Capturing the Senses: Digital Methods for Sensory Archaeologies

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Digital Methods and Experiential Approaches to the Past
	1 The Role of GIS-based Visual Studies/Space Syntax Analysis
	2 VR-based Applications
	3 Where Are We Now?
	References
More than Modal? Exploring Affect, Affordance, Invitation and Solicitation
	1 Introduction
	2 Houses, Squares and Circles
	3 Affect and Affordance
	4 Exploring Affective Atmospheres
	5 Methodology
		5.1 Analysis 1—Catching a Glimpse of the Founder’s House
		5.2 Analysis 2—But What is Being Glimpsed?
		5.3 Analysis 3—On the Outside, Looking in
		5.4 Analysis 4—Being Affected
	6 Conclusions
	References
The Senses & the Sacred: A Multisensory and Digital Approach to Examining an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Landscape
	1 Introduction
	2 Sensory Archaeology and Egyptology
	3 The Human Sensorium in Pharaonic Egypt
	4 The Egyptian ‘Funerary Landscape’ and Digital Archaeology
	5 A Multisensory and Digital Exploration of the Saqqara Funerary Landscape in the New Kingdom
		5.1 Funerals
		5.2 Elite Mortuary Cults at Saqqara
	6 Conclusion
	References
Kinesthetic Archaeologies: Digital Methods and the Reconstruction of Movement
	1 Introduction: The Idea of “Retro-Documentation”
	2 Digital Capture, Digital Documentation
	3 Movement and the Human Record
	4 Recording Movement in Print
	5 Movement and GIS
	6 Textual Approaches
	7 Movement: The Medium Suppresses the Message
	8 Retro-Documentation and Standards
	9 Movement and the Digital
	10 Conclusion
	References
Exploring Fragmented Data: Environments, People and the Senses in Virtual Reality
	1 Introduction
	2 Broken Data and Multivocality
	3 Critical Senses
	4 Dynamic Cyberspace as Formative Resource
	5 Conclusions
	References
Combining 3D Visibility Analysis and Virtual Acoustics Analysis for the Architectural Study of Ancient Theatres
	1 Introduction
	2 The Roman Theatres in Crete
	3 Methodology
		3.1 3D Visibility Analysis
		3.2 Virtual Acoustics Analysis
	4 Case Study and Results
	5 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
“Please, Touch the Exhibits”: 3D Archaeology for Experiential Spatialisation
	1 Introduction
	2 Spatialising Archaeology
	3 Digitisation and Virtuality as Heterotopias
	4 Digital Databases: Preserving, Validating and Completing the Archaeological Record
		4.1 Procedural Facilitation
		4.2 The User as a Participant in the Archaeological Record
		4.3 Bridging the Gap Between Users and Usability
	5 Augmented Reality for Epigraphy and Archaeology, or How to Bring Holograms of Artefacts to the Classroom
		5.1 3D Holographic Database
		5.2 Reconstituting Physicality Through 3D Printing
	6 Conclusion
	References
Sailing Along the Coast of North Etruria: Ancient Perceptions Versus Multidisciplinary Coastal Landscape Studies
	1 Research Overview
		1.1 North Coastal Etruria: Palaeogeography, Landscapes and Settlements
	2 Ancient Perceptions: Strabo (5.2.5, 222C)
	3 Ancient Perceptions: Claudius Rutilius Namatianus
		3.1 Falesia and Populonia
		3.2 Vada Volaterrana
		3.3 Pisa, Portus Pisanus and Livorno
	4 Portus Pisanus: Archaeological Evidence
		4.1 Portus Pisanus: Claudius Rutilius Namatianus versus Palaeogeographic and Archaeological Evidence of the Site
		4.2 Satellite Remote Sensing Contribution
		4.3 GIS-Based Legacy Data Integration
		4.4 Geophysical Prospecting
		4.5 Geoarchaeology Contribution
	5 From Ancient Perception to Archaeological Interpretation: A Multidisciplinary Investigation
	References
Multisensory Experiences in Archaeological Landscapes—Sound, Vision, and Movement in GIS and Virtual Reality
	1 Introduction
	2 Research Overview
	3 Theoretical Foundations
	4 Digital Affordances and Material Culture: GIS and VR
	5 Case Study: Ancient Maya
		5.1 Perspectives of Sight, Sound, and Movement
		5.2 Ancient Maya City of Copán
	6 Materials (Data Sources)
		6.1 Data Acquisition and Integration
	7 Methods
		7.1 Soundshed Analysis Toolbox
		7.2 Project Specific Environmental Inputs
	8 Results and Analysis
		8.1 GIS Results and Interpretation
	9 Conclusions and Future Direction
	References
Home-Making in 17th Century Amsterdam: A 3D Reconstruction to Investigate Visual Cues in the Entrance Hall of Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707)
	1 Introduction
	2 At Home at Herengracht 573
	3 The Entrance Hall: Sources for a Reconstruction Hypothesis
		3.1 Almanacs, Inventory, and Physical Remains
		3.2 Visual References for 17th Century Dutch Interiors
	4 “Materializing” Household Objects in a 3D Digital Model
	5 Discussion
	References
The Embodied City: A Method for Multisensory Mapping
	1 Embodied City Mapping
	2 Embodied City Map Analysis
	3 Possible Application to Past Cities
	4 Conclusions
	References