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Revive the Past

The paper describes the process of 3D virtual reconstruction of an ancient fragmented vessel. The... more The paper describes the process of 3D virtual reconstruction of an ancient fragmented vessel. The work followed several steps: identification of significant potsherds for the 3D reconstruction, the 3D acquisition of the fragments with laser scanner, the analysis of the 3D model (diameter, vertical projection, orientation and thickness), 3D reconstruction and modelling of the vessel, photographic acquisition and orthostereoscopic rendering for 3D visualization.

Revive the Past, 2012

The present paper reports an ongoing project aiming at developing an "archaeological" benchmarkin... more The present paper reports an ongoing project aiming at developing an "archaeological" benchmarking procedure for the definition of the most suitable methodology for 3D models creation, to adopt for different research goals such as conservation, virtual restoration and web visualization of archaeological objects. The test has been carried out on some archaeological artefacts, differing in size, material, shape, texture and surface characteristics, focusing on the possible applications of the outcomes and on diverse parameters offered from the device. A low cost 3D laser scanner (NextEngine) was chosen for the test, because of its cost affordability, especially for museums and Cultural Heritage (CH) institutions. The result of the qualitative analyses performed by professionals on the scanned objects (archaeologist, ceramist, paleoanthropologist), along with issues that emerged during data acquisition and data post-processing, allowed us making recommendations useful for Cultural Heritage professionals interested in applying digital technologies in their daily work.

ABSTRACT The paper introduces the metadata schema used at the Science and Technology in Archaeolo... more ABSTRACT The paper introduces the metadata schema used at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Centre (STARC) for the documentation of archaeological assets (objects, ancient buildings and archaeological sites). It presents some unique features of the STARC schema discussing the rationale behind them.

2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage), 2013

ABSTRACT Using linguistic data, related to phrases and parts of speech (POS) information, could i... more ABSTRACT Using linguistic data, related to phrases and parts of speech (POS) information, could improve decision-making performances. This paper presents an ongoing research that aims to apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) based on Lexicon Grammar (LG) approach to increase information retrieval in the Archaeological domain. In particularly, the main scope of this work is to apply language formalization techniques to describe decision-making and problem-solving processes in the field of Archaeology, in order to formalize an ontology for this domain.

… in Archaeology CAA, 2010

In this paper we present the 3D reconstruction model of a stratigraphic excavation starting from ... more In this paper we present the 3D reconstruction model of a stratigraphic excavation starting from a se-quence of images and using free software (ARC3D) and laser scanning. The flexibility of the approach of this kind of methodology and the low cost of the instruments allow also ...

The project planned that each country partner would hold a National Dissemination Workshop during... more The project planned that each country partner would hold a National Dissemination Workshop during the third year of the CARARE Project. In the cases where there were more than one partner organisation in a country (e.g. the Netherlands and Greece) or neighbouring countries shared a common language and culture (e.g. Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic), partners were encouraged to organise joint events. Reminders were sent out during Year 2 so that partners had time to prepare. This was especially important for organisations who wanted to organise their workshop in association with a third party conference similar event and therefore required a lead time for submission of a workshop proposal. Some of the partners are well placed as National Heritage Institutions with a dissemination remit to organise their own workshops, others institutions had less experienc. Regardless of this, seventeen workshops were held successfully in a variety of formats and each partner has submitted a re...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

The document presents the first definition of PARTHENOS high-level principles, offered as common ... more The document presents the first definition of PARTHENOS high-level principles, offered as common guidelines to build bridges between different, although tightly interrelated fields and stakeholders within the Humanities by the harmonization of policy definition and their implementation. All PARTHENOS deliverables are available at: http://www.parthenos-project.eu/resources/projects-deliverables

This document is the final, updated, version of deliverable D2.1 of the PARTHENOS project, which ... more This document is the final, updated, version of deliverable D2.1 of the PARTHENOS project, which addresses user requirements and needs. It contains a comprehensive report based on a review of literature produced by previous relevant projects, supplemented with additional direct input from PARTHENOS partners. All PARTHENOS deliverables are available at: http://www.parthenos-project.eu/resources/projects-deliverables

Internet Archaeology, 2021

his article highlights how the Italian Central Institute for Archaeology (ICA) is developing the ... more his article highlights how the Italian Central Institute for Archaeology (ICA) is developing the National Geoportal for Archaeology (GNA), based on the ARIADNEplus infrastructure and its policy framework. Thanks to the GNA project, it will be possible to search and learn about archaeological documentation managed by Superintendencies and Universities holding a significant amount of archaeological data, much of which is either completely or partially unpublished.

