TY - JOUR
T1 - Drones in Archaeology
AU - Smith, Neil
AU - Passone, Luca
AU - Al-Said, Said
AU - Al-Farhan, Mohamed
AU - Levy, Thomas E.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2014/9/26
Y1 - 2014/9/26
N2 - In late 2013, a joint archaeological and computer vision project was initiated to digitally capture the archaeological remains in the al-Ula valley, Saudi Arabia. The goal of our team of archeologists and computer scientists is to integrate 3D scanning technologies to produce 3D reconstructions of archaeological sites. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) serve as the vehicle which makes this scanning possible. UAVs allow the acquisition of 3D data as easily from the air as from the ground. This project focuses on the recent excavations carried out in ancient Dedan by King Saud University and the country's conservation of the Lihyanite "lion tombs" carved into the ancient city's cliff faces. Over the next several years this site will be used as a test bed to validate the potential of this emerging technology for rapid cultural heritage documentation. We additionally scanned several areas in Mada'in Saleh, an ancient Nabatean city filled with monumental carved sandstone tomb facades, rivaled only by the capital of the Nabatean empire: Petra.
AB - In late 2013, a joint archaeological and computer vision project was initiated to digitally capture the archaeological remains in the al-Ula valley, Saudi Arabia. The goal of our team of archeologists and computer scientists is to integrate 3D scanning technologies to produce 3D reconstructions of archaeological sites. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) serve as the vehicle which makes this scanning possible. UAVs allow the acquisition of 3D data as easily from the air as from the ground. This project focuses on the recent excavations carried out in ancient Dedan by King Saud University and the country's conservation of the Lihyanite "lion tombs" carved into the ancient city's cliff faces. Over the next several years this site will be used as a test bed to validate the potential of this emerging technology for rapid cultural heritage documentation. We additionally scanned several areas in Mada'in Saleh, an ancient Nabatean city filled with monumental carved sandstone tomb facades, rivaled only by the capital of the Nabatean empire: Petra.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/566103
UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.5615/neareastarch.77.3.0176
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84935049294&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5615/neareastarch.77.3.0176
DO - 10.5615/neareastarch.77.3.0176
M3 - Article
SN - 1094-2076
VL - 77
SP - 176
EP - 181
JO - Near Eastern Archaeology
JF - Near Eastern Archaeology
IS - 3
ER -