Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition
The article presents the experience of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Science’s Markul Expedition, which utilized digital technologies for the study, preservation, and popularization of cultural heritage. The objective of the Markul Expedition was to obtain a complete picture...
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| author | Galina Trebeleva Konstantin Glazov Andrey Kizilov Anastasya Kizilova Vladlen Yurkov Gleb Yurkov |
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| description | The article presents the experience of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Science’s Markul Expedition, which utilized digital technologies for the study, preservation, and popularization of cultural heritage. The objective of the Markul Expedition was to obtain a complete picture of the historical and cultural landscape of Northwestern Colchis in antiquity by applying two key digital technologies: geographic information systems (GIS) and photogrammetry. The results obtained from the latter were used both independently and were integrated into GIS as separate layers (orthophotomaps, digital terrain models) or as hyperlinks to objects (3D models, videos, plans, sections, etc.). The objects investigated by the expedition are very diverse both in size and in terms of shooting conditions. Accordingly, each category of archaeological site required an individual approach, and a separate methodology and equipment. The final visualization angles differ to a fair extent from the original samples even though photogrammetry provides more accurate results than manual measurements. There are several reasons for this, including the vegetation, which is a dominant factor in the Caucasus subtropical area and led to partial visual distortions of the photographed objects. For this reason, the final projections of architectural forms required corrections and some hand drawing. In this process, new aspects appeared in the final result, resulting from the archaeologist and artist’s differing views of the objects. Our experience of using modern remote sensing technologies is also presented in the article. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a35209b5bb184e068a3f9dbc4ca5d87b2023-11-23T18:38:28ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-02-01124205210.3390/app12042052Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul ExpeditionGalina Trebeleva0Konstantin Glazov1Andrey Kizilov2Anastasya Kizilova3Vladlen Yurkov4Gleb Yurkov5Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117292 Moscow, RussiaInstitute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117292 Moscow, RussiaFederal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 354000 Sochi, RussiaFaculty of Engineering and Ecology, Sochi State University, 354000 Sochi, RussiaMoscow Secondary School 171, 119270 Moscow, RussiaN.N. Semenov Federal Research Center of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, RussiaThe article presents the experience of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Science’s Markul Expedition, which utilized digital technologies for the study, preservation, and popularization of cultural heritage. The objective of the Markul Expedition was to obtain a complete picture of the historical and cultural landscape of Northwestern Colchis in antiquity by applying two key digital technologies: geographic information systems (GIS) and photogrammetry. The results obtained from the latter were used both independently and were integrated into GIS as separate layers (orthophotomaps, digital terrain models) or as hyperlinks to objects (3D models, videos, plans, sections, etc.). The objects investigated by the expedition are very diverse both in size and in terms of shooting conditions. Accordingly, each category of archaeological site required an individual approach, and a separate methodology and equipment. The final visualization angles differ to a fair extent from the original samples even though photogrammetry provides more accurate results than manual measurements. There are several reasons for this, including the vegetation, which is a dominant factor in the Caucasus subtropical area and led to partial visual distortions of the photographed objects. For this reason, the final projections of architectural forms required corrections and some hand drawing. In this process, new aspects appeared in the final result, resulting from the archaeologist and artist’s differing views of the objects. Our experience of using modern remote sensing technologies is also presented in the article.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2052digital technologiesheritageGISphotogrammetryUAVsColchis |
| spellingShingle | Galina Trebeleva Konstantin Glazov Andrey Kizilov Anastasya Kizilova Vladlen Yurkov Gleb Yurkov Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition Applied Sciences digital technologies heritage GIS photogrammetry UAVs Colchis |
| title | Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition |
| title_full | Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition |
| title_fullStr | Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition |
| title_short | Advanced Technologies Used in Digitizing the Cultural Heritage of Northwestern Colchis: The Experience of the Markul Expedition |
| title_sort | advanced technologies used in digitizing the cultural heritage of northwestern colchis the experience of the markul expedition |
| topic | digital technologies heritage GIS photogrammetry UAVs Colchis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2052 |
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