3D reality-based artefact models for the management of archaeological sites using 3D Gis: A framework starting from the case study of the Pompeii Archaeological area

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1271-1287

  Apollonio, Fabrizio I ^a   Gaiani, Marco ^a   Benedetti, Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D database; Archaeology; Reality based 3D modelling; Semantics; Shape grammar; Visualization; Web based information system

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DATABASE; GIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84857113982     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.034     Document Type: Article

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