Development and analysis of 3D reference collections from archaeological archives: first results from ArchAIDE Gabriele Gattiglia, Nevio Dubbini, Matteo Dellepiane, Julian Richards Lund, 19 June 2018 | Centre for Digital Heritage meeting 2018 – 3D archives and reuse

1. Gabriele Gattiglia*, Nevio Dubbini*,
Matteo Dellepiane§, Julian Richards°
*University of Pisa - MAPPA Lab
§CNR – ISTI
° University of York (ADS)
Lund, 19 June 2018 | Centre for Digital Heritage
meeting 2018 – 3D archives and reuse
Development and analysis of 3D reference collections
from archaeological archives: first results from ArchAIDE

2. • University of Pisa (coordinator) – Dept
of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge
• CNR –Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie
dell’Informazione
• INERA srl
• University of Barcelona
Fac. de Prehistòria, Història
Antiga i Arquelogia
• BARAKA
• ELEMENTS
• University of York
Archaeology Data
Service
• University of Cologne
Institut für Archäologie
University of Tel Aviv
School of Computer Science
Archaeologists, mathematicians and ICT scientists involved
PARTNERS
EC H2020 project. Call Reflective 6, Research and Innovation Action (RIA);
From June 2016 to May 2019 (36 months)

3. ArchAIDE aims to support the classification and interpretation work of the
archaeologists with innovative computer-based tools, able to provide the user with
features for matching of each discovered sherd over the huge existing ceramic
catalogues.
from to
GOALS

4. ArchAIDE
Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and
Documentation of cEramics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275
Why?
The vast majority of the finds that come back to light during the
archaeological excavations are fragments of pottery …
Even when reduced to small fragments,
the pottery is an extraordinary window
open on the life of the peoples
of the past. It allows to
- date the archaeological contexts;
- understand the dynamics
of production and trade flows;
- understand the social interactions.

5. 1. an as-automatic-as-possible procedure to transform the paper
catalogues in a digital description, to be used as a data pool for an
accurate search and retrieval process.
OUTCOMES

6. 2. a tool that will support
archaeologists in recognising
and classifying potsherds,
through an easy-to-use
interface and efficient
algorithms for characterization,
search and retrieval of the
visual/geometrical
correspondences;
+
SeARCH
1210-1280
Table ware
Pisa
Flat
Basin
Geometric decoration
Maiolica arcaica
G., Berti, 1997
La maiolica
Arcaia Pisana
OUTCOMES

7. 3. an automatic procedure to
derive the potsherd’s description
by transforming the data collected
into a formatted electronic
document, printable or visual
OUTCOMES

8. 5. Open data and reuse
ArchAIDE partecipates at the Open Research Data Pilot. The data
created will be preserved and disseminated online, and made freely
available for use and re-use.
OUTCOMES

9. 4. a web-based real-time data visualization to improve access to
archaeological heritage and generate new understanding
OUTCOMES

10. DATA
Terra sigillata italica e tardo italica
• Latin term to indicate specific class of plain and decorated
tableware made in Italy and in Gaul (France and the Rhineland)
during the Roman Empire.
• Vessels have glossy surface slips ranging from a soft lustre to a
brilliant glaze-like shine
• Characteristic colors from pale orange to bright red
• Produced in standard shapes and sizes, manufactured on an
industrial scale, widely exported.
• Some show stamps with the names of workshops

11. DATA
TYPES CATALOGUES
Conspectus Formarum Terrae Sigillatae Italico Modo Confectae, Materialien zur
römisch - germanischen Keramik 10 by Elisabeth Ettlinger, Bettina Hediger, Bettina
Hoffman, Philip M. Kenrick, Giuseppe Pucci, Katrin Roth-Rubi, Gerwulf Schneider,
Siegmar von Schnurbein, Colin M. Wells, Susanne Zabehlicky-Scheffenegger
it is the currently most used and complete typological classification of the Terra
sigillata italica, in particular plain. The Conspectus aims to provide a quick, accessible,
reliable and comprehensive overview, bringing order into a complex discipline.
Terra Sigillata Tardo Italica decorata, by Maura Medri. It is the typological
classification of the relief-molded Late Italian terra sigillata. The relief-molded Late
Italian terra sigillata appears about A.D. 80 and dies out by the mid-second century.
The distribution of this class is very limited; while it is reasonably common along the
Tyrrhenian coast of Italy, it is rare elsewhere.
STAMPS CATALOGUE
Kenrick. The scholar has drawn up a general catalogue of stamps on Italian terra
sigillata, his work include both drawings and transcriptions of stamps, with origins
and occurs for each stamp.

12. DATA
Stamp
Origin
Types
Occurs
3D reco
Dimensional
data
Chronology
Legions

13. ArchAIDE
Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and
Documentation of cEramics
● Networks ●

14. OVERALL NETWORK
Pozzuoli
Vasanello
Gallia
Etruria

15. PageRank
Rome
Neuss

16. Community 1
Arezzo

17. Community 2
Lyon
Pisa

18. Community 3
Po
Valley

19. Community 4
Central
Italy

20. ArchAIDE
Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and
Documentation of cEramics
● Breaks●

21. Breaks

22. Mean Duration

23. OVERALL NETWORK

24. OVERALL NETWORK

25. OVERALL NETWORK

26. OVERALL NETWORK

27. OVERALL NETWORK

33. ArchAIDE
Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and
Documentation of cEramics
● Period Networks●

34. Period 1 Period 2
Period 4 Period 3
OVERALL NETWORK

35. Period 1 Period 2
Period 4 Period 3
PageRank

36. Community 1 Community 2
Community 3
From -40 to -15
Community 4

37. Community 1 Community 2
Community 4 Community 3
From -15 to 5

38. Community 1 Community 2
Community 4 Community 3
From 5 to 40

39. Community 1 Community 2
Community 4 Community 3
From 40 to 150

40. Dimensional data?

41. ArchAIDE
Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and
Documentation of cEramics
Contact:
Nevio Dubbini
University of Pisa – MAPPA Lab
nevio.dubbini@for.unipi.it