Abstract
Abstract. This paper presents an ongoing work within a national project regarding the scientific investigation of one of the most important archaeological sites in Romania: Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. Although the project has many objectives, in this paper we will focus on the development work of a virtual archaeodrome for the archaeological park. In this regard several field campaigns were organized using the ART4ART mobile laboratory for in-situ non-invasive scientific data acquisition and an online instrument for data reporting and visualizing is currently under development. This work represents a case study of several archaeological assets comprising chronologically layered historical studies, high resolution 3D digital models, ground penetrating radar survey and airborne imaging: LIDAR, multispectral and aerial photogrammetry.
Highlights
The idea of a virtual archaeodrome came from the need of a digital intuitive visual tool for a centralized data management for polyvalent researches in archaeology
Our usual field investigation strategy involves the recording of the 3D surface of the subject and adding layers of imaging and physico-chemical data (LIBS, LIF scanning, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR))
In all our field campaigns instead of bringing the artworks or samples from monuments/archaeological sites to laboratory for study, we are bringing the whole laboratory to the subject. This mobile laboratory was designed to be modular so that it can be equipped with different components depending on the target casuistry. For this case the mobile laboratory was equipped with typical survey and imagistic methods that are used with open archaeological sites: 3D imaging, ground penetrating radar, UAV with four different sensors
Summary
The idea of a virtual archaeodrome came from the need of a digital intuitive visual tool for a centralized data management for polyvalent researches in archaeology. Our usual field investigation strategy involves the recording of the 3D surface of the subject (by 3D laser scanning or photogrammetry, depending on the situation and local conditions) and adding layers of imaging (multispectral, hyperspectral, thermic, laser doppler vibrometry, digital microscopy) and physico-chemical data (LIBS, LIF scanning, FTIR) For this particular case, for the investigation of selected areas of the Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa archaeological site we configured the ART4ART mobile laboratory with ground penetrating radar, photogrammetry, airborne survey (LIDAR, multispectral, thermic, aerial photogrammetry). The virtual archaeodrome is an online digital instrument that collects and provides the modern investigation data and all the previous researches in order to ease the access to all the existent data about different areas of an archaeological site As it will be described later, it consists in a simple database for data management and a web based user graphic interface for data input and visualization.
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