3D Data Acquisition for Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, and Archaeology

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-815309-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

3D Data Acquisition for Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, and Archaeology serves as a handbook for the collection and processing of 3-D scanned data and as a tool for scholars interested in pursuing research projects with 3-D models. The book's chapters enhance the reader's understanding of the technology by covering virtual model processing protocols, alignment methods, actual data acquisition techniques, basic technological protocols, and considerations of variation in research design associated with biological anthropology and archaeology.

Zielgruppe

Primary: Biological Anthropologists, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists.
Secondary: Graduate Level and Upper-Leve Undergraduate Level students in Bioarcheology, Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seguchi, Noriko

Dudzik, Beatrix

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Digital model sampledScanning and processing protocol 3. Three-dimensional investigations of fragile archaeological human remains 4. Landmark and semilandmark data collection using digitizers and data processing 5. Landmark and semilandmark data collection using 3D virtual model and data processin 6. Validity assessment: validity testing of mixed data by multiple devices, methods, and observers 7. 3D data analysis using R 8. Considerations in the application of 3DGM to stone artifacts with a focus on orientation error in bifaces 9. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Dudzik, Beatrix
PhD, Biological Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, MA, Biological Anthropology, University of Montana, BA, Honors Biological Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Seguchi, Noriko
Dr. Seguchi is Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Environmental Changes, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University, Japan. Her areas of research interest include craniofacial morphometrics, postcranial variation, human adaptation, population history and structure, and the peopling of the New World. Dr. Seguchi is currently a visiting professor at the University of Montana.