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A 3D approach to investigate the burials: the virtual reconstruction of tb. 22 of necropolis of Piovego (PD)
Full text linkThe burials of the necropolis of Piovego (PD) have been subjected in the past years to
processual research to reconstruct the post-depositional dynamics, thus providing a two-dimensional
reconstruction of the original structure of the graves. The goal of this research is to define a new
methodology on burial 22 of the necropolis, to replicate in other archaeological contexts. This new
methodology aimed to create morphometrically accurate 3D models with a correct topological
relationship between the grave finds and between them and the burial structure. 3D models of both the
findings and structural elements of the burial were made from graphic documents with the aid of 3D
modelling and 3D scanning techniques. The use of 3D models allowed the development of new
hypotheses on the placement of the grave goods and their position within the space available in the
burial. Furthermore, the models were useful to measure more accurately the perishable elements and
to estimate their shape and position. The digital technologies allowed us to work in a threedimensional perspective, overcoming the limits of a traditional approach and verifying previous
hypotheses on the topology of the burial, such as positioning of the finds and the existence of
perishable materials that were not preserved
3D Fruition of Burial: Physical Limits and 3D Reconstruction of the Burial 14 of the Necropolis of Piovego (PD), Italy.
No full textIn the field of Cultural Heritage, 3D technologies were often employed for preservation, fruition and valorisation.
This research aims to restore the original features of burial 14 of the necropolis of Piovego using a new approach to create morphometrically accurate 3D models of the grave goods inside the structure of the burial. The necropolis of Piovego is situated in the Est of the modern city of Padua (Italy) and it was used between the end of sixth century BC until the beginning of the fourth century BC. Burial 14 was discovered and excavated in 1976 and it was a cremation with a dolium containing all funerary objects: a set of 6 vessels of pottery and an urn that contains human remains, accessories in bronze, 1 pottery whorl and 2 anthropomorphic figures. Furthermore, there were also a bronze needle, a bronze ring, a glass bead and a bronze spiral located at the same quota in the dolium, very close to each other, thus indicating the probable presence of a textile covering the urn. The funeral practice of wrapping in textiles the urns as an anthropomorphic representation of the deceased, was very widespread during the Iron Age in Italy, although the survival of ancient textiles in the archaeological record is quite rare. Often the only surviving traces are mineralized fragments of fabric or traces of pattern imprinted on objects that were in contact with the fabric. Other indicators of this funerary practice are objects that can be associated with clothes, such as fibulae, pins or decorative elements such as beads or studs.
Using a new 3D integrated approach, it was possible to simulate the “dressing” of the urn and reconstruct its original aspect within burial 14. The pottery vessels and the textiles were 3D modelled, while the metal and glass objects and the figures have been acquired by a structured-light 3D scanner.
The results of this research permitted to create an appearance of the burial physically visible and tangible in a three-dimensional environment, overcoming the limits of the archaeological records. This reconstruction proved to be useful not only in the interpretation of the burial but also as a potential media for future museum exhibitions of these grave goods, being an ideal integration to the museum storytelling and also providing a new and captivating way to understand the cultural heritage
ARANCIO M. L., PACCIARELLI M., ADESSO F., COSIMI F., FIORILLO L., INSOLVIBILE N., MIRANDA P., SCHIAPPELLI A., VICENZUTTO D. 2015, Scavi 2014-2015 al poggio di Sermugnano: prime notizie sull’evoluzione dell’abitato tra il primo ferro e l’età ellenistica, «Archaeologiae», XIII, 1-2, p. 104.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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