Top stories published by Thoughts on Digital Heritage in October of 2016

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Richy Chacon in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 29, 2016

3D Modeling and Cultural Heritage

During the last decades technology has been more involved with cultural heritage objects and sites. There has been a significant increase in the usage of modern techniques to record, conserve and recreate cultural heritage; as well as a broader digital approach to such…

Richy Chacon in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 6, 2016

Stone tool 3D Modeling: Biface

Undoubtedly, 3D modeling has become a new possible approach to cultural heritage. This tool provides not only a very accurate documentation resource, but also the opportunity to create a consistent and useful representation of the object or surface that is being analyzed…

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Richy Chacon in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 19, 2016

World Heritage and GIS: Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is one of the most known cultural heritage sites in the world. The site’s fame is built upon its cultural and historical relevance, and it is in fact one of the most important economic engines of Peru.

Andy Chan in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 10, 2016

3D Model of Bison Thoracic Vertebrae

Animal bones are an archaeological material which are important to understand the past. They provide information of cultural and natural history or prehistory and hints to reflect the migration of the animals, the living habits of humans or climate changes in that…

Scott Garrold in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 10, 2016

Hopi Chasing Star Kachina Figure: Making a 3D Model

The heritage of the Hopi people are very strongly tied to the divine beings that they believe govern the natural phenomenon that rule the natural world. Events such as lightning, wind, the stars in the night sky, and the sun are all…

Andy Chan in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 19, 2016

GIS Maps of Hiroshima Peace Memorial

World heritage sites are places with cultural, natural or mixed heritage significance. These sites are part of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1972 convention to safeguard place with outstanding universal value. The…

Richy Chacon in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 3, 2016

Photogrammetry: Short Faced Bear (Arctodus simus) 3D model

Can cultural heritage be transformed into digital heritage? Nowadays, technology provides us with a broad amount of tools and possibilities to interact with the environment. Technological resources have not only changed social…

Scott Garrold in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 17, 2016

Photogrammetry of the Baby Mammoth Bronze at the Lubbock Lake Landmark

The Columbian mammoth was one of the largest Pleistocene mammals on the North American continent ~11,000 years ago. These megafauna were hunted by the earliest Americans and are present in the archaeological…

Andy Chan in Thoughts on Digital Heritage

Oct 26, 2016

3D print of the Giant Pampathere (Armadillo)

3D printing is an emerging technology which is able to build a physical, real…

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