The Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project (Akko, Israel): Assessing the suitability of multi-scale 3D field recording in archaeology

Olson, Brandon R.; Placchetti, Ryan A.; Quartermaine, Jamie; Killebrew, Ann E.

doi:10.1179/0093469013z.00000000056

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“…Archaeological applications of microtopographic mapping have recently focused on characterizing threedimensional (hereafter, '3D') surfaces or volumes, highlighting not only the interpretive potential of the method, but also its preservation of archaeological heritage for posterity, even if only in a virtual medium [27-30;15]. At the individual artifact and ecofact scale, such 3D modeling of archaeological heritage, whether for archival and/or analytical purposes, has been applied to individual stone, ceramic, and faunal items [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41], and even to ancient footprints [42]. The 3D volumes and surface characteristics of monumental architecture, caves, and freestanding or rupestral sculpture have been captured similarly [43; 27-28; 44-57].…”

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Mapping site-level microtopography with Real- Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP)

Roosevelt

2014

Open Archaeology

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Microtopographic mapping has a long history in archaeology and has gained prominence recently owing to the proliferation of digital technologies. With such proliferation, it becomes necessary to compare and contrast different approaches based on a common set of criteria. This article compares the implementation and efficiency of two methods of mapping microtopography -ground-based Real-Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System (RTK GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP) survey -assessing the pros and cons of each, including those related to data quality. 'Off-the-shelf' solutions for methods were used to create the comparative dataset of microtopographic maps of six Middle and Late Bronze Age sites over the course of four seasons between 2007 and 2013 in the study area of the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey in western Turkey. Comparison of results demonstrate that the methods are similar with respect to ease of implementation, cost efficiency, and the (in)significance of data defects, while, unsurprisingly, UAVP survey can be greater than one order of magnitude more labor efficient than RTK GNSS survey and over two orders of magnitude more detailed as measured by data density. The accuracy of both methods is high, within typical error budgets for site-level mapping, and comparable to other recent digital mapping approaches. Accordingly, the results suggest that, given site suitability, UAVP is the more labor and cost-efficient method in the long run, with significant data quality benefits.

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Mapping site-level microtopography with Real- Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP)

Roosevelt

2014

Open Archaeology

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“…The multidisciplinary, diachronic and multi-scale approach adopted in this project was named "total archaeology". This definition has been used to describe other archaeological projects that integrate different methods and scales (Evans et al, 2006;Olson et al, 2013), but has been rarely referred to diachronic landscape analysis. This paper focuses on the small evidence represented by lithic artefacts.…”

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Prehistoric landscapes of the Dolomites: Survey data from the highland territory of Cadore (Belluno Dolomites, Northern Italy)

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Fontana

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Quaternary International

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“…Advances in computer vision in the last few years make it practical to record 3D models at a variety of scales as part of the excavation process (Olson et al . ), and in 2012 we began to use 3D recording as an integral part of the documentation of the excavations at Marj Rabba (Hill ). Photogrammetry is rapidly being adopted by archaeologists for a variety of situations owing to recent innovations in computer processing (Chiabrando et al .…”

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Feasting at Marj Rabba, An Early Chalcolithic Site in the Galilee

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Rowan

2016

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary Feasting is a common part of human culture in the present and past that can serve a variety of roles such as creating and maintaining social identities within and between social groups. In zooarchaeology, feasting evidence, rather than the accumulated and mixed refuse from long‐term consumption, often gives us some of the only data from individual events at a site. A cattle bone refuse pit at the site of Marj Rabba, Israel, provides evidence for feasting from the early Chalcolithic (c.4500–3600 BC) in the southern Levant. The presence of cattle feasts at Marj Rabba provides a glimpse of cultural practices in this critical transitional period that may mirror practices from earlier periods.

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The Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project (Akko, Israel): Assessing the suitability of multi-scale 3D field recording in archaeology

Cited by 87 publications

References 28 publications

Mapping site-level microtopography with Real- Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP)

Mapping site-level microtopography with Real- Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP)

Prehistoric landscapes of the Dolomites: Survey data from the highland territory of Cadore (Belluno Dolomites, Northern Italy)

Feasting at Marj Rabba, An Early Chalcolithic Site in the Galilee

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