Filling The Void

Filling the void in cave archaeology

Maptek I-Siteâ„¢ Void software has been used to model 3D point cloud data of caves being investigated by archaeologists in Serbia.

The discovery of one of the oldest human bones, in a cave near Niš in Serbia, has prompted a team from Belgrade University to digitally preserve archaeological informationusing laser scan data. I-Site Void software was used to model a series of caves to map the discovery of archaeological finds in a 3D environment.

John Meneely, a geologist from the School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queens University Belfast used I-Site Void to model 3D point cloud data of the caves. ‘The archaeologists were working in two caves but they didn’t understand the spatial relationship between them,’ Meneely said. ‘By developing a 3D model of the caves, I was able to provide the archaeologists with a greater understanding of the cave system before them.’

The 3D model will be used to create an interactive digital representation of the caves.

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