3D Virtual Landscape Analysis at Fort Ethan Allen, VA

Summary

As part of archaeological investigations carried out at Fort Ethan Allen, VA for the Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Neighborhood Services, Versar prepared a 3D digital model of the fort and its environs as it may have appeared during the Civil War. Fort Ethan Allen was among the forts erected by the Union in 1861 to defend Washington, DC. Only small portions of the earthworks are still visible, and the surrounding area has been entirely transformed by suburban development. Among the key landscape features associated with the fort was its signal station, built in a tall chestnut tree. Combining analysis of historical maps, engineering plans, and photographs, with a 3D digital model of the fort and landscape created in Autodesk Maya may allow for reconstruction of where the signal station and other fort features were once located.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Ways of Seeing the Past: Using New Technologies in Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-51,07