No Photos Allowed: Photogrammetry at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeologies of the Eastern Jemez Mountain Range and the Pajarito Plateau: Interagency Collaboration for Management of Cultural Landscapes" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Cultural Resources program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) manages nearly 2000 archaeological and historic properties, spanning thousands of years of human history. Due to its remoteness on the Pajarito Plateau, LANL boasts exceptional preservation of many sites. However, archaeologists must contend with an equally singular set of compliance-driven issues, such as back-logged legacy projects, difficulty in accessing sites on an operational national laboratory, and little time to conduct and disseminate research. As using photogrammetry programs to create 3D digital imaging has become an increasingly utilized tool in archaeology, I plan to ascertain if photogrammetry can be more widely used here at LANL to help mitigate some of the above circumstances. Can photogrammetry be implemented into routine site recording and updating in lieu of or to augment the complex sketch mapping process? Would employing photogrammetry techniques support current erosional and long-term monitoring of significant cultural properties? Would having 3D models assist in increasing access and experience of these unique ancestral and historic places for a wider public?

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeologies of the Eastern Jemez Mountain Range and the Pajarito Plateau: Interagency Collaboration for Management of Cultural Landscapes   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25986