From the Excavation to the Scale Model: a digital Approach

Hervé Tronchère (1, 2) , Emma Bouvard (2, 3) , Stéphane Mor , Aude Fernagu , Jules Ramona (2)

1 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société
2 Service archéologique de la ville de Lyon
3 ArAr - Archéologie et Archéométrie

Lyon’s archaeological department took the opportunity of a recent rescue excavation to fulfil two purposes: improving (geo)archaeological knowledge of the city of Lyon while developing a set of tools for scientific mediation. The excavated site spanned 40000 years, from the Würmian period to the 19th century. Occupation from the ancient and medieval periods was the main focus points of this excavation. A 3D diachronic reconstruction was achieved for this site using a fully digital workflow. Stra- tigraphic and architectural data obtained from the fieldwork, or reconstructed afterwards, were integrated into GIS and modelling software to produce 3D volumes. We could produce static high-resolution renderings, a 3D printed scale model of the stratigraphy and buildings, as well as digital interactive media. This project allowed us to explore the interest of 3D both for archaeological research, as a way to develop and validate research hypotheses, and for scientific education.

Mots clés: Landscape and Archaeological reconstruction; 3D printing; Virtual reality; Scientific mediation

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Géographie; Héritage culturel et muséologie

Hervé Tronchère, Emma Bouvard, Stéphane Mor, Aude Fernagu, Jules Ramona. From the Excavation to the Scale Model: a digital Approach. Stefano Campana; Roberto Scopigno; Gabriella Carpentiero; Marianna Cirillo. CAA2015 - 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Mar 2015, Siena, Italy. 1, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, pp.3, 2016, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 978 1 78491 337 3. ⟨halshs-01316154⟩