Surveying
    • X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometry
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index