3D Data Acquisition for Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, and Archaeology

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Digital model sampledScanning and processing protocol 3. Three-dimensional investigations of fragile archaeological human remains 4. Landmark and semilandmark data collection using digitizers and data processing 5. Landmark and semilandmark data collection using 3D virtual model and data processin 6. Validity assessment: validity testing of mixed data by multiple devices, methods, and observers 7. 3D data analysis using R 8. Considerations in the application of 3DGM to stone artifacts with a focus on orientation error in bifaces 9. Conclusions

Authors

Noriko Seguchi Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Seguchi is Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Environmental Changes, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University, Japan. Her areas of research interest include craniofacial morphometrics, postcranial variation, human adaptation, population history and structure, and the peopling of the New World. Dr. Seguchi is currently a visiting professor at the University of Montana. Beatrix Dudzik Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, USA. PhD, Biological Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, MA, Biological Anthropology, University of Montana, BA, Honors Biological Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville