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Microsoft Research and UC Berkeley Collaboration – Portus Chronozoom

We have been working with colleagues in Microsoft Research and at UC Berkeley to create Chronozoom timelines that describe Roman archaeology, with a view to populating a timeline for the Roman world in due course. Our first pilot has been at Portus, where we have charted the creation and eventual abandonment of the site. We have only just started to develop the Portus Chronozoom and there is much more multimedia content to add but please do have a look, and at the wider Chronozoom project. Continue reading →

GigaPan work at Bodiam Castle

Between the 4th and the 24th August I spent some time at Bodiam Castle and the surrounding area completing a geophysical and building survey of the castle and grounds. The work is a collaboration between North Western University, Chicago, USA (Prof Matthew Johnson) and Southampton (Kris Strutt) and has been used as a teaching aid to first, second and third years. I have spent three years working at this wonderful site and I have never taken a single photograph of the castle. Continue reading →

ACRG Collaboration with the Department of Classics, Cambridge

I have recently completed some work with Dr Rebecca Flemming in the hope of a future collaboration between ACRG and the department of Classics at the University of Cambridge. The work that I have completed relates to the laser scanning of Roman anatomical votive terracottas. The work is in its early stages but I have included some images of the three dimensional models that I have created from the recent laser scan work on objects that are similar in shape and size. Continue reading →

sotonDH small grant: Scanning Winchester Cathedral

I recently gained some funding in the form of a small sotonDH student research grant that was used within the data collection of my PhD. The focus of the application was on the use of a terrestrial laser scanner to create an accurate recording of Winchester cathedral and its surrounding buildings. The cathedral was original consecrated in 1093 and since its formation has undergone a number of different changes in terms of size, architecture and use. Continue reading →

Recent RTI work at the National Archives, Kew

Myself and Peter Wheeler spent a week working at the National Archives recording a number of different items using RTI. The work was a continuation of the DEDEFI project that Hembo Pagi completed in 2011. The majority of the work was from the 19th century Records of the Patent Office books specifically looking at Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Office and predecessor. In total we recorded 56 RTIs over the space of the week and we had time to also record a few Medieval seals for Adrian Ailes. Continue reading →

Building survey

Ahead of the restoration work, that has now moved to another wall within the excavation area, we undertook further building survey of the standing structures. The focus of today’s work was to plan the top of a long wall (c.8m), ahead of its restoration, that leads into the area of the latrines. Continue reading →

Finds processing at the BSR

The brick with textile embedded in it Jude and I are currently in Rome carrying out finds processing in the laboratory of the British School at Rome. We have been processing for a few days discovering fairly run-of-the-mill stuff in the bags and boxes. For Jude this is brick stamps and for me a lot of nails, rusty and corroded. Today, however, was a good day when pearls came out of the many oysters we have opened. Continue reading →