On the application of 3-D scanning technology for the documentation and typology of lithic artifacts

Grosman, Leore, Smikt, Oded and Smilansky, Uzy 2008. On the application of 3-D scanning technology for the documentation and typology of lithic artifacts. Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (12) , pp. 3101-3110. 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.011

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Abstract

A 3-D optical scanner was used to obtain precise and complete representations of lithic artifacts. A computer algorithm, which was specially developed for the purpose, was used to position the artifacts in a way which enables the extraction of the standard metric parameters (length, width, width at 1/2 length, etc.). In this way, the ambiguities which affect the traditional manual measurements were eliminated. This new methodology creates accurate and objective databases. Several other parameters (center of mass position, volume, surface area) were also computed. The advantages of our method are illustrated by the analysis of 90 scanned Lower Paleolithic handaxes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Mathematics
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QC Physics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lithics ; 3-D images ; Automatic documentation ; Metric parameters ; Handaxes
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0305-4403
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/24466

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