Digitizing at the Heraklion Museum (Crete, Greece)
In 2016, we brought a field kit to Greece for the summer to work with the Heraklion Museum digitizing ancient objects from warrior tombs dating between 3000 and 5000 BCE.
The 3D scans were so accurate that we were able to perceive fingerprints on pottery never before noticed. There are plans through 2020 to do additional field work each summer, including aerial 3D scans of tomb excavations and preservation through the use of digitization techniques of tomb exteriors before excavation. Dr. Andrew Koh (former Brandeis University professor) is excited that this will provide major leaps in what’s possible for modern Archaeology. Brandeis CLARC (Classical Artifact Research Collection) undergraduate research students are also involved in the processing of 3D scan data. Also, there are plans to bring Brandeis undergraduates in future summers. It’s a real Brandeis undergraduate research opportunity.