The Utility of Digital Imaging Technologies for the Virtual Curation and Metric Analysis of Skeletal Remains

dc.contributor.authorAdcox, Devin
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T18:36:47Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T18:36:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-04
dc.description.abstractNew artifact curation methods such as 3-D laser scanning and 3-D photogrammetry are exciting new developments within the field of anthropology. However, there is little research discussing the accuracy and comparability of these measurements to more traditional methods of curation such as hand held metrics. This research compares the accuracies and comparability of 3-D laser scanning, 3-D photogrammetry, and a Microscribe digitizer to traditional hand held metrics. 3-D models were generated for three different skulls using a NextEngine laser scanner and photogrammetry. Cranial metrics were repeated nine times for each digitally created model produced via the NextEngine Laser Scanner or 3-D Photogrammetry and nine times on the physical skull using a Microscribe digitizer and hand held calipers. Analyses of these measurements revealed that the technological platforms are comparable in accuracy supporting the use of these technologies as a digital curation method.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6089
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity Honors College Middle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectLiberal Artsen_US
dc.subjectCraniometricsen_US
dc.subject3-D scanningen_US
dc.subjectAnthropologyen_US
dc.titleThe Utility of Digital Imaging Technologies for the Virtual Curation and Metric Analysis of Skeletal Remainsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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