Nara Silva Souza , Valeria Di Francesco , Nikedila De Wanda , Jesse Rafeiro , Ana Tomé
{"title":"Digital documentation and dissemination of the Via Crucis of the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Arrábida, Portugal","authors":"Nara Silva Souza , Valeria Di Francesco , Nikedila De Wanda , Jesse Rafeiro , Ana Tomé","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research presents the documentation and dissemination of 7 chapels belonging to the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Arrábida in Portugal. These were part of the <em>Via Crucis</em> processions practiced between the 16th to 19th centuries. Within this scope, the research encompasses several interrelated objectives. Firstly, to create as-found condition models of these chapels using Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) for the convent's management and restoration efforts. Secondly, it virtually reconstructs the sequence of the <em>Via Crucis</em> chapels utilizing diverse historical sources and physical evidence. Ultimately, the research enhances the comprehension of the convent's historical and spiritual importance to lay the groundwork for a virtual experience that mirrors the <em>Via Crucis</em> once practiced by the friars. This will enrich visitors' knowledge of the convent by offering interactive elements that complement existing guided visits and contribute to building synergies with religious festivals still practiced within the convent today.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00421"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143943019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring hand gesture-based tangible interactions in mixed reality for ancient fabric exhibits: A digital humanities approach to enhancing cultural heritage preservation and visitor engagement","authors":"Yootthapong Tongpaeng , Ratchanon Nobnop , Natchaya Wongwan , Watsaporn Arayaphan , Kannikar Intawong , Kitti Puritat","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the use of mixed reality (MR) technology to enhance visitor experiences in museum settings through immersive interactions with exhibits. Specifically, the research focuses on hand gesture-based tangible interactions for ancient fabric exhibits, utilizing Microsoft HoloLens 2 to enable hands-free exploration and gesture control. The study addresses the challenges in engaging modern museum visitors and preserving delicate artifacts. By investigating two types of interactions handling artifact objects and navigating digital collections the research aims to improve user experience by simplifying gestures and enhancing ease of use. The study was conducted at the Wieng Yong House Museum in Thailand with 30 participants, revealing that reducing gesture complexity enhances comprehension and usability. This research highlights the potential of MR to transform traditional museum experiences and underscores the importance of integrating intuitive interaction techniques in cultural heritage preservation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143852338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel Jesus , João Teixeira , Ana S. Guimarães , Bárbara Rangel , Jorge L. Alves
{"title":"From 3D survey data of cultural heritage artefacts to 3D-printed prototypes based on cement and lime-based mortars","authors":"Manuel Jesus , João Teixeira , Ana S. Guimarães , Bárbara Rangel , Jorge L. Alves","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00412","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00412","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The preservation of historic structures and artefacts has evolved with new technologies, and reverse engineering emerges as a pivotal tool for capturing their geometry and intricate details, enabling their replication and restoration through additive manufacturing techniques. This article delves into the application of digital technologies in the rehabilitation of cultural heritage artefacts, using 3D survey technologies for data acquisition of the building element, 3D modelling and liquid deposition modelling for the fabrication of the prototype. The methodology and challenges encountered during the scanning phase, the digital modelling preparation, and the 3D printing trials are described, offering insights into the technical processes involved and paving the way for further advancements in this field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Licinia Aliberti , Ana López-Mozo , Ana González-Uriel , Manuel de-Miguel-Sánchez , José Calvo-López
{"title":"Brick vaults by slices in Turin in the 19th century. A new approach to the building process","authors":"Licinia Aliberti , Ana López-Mozo , Ana González-Uriel , Manuel de-Miguel-Sánchez , José Calvo-López","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article e00419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144178030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging GIS and SfM photogrammetry for monitoring and risk assessment of rock art sites","authors":"Alfredo Sánchez-Hernández , Dídac Román , Peyman Javadi , Inés Domingo","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeology, particularly in approaches to rock art, has significantly enhanced the analysis and management of these cultural heritage sites. GIS tools facilitate the mapping of rock art territories, assessment of land relief, identification of mobility patterns and evaluation of conservation issues. Recent developments have also integrated GIS with 3D modeling to enhance the visualisation of painted art. This paper assesses the efficacy of GIS and photogrammetry-based techniques as a diagnostic tool for the detection and monitoring of physical alterations in rock art sites, such as rockfalls and fractures, which could compromise the structural integrity of the art and the safety of the site. The methodology combines Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) generated through photogrammetry to track surface changes, offering a non-invasive means of monitoring rock integrity over time. This approach is designed to inform preservation strategies, identify and quantify deterioration, and mitigate risks to both the heritage and visitors, thereby contributing to the long-term conservation of rock art sites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual reconstruction of the Red Room exhibition","authors":"Michael Guthe , Marcus Mühlnikel","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Museums increasingly use interactive installations to enhance exhibitions with additional content. Virtual reality can give the visitor access to remote places and bring the past back to life. This is especially interesting when artifacts cannot be brought back since they were sold or otherwise lost. In this project, we have partially reconstructed the Giech’s family exhibition in the Red Room of Thurnau Castle. The exhibition ended when the family had to sell the exhibits in the 19th century because of financial problems. The goal of the project is to fully reconstruct the part of the exhibition that was shown in the Red Room based on a painting and the list of artifacts. While museums explain exhibits using information boards, the visitor of the Giech’s family exhibition would have been guided by the earl himself. Therefore, we used virtual reality interaction techniques to make the exhibition more immersive and accessible.