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Strategies for Developing a Next-Generation Virtual Museum Using Close Range Scanning

 

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Project Overview

The aim of the project was to publish four exemplars (based upon projects hosted in North American institutions) of multi-layered e-publications in the peer-reviewed journal, Internet Archaeology, and to make the underlying data available via a digital archive in such a way so that readers are provided with the opportunity to 'drill down' seamlessly from the publication into the archive to test interpretations and develop their own conclusions. CASTs contribution was related to the Virtual Hampson Museum Project and the Amarna Research Project. In both projects a number of portable objects (potters, stone statuary, etc.) were scanned using laser scanning technologies and detailed 3D representations were created. The LEAP II project involved the development of an on-line journal article that links to repository versions of the objects and describes the process, results and implications. The archive component the Hampson Project is hosted by the US-based tDAR digital repository while the Amarna data will be hosted at the Archaeology Data Service.  As of June 2011, the article has been completed (including the peer review process) and all of the data from the Hampson and Amarna projects have been submitted to the digital repositories.  The article was published in July 2011.