Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta

The archaeological site of the Domus Romana in Rabat, Malta was excavated almost 100 years ago yielding artefacts from the various phases of the site. The Melite Civitas Romana project was designed to investigate the domus, which may have been the home of a Roman Senator, and its many phases of use....

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Autores principales: Tanasi Davide, Hassam Stephan, Kingsland Kaitlyn, Trapani Paolo, King Matthew, Calì Denise
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9bd9406aeb09428294050bced7b51e692021-12-05T14:10:59ZMelite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0126https://doaj.org/article/9bd9406aeb09428294050bced7b51e692021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0126https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560The archaeological site of the Domus Romana in Rabat, Malta was excavated almost 100 years ago yielding artefacts from the various phases of the site. The Melite Civitas Romana project was designed to investigate the domus, which may have been the home of a Roman Senator, and its many phases of use. Pending planned archaeological excavations designed to investigate the various phases of the site, a team from the Institute for Digital Exploration from the University of South Florida carried out a digitization campaign in the summer of 2019 using terrestrial laser scanning and aerial digital photogrammetry to document the current state of the site to provide a baseline of documentation and plan the coming excavations. In parallel, structured light scanning and photogrammetry were used to digitize 128 artefacts in the museum of the Domus Romana to aid in off-site research and create a virtual museum platform for global dissemination.Tanasi DavideHassam StephanKingsland KaitlynTrapani PaoloKing MatthewCalì DeniseDe Gruyterarticlemaltaroman archaeology3d digitization3d visualizationvirtual museumsArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 51-83 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic malta
roman archaeology
3d digitization
3d visualization
virtual museums
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle malta
roman archaeology
3d digitization
3d visualization
virtual museums
Archaeology
CC1-960
Tanasi Davide
Hassam Stephan
Kingsland Kaitlyn
Trapani Paolo
King Matthew
Calì Denise
Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
description The archaeological site of the Domus Romana in Rabat, Malta was excavated almost 100 years ago yielding artefacts from the various phases of the site. The Melite Civitas Romana project was designed to investigate the domus, which may have been the home of a Roman Senator, and its many phases of use. Pending planned archaeological excavations designed to investigate the various phases of the site, a team from the Institute for Digital Exploration from the University of South Florida carried out a digitization campaign in the summer of 2019 using terrestrial laser scanning and aerial digital photogrammetry to document the current state of the site to provide a baseline of documentation and plan the coming excavations. In parallel, structured light scanning and photogrammetry were used to digitize 128 artefacts in the museum of the Domus Romana to aid in off-site research and create a virtual museum platform for global dissemination.
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author Tanasi Davide
Hassam Stephan
Kingsland Kaitlyn
Trapani Paolo
King Matthew
Calì Denise
author_facet Tanasi Davide
Hassam Stephan
Kingsland Kaitlyn
Trapani Paolo
King Matthew
Calì Denise
author_sort Tanasi Davide
title Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
title_short Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
title_full Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
title_fullStr Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
title_full_unstemmed Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta
title_sort melite civitas romana in 3d: virtualization project of the archaeological park and museum of the domus romana of rabat, malta
publisher De Gruyter
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/9bd9406aeb09428294050bced7b51e69
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