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143808016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Brancacci Chapel from the Quattrocento to the semantic web: An ontology-assisted case study of cultural data management and site reconstruction","authors":"Manuele Veggi , Ivana Cerato","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study proposes an ontological model for cultural heterogeneous data and cultural site reconstructions. It is based on the concept of <em>interpretative unit</em>, which extends the semantics of stratigraphic units also to non-archaeological contexts. The ontology is named after the case study of this research, the Brancacci Chapel in Florence. Indeed, after a state of the art overview of the development methodology and the description of the most relevant entities, a first test case is proposed. An entry of the catalogue of a recent exhibition on Masolino, a 15th century painter who worked at the decoration of the chapel, has been serialised as Turtle file and the semantics of knowledge graph has been assessed via competency questions. The positive results encourage the deepening of this line of research in the direction of connecting linked data with nodes in 3D models, as well as their visualisation and communication to non-specialist audiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00409"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143783439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ege Şendoğan , Victoria Eyharabide , Béatrice Caseau , Isabelle Bloch
{"title":"Automatic characterization of the border deterioration in Byzantine seals","authors":"Ege Şendoğan , Victoria Eyharabide , Béatrice Caseau , Isabelle Bloch","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Byzantine seals were attached to official documents to authenticate the sender, thus enclosing a valuable part of the Byzantine Empire’s history. With the aim to provide computational models to help historians in the seal interpretation, this paper proposes a method to automatically determine the level of deterioration of the seal borders from their photographs, i.e., a non-destructive inspection. The method consists of a segmentation step based on Morphological Geodesic Active Contours, a feature extraction step, and a classification step that groups the seals into four border deterioration categories. Our best results reached 0.80 in accuracy, 0.73 in Cohen’s Kappa statistics score, and 0.80 in the macro F1 score.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00410"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143777498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Augmented Reality in fashion: Technological advancements in digital preservation of traditional heritage","authors":"Marzie Hatef Jalil","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Orang Ulu of Borneo possesses a rich cultural heritage, but modernization threatens its preservation. This study explores how Augmented Reality (AR) can help maintain Orang Ulu motifs, addressing the gap in research on fashion's role in cultural preservation. By integrating AR with traditional aesthetics, the study examines innovative ways to engage younger generations while preserving authenticity. Using the ATUMICS approach, a mini fashion collection was developed with scannable AR graphics, allowing users to interact with Orang Ulu motifs via Artivive, a mobile AR application. Findings suggest virtual fashion can attract younger audiences and foster an appreciation for Indigenous heritage. Traditionally, these motifs were confined to books, making them less accessible. By leveraging AR, this study provides a digital solution to preserve and promote these cultural designs, ensuring their relevance and accessibility in modern contexts such as art and fashion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesús Briceño , Marina González-Varas , José Carcelen , Jalh Dulanto , Antonio Pérez-Balarezo
{"title":"3D modeling as a tool for Paiján artifact preservation, dissemination, and analysis","authors":"Jesús Briceño , Marina González-Varas , José Carcelen , Jalh Dulanto , Antonio Pérez-Balarezo","doi":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Paiján lithic studies have provided significant insights into the technological behaviors of hunter-gatherer groups in the Andean region during the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene. Over decades, research has predominantly relied on typological, technological, and experimental approaches. While valuable, these methods often lack quantification, replicability, and are heavily influenced by analysts’ experience and intuition. Estimating volumes, angles, convexities, and cross-sections remains challenging and subjective. This study evaluates the potential of 3D tools to address these limitations. We applied 3D and documentation techniques to a lithic sample from Quebrada Santo Domingo (Laredo, Trujillo) in the subtropical desert of the lower Moche Valley, northern Peru. These artifacts face destruction due to industrial and urban expansion, underscoring the urgency of their preservation. Our findings demonstrate the utility of 3D analysis in enhancing the accuracy of shape and geometry assessments while supporting digital preservation and enabling broader, more objective dissemination of archaeological data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38225,"journal":{"name":"Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article e00405"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}