Blog Post #7 – Creation of 3D models for pottery and lithics
How can we document thousands of artefacts without constantly manipulating them? As archaeological excavations continue to uncover enormous quantities of objects, museums
and conservation centers are facing growing challenges in storing, studying and preserving these collections.
To support archaeologists in addressing these challenges, artefact digitization techniques allow these remains to be studied and classified despite their fragility, even when they are located thousands of kilometers away from the researchers studying them. For lithic tools and pottery fragments, the objective is to generate detailed 3D models that accurately reproduce both the geometry and appearance of the original artefacts, allowing researchers to explore them directly on a computer screen. To achieve this, the main technology used in the AUTOMATA project is photogrammetry.