Using Computational Methods to Understand the Past in The Present - Juniper Publishers
Using Computational Methods to Understand the Past in the Present
Authored by Juan A Barcelo
Cultural heritage is a wide concept; an expression of the ways of living
developed by community and passed on from generation to generation
(ICOMOS 2002). In this paper I examine the idea that “archaeological
heritage” is the information we can extract from material evidence from
the past with use of scientific analysis. As prehistoric stones and
ancient potsherds do not speak for themselves, the transformation of
archaeological material into scientific data and into explanatory
knowledge is the most challenging aspect of modern archaeological
methodology. New techniques based on artificial intelligence, virtual
reality and reverse engineering are needed to approach cultural heritage
in a explicitly functional way. The challenge is to demonstrate how we
may put our knowledge of the past to beneficial use in helping people to
understand where the present came from and shaping their way into some
future.
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