Recording In Situ Human Remains in Three Dimensions

Ultra close-range digital photogrammetry in skeletal anthropology: A systematic review

“…Because photogrammetry uses light as the information carrier, it is included within noncontact, optical measurement methods, in the class of triangulation techniques, which provide information only related to the external surface of an object [10]. Unlike terrestrial laser scanning or structured light scanning, photogrammetry is a passive technique that relies on the ambient light reflected by the specimen rather than actively obtaining range data [9]. When applied to produce computer representations, photogrammetry falls into the field of digital image-based modeling (IBM) techniques, allowing the creation of 3D models using data from two-dimensional images [9].…”

“…Digital photogrammetry enables 3D reconstructions from digital photographs of the object [9,10] (see panels 1 and 2 on principles and historical development). Different from satellite and aerial photogrammetry, respectively based on remote sensing images and aerial photographs, it is applied in terrestrial contexts, which include a wide range of potential subjects.…”

“…UCR-DP is emerging as a robust technique for 3D model generation and represents a convenient and low-cost solution for rapid data acquisition [11,12]. In fact, some methodological studies reported the best practices [6,13,14], and UCR-DP has already been widely applied in fields closely related to the anthropological research, such as archaeology and cultural heritage-for the surveying, interpretation and virtual reconstruction of excavation sites, caves, buildings, monuments [9,12,15,16], documenting statues, bas-relief and mosaics [17,18], building 3D repositories of museum collections [19]-and palaeontology, particularly for site interpretation and track site documentation [13,20,21], other than for digitising bones from mounted skeletons [22]. A number of applications have also been developed in anthropology for documenting rock art [23][24][25][26][27], artefacts [28,29], cut and percussion marks due to human activity [30][31][32][33][34], and hominin footprints [35].…”

“…This review aims to analyse technical implementation, applications and performance of ultra close-range digital photogrammetry in virtual anthropology, focusing on skeletal anthropology. To our knowledge there are no systematic reviews on this specific subject, although a few studies have summarised selected literature including photogrammetry among other 3D techniques in relation to the application of advanced techniques in virtual anthropology [3], forensic anthropology and taphonomy [5,6], and in situ documentation of skeletal remains [9].…”

De volta ao passado

“…Torres et al(2017) e Yamafume et al (2016 trabalharam com o registro fotogramétrico de naufrágios e reconstrução 3D de navios; Moraes Wichers et al (2017), através da utilização de laser escâner para digitalização de peças arqueológicas, criaram realidades aumentadas dos artefatos que foram usados posteriormente no âmbito de Educação Patrimonial; Fleming et al (2017) fez uso de laser escâner para digitalização de artefatos, impressão 3D e realidade virtual através do projeto "DOMUS Visita Virtual"; Ulguim (2017), voltado para o uso de modelos 3D na zooarqueologia.…”