The 3D Annotated Scans Method Revisited: Recent Experiences With The Mass Documentation Of Wet-stored Timbers In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Digital Approaches in Nautical Archaeology", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The 3D annotated scans method was developed to answer the challenge of accurately recording a large number of archaeological ship timbers within the short timeframe of development-led excavations in Northern Germany. Since then, this approach to 3D recording was refined in different projects of varying nature.

In 2022, the state authority for culture and monuments in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania carried out an extensive archaeological recording project. As part of the preparation for moving into new facilities, thousands of wet-stored timbers and other artefacts collected in more than 20 years of archaeological excavations were assessed, recorded where necessary, and then prepared for conservation or deaccessioned.

The large amount and the broad range of archaeological material, which had to be dealt with proved to be the ideal ground for testing and improving the 3D annotated scans approach. This paper revisits initial considerations regarding the method and discusses practical problems and implications encountered during the project.

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• Digital Approaches in Nautical Archaeology   •
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