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ARtefact: A Conceptual Framework for the Integrated Information Management of Archaeological Excavations

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Extended Reality (XR Salento 2022)

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The information management of archaeological excavations (and the follow-up conservation and restoration of excavated objects) is complex, time consuming and laborious in practice. Currently available technological aids in the broader area of digital archaeology are limited in scope, while most are not interoperable. Herein, we propose ARtefact, a conceptual framework which encompasses an integrated technological toolset supporting the digital documentation, knowledge management and interactive presentation of digital resources produced throughout the archaeological excavation and the study/conservation of Artefacts. ARtefact accounts for several end-products: a mobile digital documentation application (executed on mobile devices with built-in depth sensors) which addresses the needs of all stakeholders involved in the documentation of the excavation process and its findings (mainly field archeologists and conservators); a web-based knowledge management tool which enables archaeologists to specify semantic relationships between digital resources; authoring tools used by curators and archaeologists without any technical expertise to create custom AR/VR applications which allow users to retrieve and interact with the ARtefact digital resources, thus enhancing the experience of -physical and virtual- visits in archaeological sites and museum exhibitions. A prototype implementation of ARtefact will be validated in pilot studies conducted in an active archeological excavation site and an archeological museum in Greece.

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Acknowledgement

This research was funded by the Research e-Infrastructure “Interregional Digital Transformation for Culture and Tourism in Aegean Archipelagos” {Code Number MIS 5047046} which is implemented within the framework of the “Regional Excellence” Action of the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. The action was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Greek State [Partnership Agreement 2014–2020].

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  1. Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece

    Damianos Gavalas, Panayiotis Koutsabasis & Spyros Vosinakis

  2. Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece

    Vlasios Kasapakis, Evangelia Kavakli & Despina Catapoti

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Gavalas, D., Kasapakis, V., Kavakli, E., Koutsabasis, P., Catapoti, D., Vosinakis, S. (2022). ARtefact: A Conceptual Framework for the Integrated Information Management of Archaeological Excavations. In: De Paolis, L.T., Arpaia, P., Sacco, M. (eds) Extended Reality. XR Salento 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13446. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15553-6_16

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