Innovation in archeological documentation methods : a review
Nurul Shahida Sulaiman, Zulkepli Majid and Halim Setan
This paper is particularly discussing on various methods used in documenting archaeological contrivances which mainly influenced by the technology advancement. Stimulated by the highly demand on 3-dimensional (3D) model of archaeology sites and artefacts, a method that can rapidly recorded and modelled the contrivances precisely has become a crucial requirement. Recently, Geomatic technique has been used extensively in 3D modelling of human faces, landscape and industrial machines. On top of that, it also explored its opportunity in archaeology discipline in order to enhance the existing technique used in archaeological documentation. Geomatic technique can be applied in data acquisition, 3D modelling and 3D visualization of the archaeology sites together with the artefacts found. Currently, the most common technique used in archaeology field for data acquisition is laser scanning method. Nonetheless, due to the lack of colour information, photogrammetry method is used to overcome the problem. Hence, both technologies need to be integrated to produce better model of the sites and artefacts. By taking Lembah Bujang in Malaysia as a study area, the criteria of the site such as the size, artefacts found in the site and accuracy requirement needed for archaeological documentation in Malaysia is investigated. Eventually, Digital Archaeological Documentation of Lembah Bujang will be developed.
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