Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity : from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models : with a case study from the ancient town of Koroneia, in Boeotia, Greece / Chiara Piccoli.

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Piccoli, Chiara [author.]

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TextSeries: Access archaeologyPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing LTD, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type:

text
still image
cartographic image

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

178491889X
9781784918897
1784918903
9781784918903

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity.DDC classification:

930.102856693 23

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CC77.U72

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Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Reconstructing past cityscapes before the digital age: A view on Greek and Roman towns; 3. Three-dimensional visualizations in archaeology: An additional tool in the archaeologist's toolbox; 4. The ancient town of Koroneia: Geographical context, historical background and synthesis of the preliminary results by the Boeotia survey; 5. The Graeco-Roman town as a physical entity: Sources for a comparison; 6. Enhancing Koroneia's GIS survey data with the third dimension: A procedural modelling approach; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography.

Summary: The study presented here makes a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as 'laboratories' to test hypotheses and visualise, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-314).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Archaeopress Web site, viewed on November 7, 2018).

The study presented here makes a practical contribution to a new understanding and use of digital 3D reconstructions in archaeology, namely as 'laboratories' to test hypotheses and visualise, evaluate and discuss multiple interpretations.

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