Digital survey: How it can change the way we perceive and understand heritage sites. (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vital, Rebeka; Sylaiou, Stella
• Is Part Of: Digital applications in archaeology and cultural heritage. Number 24(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: Laser scanning -- Photogrammetry -- Augmented reality -- Virtual reality -- Cultural heritage -- Archaeology; Archaeology -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Cultural property -- Protection -- Periodicals; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.daach.2022.e00212
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2212-0548

Abstract

Abstract: Data acquisition has always been of the utmost importance in archaeological practice. In recent decades, increasing digitization in data acquisition has made a huge impact in the way archaeological fieldwork is carried out, both in terms of methodology and interpretation. This short paper aims to show how methodologies of digital documentation have led to new methods of representation, analysis and hence understanding of heritage sites. Through the presentation and review of various case studies of data acquisition methods (survey, photogrammetry, laser scanning) and their resulting outputs, this paper aims to address issues of reflexive approaches to the construction of archaeological knowledge and discuss the implications of the different methods under review, in the work process of the archaeologist and in our understanding of heritage.