This work contributes to the field of Buildings Archaeology with the creation of a semantic model... more This work contributes to the field of Buildings Archaeology with the creation of a semantic model for the documentation of different building typologies adopting the CIDOC CRM as the overarching ontology. The CIDOC CRM extension “CRMBA”, purposely developed for investigating historic and archaeological buildings, facilitates the discovery of and reasoning on archaeological resources through the definition of new concepts that describe the complexity of historic buildings. Through CRMBA the relations between building components, functional spaces, topological relations and construction phases through time and space will be made explicit. The approach used in the development of the CRMBA makes the model valid for the documentation of different kinds of buildings, across periods, styles and conservation state.

This paper emphasizes the active role of the Italia n surveyors in the protection of the territor... more This paper emphasizes the active role of the Italia n surveyors in the protection of the territory and Cultural Heritage (CH), particularly in the cas e tudy of the archaeological park of Saepinum-Altilia, which belongs to the Molise museu m network. The team of surveyors of the Province of Campobasso College, in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendence of Molise Region, su rveyed and geo-referenced the archaeological area providing a substantial support for conservation planning. The archaeological site of the Roman town of Saepin um (Sepino, locality Altilia, in Campobasso) is characterized by good preservation c onditions of the Roman urban area and of the Augustan city walls (IV BC-II AD). Due to it s exceptional condition, the site is one of the best preserved examples of archaeological lands c pe in Italy. The aim of the work is to promote an initiative tha t could communicate, beyond regional boundaries, the artistic and historical heritage of the village and emp...

Revisiting the well known statement coined by Marshall McLuhan ‘the medium is the message’, this ... more Revisiting the well known statement coined by Marshall McLuhan ‘the medium is the message’, this paper wants to stress the importance of the metadata as medium for the communication of knowledge and understanding. Cultural heritage professionals deal with heterogeneous and numerous datasets that are different in format, description, shape, context and so forth. This implies an everyday choice regarding the methodologies to adopt in order to record, describe, document, interpret the available information. In this perspective, communication is intended to be not a final step or an outcome but it is a vital process that goes through the description of all the passages. The ability to communicate information ensures the long term preservation, enabling the scientific community, third party data providers and users to reuse the data for different scopes, possible re-interpretations and processing. Based on these assumptions, STARC developed a metadata schema that enables to communica...

The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural he... more The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural heritage institutions, research infrastructures, archives) a series of recommendations and guidelines about which policies to apply during and after their research or infrastructure work. “During their research work”, because policies on data and repositories guide the data creator to produce high quality data; “after their research work”, because policies on access and reuse help make the data more accessible and reusable. The research communities are: Archaeology, History, Language related studies and social sciences.

The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural he... more The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural heritage institutions, research infrastructures, archives) a series of recommendations and guidelines about which policies to apply during and after their research or infrastructure work. “During their research work”, because policies on data and repositories guide the data creator to produce high quality data; “after their research work”, because policies on access and reuse help make the data more accessible and reusable. The research communities are: Archaeology, History, Language related studies and social sciences.

Revive the Past

The paper describes the process of 3D virtual reconstruction of an ancient fragmented vessel. The... more The paper describes the process of 3D virtual reconstruction of an ancient fragmented vessel. The work followed several steps: identification of significant potsherds for the 3D reconstruction, the 3D acquisition of the fragments with laser scanner, the analysis of the 3D model (diameter, vertical projection, orientation and thickness), 3D reconstruction and modelling of the vessel, photographic acquisition and orthostereoscopic rendering for 3D visualization.

