Together with a researcher from the UvA, students of Saxion University of Applied Sciences are exploring how, with the help of AI and traditional archaeological illustration, people and their crafts can be added to 3D reconstructions. Help out!
For the research project “Werk in uitvoering. Een reconstructie van de organisatie van de bouwplaats in Archaïsch Satricum (ca. 600-480 v.Chr.) in 3d”, carried out at the University of Amsterdam (ACASA), loam and stone building fragments from the sanctuary of Mater Matuta have been examined and recorded in 3D. By looking very carefully at the traces the ancient workers left in this material, two building phases of the temple could be reconstructed in 3D. But no people can be seen in those reconstructions. Who built the temple, and how busy was a construction site some 2500 years ago?