Ancient graffiti are evidence of the past, scattered all over the globe and common to many
cultures. Documentation is a crucial step for their study, and must allow for clear …

2. Background Image processing has come a long way from film manipulations (see Rip,
1983). There is an academic discourse on the objectivity of image enhancement (Read and …

Abstract 3D modeling in rock art studies involves different techniques according to the size
and morphology of the subject. It has mainly been used for reconstructing the volume of …

The main sources of information regarding ancient Mesopotamian history and culture are
clay cuneiform tablets. Many of these tablets are damaged, leading to missing information …

In this paper we present a new method for automatic transliteration and segmentation of
Unicode cuneiform glyphs using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques …

Recent advances in technology have opened up a wide range of new documentary
techniques to archaeologists and others working in the field of cultural heritage. Reflectance …

RTI is a powerful technique for recording, interpreting, and disseminating rock art. RTI
enhances the perception of the micro-topography of the rock surface and it is particularly …

Since the very beginnings of the digital humanities, Papyrology has been in the vanguard of
the application of information technologies to its own scientific purposes, for both theoretical …

New imaging techniques are increasingly being used within cultural heritage. This paper
explores potential uses of such technologies within conservation and implications of their …

Multi-light acquisitions and modeling are well-studied techniques for characterizing surface
geometry, widely used in the cultural heritage field. Current systems that are used to perform …