Revive the Past, 2012

The present paper reports an ongoing project aiming at developing an "archaeological" benchmarkin... more The present paper reports an ongoing project aiming at developing an "archaeological" benchmarking procedure for the definition of the most suitable methodology for 3D models creation, to adopt for different research goals such as conservation, virtual restoration and web visualization of archaeological objects. The test has been carried out on some archaeological artefacts, differing in size, material, shape, texture and surface characteristics, focusing on the possible applications of the outcomes and on diverse parameters offered from the device. A low cost 3D laser scanner (NextEngine) was chosen for the test, because of its cost affordability, especially for museums and Cultural Heritage (CH) institutions. The result of the qualitative analyses performed by professionals on the scanned objects (archaeologist, ceramist, paleoanthropologist), along with issues that emerged during data acquisition and data post-processing, allowed us making recommendations useful for Cultural Heritage professionals interested in applying digital technologies in their daily work.

ABSTRACT The paper introduces the metadata schema used at the Science and Technology in Archaeolo... more ABSTRACT The paper introduces the metadata schema used at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Centre (STARC) for the documentation of archaeological assets (objects, ancient buildings and archaeological sites). It presents some unique features of the STARC schema discussing the rationale behind them.

2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage), 2013

ABSTRACT Using linguistic data, related to phrases and parts of speech (POS) information, could i... more ABSTRACT Using linguistic data, related to phrases and parts of speech (POS) information, could improve decision-making performances. This paper presents an ongoing research that aims to apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) based on Lexicon Grammar (LG) approach to increase information retrieval in the Archaeological domain. In particularly, the main scope of this work is to apply language formalization techniques to describe decision-making and problem-solving processes in the field of Archaeology, in order to formalize an ontology for this domain.

… in Archaeology CAA, 2010

In this paper we present the 3D reconstruction model of a stratigraphic excavation starting from ... more In this paper we present the 3D reconstruction model of a stratigraphic excavation starting from a se-quence of images and using free software (ARC3D) and laser scanning. The flexibility of the approach of this kind of methodology and the low cost of the instruments allow also ...

The project planned that each country partner would hold a National Dissemination Workshop during... more The project planned that each country partner would hold a National Dissemination Workshop during the third year of the CARARE Project. In the cases where there were more than one partner organisation in a country (e.g. the Netherlands and Greece) or neighbouring countries shared a common language and culture (e.g. Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic), partners were encouraged to organise joint events. Reminders were sent out during Year 2 so that partners had time to prepare. This was especially important for organisations who wanted to organise their workshop in association with a third party conference similar event and therefore required a lead time for submission of a workshop proposal. Some of the partners are well placed as National Heritage Institutions with a dissemination remit to organise their own workshops, others institutions had less experienc. Regardless of this, seventeen workshops were held successfully in a variety of formats and each partner has submitted a re...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing o... more A comprehensive set of Guidelines to FAIRify data management and make data reusable is focusing on the topic of common policies. This compact guide offers twenty guidelines to align the efforts of data producers, data archivists and data users in humanities and social sciences to make research data as reusable as possible based upon the FAIR Principles. Each guideline has recommendations for both researchers and archives as it is recognised that different priorities may apply to each case. The guidelines result from the work of over fifty PARTHENOS, ARIADNEplus and SEADDA project members. They were responsible for investigating commonalities in the implementation of policies and strategies for research data management and used results from desk research, questionnaires and interviews with selected experts to gather around one hundred current data management policies (including guides for preferred formats, data review policies and best practices, both formal as well as tacit). Other...

