Archaeological 3D GIS provides archaeologists with a guide to explore and understand the unprecedented opportunities for collecting, visualising and analysing archaeological datasets in three dimensions.
* case study based to provide concrete examples of GIS and 3D modelling
* identifies and explores new paradigms of data management and representation, helping archaeologists and specialists in the cultural heritage sector to take advantage of full reconstructed 3D environments
* Serves as a textbook for courses in GIS and 3D modelling but will also provide a useful guide for practicing archaeologist
Nicolo Dell'Unto is an Associate Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University. He is the director of the Lund University Digital Archaeology Laboratory DARKLab. Since August 2019, he is visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Collection Management at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Dell'Unto's work focuses on Archaeological Practice, Landscape analysis and 3D visualisation in archaeology.
Giacomo Landeschi is an Associate Professor of Archaeology and works as a researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University and as a research engineer at Lund University Humanities Laboratory. Alongside GIS, his research interests include Sensory Archaeology, Archaeological Method and Theory, Satellite and Aerial Remote Sensing, Landscape and Field Archaeology.
Introduction 1. Geographical Information Systems in Archaeology 2. 3D Models and Knowledge Production 3. 3D GIS in Archaeology 4. Deploying 3D GIS at the Trowel's Edge 5. Surface and Subsurface Analysis 6. 3D Visibility Analysis 7. Volumes 8. Future Developments