3D models provide a credible stimulus to current archaeological thought, practice
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 14:20
in Mathematics & Economics
Archaeological concepts such as the real, virtual, and authentic are becoming increasingly unstable as a consequence of archaeological artefacts and assemblages being digitalised, reiterated, extended and distributed through time and space as 3D printable entities. A new paper argues that additive manufacturing technologies, known commonly as 3D printing, have the potential to redefine the nature of archaeological entities in the digital.