The document presents the first definition of PARTHENOS high-level principles, offered as common ... more The document presents the first definition of PARTHENOS high-level principles, offered as common guidelines to build bridges between different, although tightly interrelated fields and stakeholders within the Humanities by the harmonization of policy definition and their implementation. All PARTHENOS deliverables are available at: http://www.parthenos-project.eu/resources/projects-deliverables

This document is the final, updated, version of deliverable D2.1 of the PARTHENOS project, which ... more This document is the final, updated, version of deliverable D2.1 of the PARTHENOS project, which addresses user requirements and needs. It contains a comprehensive report based on a review of literature produced by previous relevant projects, supplemented with additional direct input from PARTHENOS partners. All PARTHENOS deliverables are available at: http://www.parthenos-project.eu/resources/projects-deliverables

Internet Archaeology, 2021

his article highlights how the Italian Central Institute for Archaeology (ICA) is developing the ... more his article highlights how the Italian Central Institute for Archaeology (ICA) is developing the National Geoportal for Archaeology (GNA), based on the ARIADNEplus infrastructure and its policy framework. Thanks to the GNA project, it will be possible to search and learn about archaeological documentation managed by Superintendencies and Universities holding a significant amount of archaeological data, much of which is either completely or partially unpublished.

This work contributes to the field of Buildings Archaeology with the creation of a semantic model... more This work contributes to the field of Buildings Archaeology with the creation of a semantic model for the documentation of different building typologies adopting the CIDOC CRM as the overarching ontology. The CIDOC CRM extension “CRMBA”, purposely developed for investigating historic and archaeological buildings, facilitates the discovery of and reasoning on archaeological resources through the definition of new concepts that describe the complexity of historic buildings. Through CRMBA the relations between building components, functional spaces, topological relations and construction phases through time and space will be made explicit. The approach used in the development of the CRMBA makes the model valid for the documentation of different kinds of buildings, across periods, styles and conservation state.

This paper emphasizes the active role of the Italia n surveyors in the protection of the territor... more This paper emphasizes the active role of the Italia n surveyors in the protection of the territory and Cultural Heritage (CH), particularly in the cas e tudy of the archaeological park of Saepinum-Altilia, which belongs to the Molise museu m network. The team of surveyors of the Province of Campobasso College, in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendence of Molise Region, su rveyed and geo-referenced the archaeological area providing a substantial support for conservation planning. The archaeological site of the Roman town of Saepin um (Sepino, locality Altilia, in Campobasso) is characterized by good preservation c onditions of the Roman urban area and of the Augustan city walls (IV BC-II AD). Due to it s exceptional condition, the site is one of the best preserved examples of archaeological lands c pe in Italy. The aim of the work is to promote an initiative tha t could communicate, beyond regional boundaries, the artistic and historical heritage of the village and emp...

Revisiting the well known statement coined by Marshall McLuhan ‘the medium is the message’, this ... more Revisiting the well known statement coined by Marshall McLuhan ‘the medium is the message’, this paper wants to stress the importance of the metadata as medium for the communication of knowledge and understanding. Cultural heritage professionals deal with heterogeneous and numerous datasets that are different in format, description, shape, context and so forth. This implies an everyday choice regarding the methodologies to adopt in order to record, describe, document, interpret the available information. In this perspective, communication is intended to be not a final step or an outcome but it is a vital process that goes through the description of all the passages. The ability to communicate information ensures the long term preservation, enabling the scientific community, third party data providers and users to reuse the data for different scopes, possible re-interpretations and processing. Based on these assumptions, STARC developed a metadata schema that enables to communica...

The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural he... more The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural heritage institutions, research infrastructures, archives) a series of recommendations and guidelines about which policies to apply during and after their research or infrastructure work. “During their research work”, because policies on data and repositories guide the data creator to produce high quality data; “after their research work”, because policies on access and reuse help make the data more accessible and reusable. The research communities are: Archaeology, History, Language related studies and social sciences.

The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural he... more The aim of this report is to present to its stakeholders (researchers, policy makers, cultural heritage institutions, research infrastructures, archives) a series of recommendations and guidelines about which policies to apply during and after their research or infrastructure work. “During their research work”, because policies on data and repositories guide the data creator to produce high quality data; “after their research work”, because policies on access and reuse help make the data more accessible and reusable. The research communities are: Archaeology, History, Language related studies and social sciences.