Digital Archeology at the Museum of Fine Arts: 3D Scanning Etruscan Sarcophagi
Ancient artifacts can be displayed and analyzed in a whole new way thanks to 3D digitization techniques. More and more archeologists and historians have been embracing this new technology over the past two decades.
One such example is Maurizio Forte, a professor of classical studies, art, art history, and visual studies at Duke University. He directs the school's Dig@Lab which is dedicated to digital archeology and studying how information is "shaped, elaborated, stored, and then culturally transmitted by different societies." It is in this context that Maurizio uses 3D scanning for digital archaeology.
Professor Forte also leads the Vulci 3000 project at Duke. The goal of this project is to analyze the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci in Italy and trace its evolution during Roman occupation.
To this end, Maurizio recently dove into the mysteries of two captivating sarcophogi from the Museum of Fine Arts' (MFA) collection.
EinScan: Accessible 3D Scanning for Digital Archaeology
Maurizio concludes that to him, the EinScan series offers "affordable, accurate, and a robust system." He believes that this cost-effective and user-friendly technology is very promising for the future, adding that museums will be dealing with an increasing amount of digital recordings over the next decade.
3D scanning for digital archaeology is indeed an innovative way to preserve, analyze, and display the past. Are you a fellow researcher, archaeologist, or historian interested in digitally conserving culture and heritage?
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