Posted on 10/10/2010 7:40:51 AM PDT by Flavius
A tedious job at best. I wonder if they used, or are aware of, a technique used by some ingenious archeologists in Israel. (Saw it on TV about a year ago.)
These geniuses had a computer program written that would take scanned pictures of pottery shards and trying different configurations, swapping the edges around until they fit - all at computer speed. Using something like a paint-by-numbers approach, they then took the physical pieces and matched them up to the computer screen and had the pot assembled in no time.
Now if only they could do some automatic transliteration of all those cuneiform tablets.
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actually, not that tedious, the hardest part is getting the non-permenant glue to stick, on pot sherds it is rather quick but on metal or stone not as quick. at the UofMN I worked with the 3-d imaging software, it takes between 5 to 15 pictures of each piece. and about 10 minutes per piece once you get your set-up done. A good tech could digitize that mask in an afternoon.
“A careful study of the helmet reveals that these were not SOLDIER helmets, but the ROMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE team helmets.”
and I thought you were kidding!
“It would not have been used for combat but for cavalry sport events involving soldiers from the Roman empire, which invaded Britain in 55 BC under Julius Caesar and left in 410 AD, Christie’s said”.
Good to hear that technology has spread. The tedious part I was referring to was in the old days where you’d see these guys take a piece and start saying, “Nope, let’s try this way”, doing it by hand.
I also understand that these folks have used DNA in the sheepskin to isolate Dead Sea Scroll fragments into families. I would imagine something akin to the above process would work here and rescue some otherwise lost writings.
What a splendid way to use technology!
I got a little lazy, sorry.
What, this thread?
You forgot the babe, man. You forgot her. Maybe you’re working too hard. ;-)
Anything to minimize the labwork and keep us out in the field where it is much more fun!
Well, I’ve always been one of those 4F cads.
Well, I’ve always been one of those 4F cads.
Garrison soldiers spend a lot of time and effort on costumes
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