Visual Viewshed Simulation: Applying a 3D environment in archaeological research at Faysaliyya (southern Jordan)
Visual Viewshed Simulation: Applying a 3D environment in archaeological research at Faysaliyya (southern Jordan)
Author(s): Jacek KarmowskiSubject(s): Archaeology, Architecture, Environmental Geography, Geomatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: virtual landscape; 3D in archaeology; simulation; visibility analysis; visibility reconstruction; landscape archaeology; GIS;
Summary/Abstract: The shift from presenting and analyzing threedimensional data in 2D to displaying and analyzing them in a 3D environment is becoming increasingly prevalent in archaeological practice. This approach opens new possibilities, such as a 3D virtual reality, that archaeologists can take advantage of. This paper presents an application of the Visual Viewshed Simulation, a 3D virtual reality tool for (re)constructing the visibility of objects in the field, taking into account factors such as atmospheric and lighting conditions. This approach can provide a new way to research people–place relations and may be particularly useful in landscape archaeology.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2022
- Issue No: XXXI
- Page Range: 519-535
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
