Establishing Best Practices for Photogrammetric Recording During Archaeological Fieldwork

Title: Establishing Best Practices for Photogrammetric Recording During Archaeological Fieldwork
Creator(s): Sapirstein, Philip; Murray, Sarah
Date: 2017
Is Part Of: Journal of Field Archaeology
Volume: 42
Issue: 4
Pages: 337-350
Language: eng
ISSN: 0093-4690
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2017.1338513
Zotero BiDiAr: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/67FTYDHN/item-list
Abstract: Archaeologists have recently embraced photogrammetry as a low-cost, efficient tool for recording archaeological artifacts, active excavation contexts, and architectural remains. However, no consensus has yet been reached about standard procedures for reliable and metrically accurate photogrammetric recording. The archaeological literature describes diverse equipment and approaches to photogrammetry. The purpose of this article is to open a discussion about when and how photogrammetry should be employed in archaeology in an effort to establish “best practices” for this new method. We focus on the integration of photogrammetry within a comprehensible research plan, the selection of equipment, the appropriate apportionment of labor and time on site, and a rubric for site photography that is conducive to successful and efficient modeling. We conclude that photogrammetric modeling will soon become an indispensable tool in most archaeological applications but should always be implemented in ways that do not place undue burdens on project personnel and budgets and that aid research goals in well-defined ways.
Tag: Photogrammetry; accuracy; best practices; efficiency; research design
cited by: Ground-based photogrammetry at an aerial scale: preliminary results from the 2022 survey at Khirbat al-Mudyana al-‘Aliya, Jordan; 3D-STONE: a comprehensive workflow for structured light scanning and digital twin modeling of stone architectural elements in archaeology