Abstract

Caves have a great archaeological importance: they were used as a dwelling, as a shelter of animals, as an occasional refuge both for funerary and religious purposes. A cave survey is the first step towards their exploration. This study describes the San Giorgio cave’s survey that is the object of an archaeological research that concerns both the area above it and the underground environments. The cave, located in the north-west of Sardinia, has an extension of about 140 meters and has a maximum depth (surveyed) of -15 meters. Sixty-two TLS scans were carried out producing 1.5 milliard points. The Poisson surface reconstruction algorithm [3] is used to produce the 3D Model. A 3D model in low resolution can be adopted for aims of public archaeology; however archaeologists should take advantage of all the information available in the original point cloud.

Details

Title
Terrestrial laser scanning for 3D archaeological documentation. The prehistoric Cave of Sa Miniera de Santu Josi (Sardinia, Italy)
Author
Marini, I 1 ; Caradonna, C 2 ; Melis, M G 3 ; Nardinocchi, C 4 

1  Research fellow, Sapienza, University of Rome , via Eudossiana 18, 00195 Rome, IT 
2  Research fellow, University of Sassari , via Zanfarino 62, 07100 Sassari, IT 
3  Associate professor, University of Sassari , via Zanfarino 62, 07100 Sassari, IT 
4  Associate professor, Sapienza, University of Rome , via Eudossiana 18, 00195 Rome, IT 
First page
012030
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Apr 2022
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2204/1/012030
ProQuest document ID
2657908646
Copyright
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.