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Philip Sapirstein
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellow
Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

 

Phil has been a Mellon Postdoctoral fellow at the Penn Museum since 2008. Specializing in Greek architecture of the Archaic period, he uses 3-D modeling software to reconstruct and visualize early temples. His current project is the publication of the architecture of the Hera sanctuary at Mon Repos, Corfu, perhaps the principal cult site of the Greek colony on the island. 

His contact with CAST began through my digital project at Mon Repos sponsored in 2010-2011 by the ACLS. Using a Creaform VIUscan, he digitized more than 500 architectural fragments from the sanctuary, in particular those from a major late-seventh century BC temple. The 3D scans are distributed on the project website [link to: http://sites.museum.upenn.edu/monrepos/] as will be future analytical texts and reconstruction drawings. 

CAST is collaborating with the Corfu project by creating a 3D model of the Mon Repos site using a mid-range scanner, thus completing the digital documentation of the architectural remains from the sanctuary. CAST has also assisted with processing project scan data and software support. 

CAST is also collaborating with the SHARP project [link to: http://classics.fsu.edu/sharp/] to produce a digital model of the monumental Mycenaean buildings at the recently discovered Kalamianos site. Having directed the architectural drawing at SHARP in 2009-2010, which manually produced 2D field drawings of more than half the site, he is interested in the comparison with the laser-scanning method. 
 

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES:

(in press) “The Monumental Archaic Roof of the Hera Temple at Mon Repos, Corfu,” Hesperia

“Digital Reconstruction at the Archaic Hera Temple of Corfu” (Mar. 17, 2011, Athens, ASCSA; Apr. 4, Fayetteville, CAST; Mar. 31, University of Georgia, Athens)

“Dreams and Realities of 3D Scanning and Archaeology” (Jan. 9, 2011, San Antonio, AIA 112th Annual Meeting)

“East meets West at the Archaic Temple of Hera at Mon Repos, Corfu” (Oct. 30, 2009, Bryn Mawr College, Classics Colloquium)

“The SHARP Project 2009” (Sept. 17, 2009, University of Pennsylvania, Classics Colloquium)

“Computer Techniques to Analyze and Restore Ancient Artifacts and Architecture in 3D” (Feb. 27, 2009, University of Pennsylvania, AAMW colloquium)

“A New Reconstruction of the Archaic Temple of Hera at Mon Repos, Corfu.” (Jan. 9, 2009, Philadelphia, AIA 110th Annual Meeting)