Using 3D modelling in the valley of Turu Alty (Siberia, Russia) for research and conservational purposes

• Annelies Vandenbulcke ^[1] ; Cornelis Stal ^[1] ; Britt Lonneville ^[1] ; Jean Bourgeois ^[1] ; Alain De Wulf ^[1]
  1. [1] Ghent University

     Ghent University

     Arrondissement Gent, Bélgica

     
• Localización: ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 - 8th International Congress on Archaeology, Computer Graphics: Cultural heritage and innovation / José Luis Lerma García (aut.), 2016, ISBN 978-84-9048-455-5, págs. 408-411
• Idioma: español
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  • Since 1999 the Department of Archeology and the Department of Geography of Ghent University undertake field surveysto the Altai Region in Siberia, Russia. This region is a very important archaeological heritage area in the world. Scatteredthroughout the region are hundreds of frozen tombs, ritual monuments and petroglyphs. Research of these relics helps tounderstand the life of Eurasian nomads in the 4th century BC. Even more important, due to upcoming touristic activitiesand climate change, the documentation of the frozen tombs is imperative. A traditional archaeological survey consists outof a basic description, a drawing, one or two pictures and the GNSS location of each monument. With support of thedepartment of Geography several topographical maps are created based on satellite images (IKONOS, Pleiades) andmeasurement of Ground Control Points (GCP) on site. Furthermore, since 2012 the use of 3D realistic photo modelling isbeing applied to survey the monuments in higher detail. The method of photo modelling proves to be successful andcost-effective. Besides their high detail, the almost real-life virtual representation of the monuments makes thesetechniques less abstract than a traditional archaeological survey. During the field campaigns in the summer of 2014 and2015 this method was implied to record hundreds of monuments in the valley of Turu Alty (Siberia, Russia). Using 3Dmodelling software the models are created to document the monuments and petroglyphs of the study area for researchand conservational purposes.