Appropriate Levels of Detail in 3-D Visualisation: the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii

Visual and Spatial Technology Centre (Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT. Email: psm703@bham.ac.uk

Cite this as: Murgatroyd, P.S. 2008 Appropriate Levels of Detail in 3-D Visualisation: the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii, Internet Archaeology 23. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.23.3

Summary

The use of three-dimensional computer models in archaeological projects is a relatively new but rapidly growing area, both as a means of presenting research to the public and also as an aid to interpretation. This work uses the House of the Surgeon in Pompeii as a case study and seeks to illustrate the most effective ways to display information to a range of audiences. In using the flexibility of computer modelling techniques it seeks to show that the levels of detail in a 3-D computer model can be tailored to individual circumstances to produce the most effective result.

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Features

• This article will appeal to: anyone with an interest in the visualisation and presentation of archaeological information, Roman domestic architecture, the archaeology of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 3-D modelling and the use of residential and commercial space in a Roman context.
• Keywords: Pompeii, Blender, domestic architecture, Roman archaeology, 3-D modelling, visualisation, frescoes

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