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Tutorial for the archeoViz application (R package)

Data download and upload

  • Chose and download one of these datasets :
    • Madjedebe (Paleolithic site, Australia), 9136 objects,
    • Bilzingsleben (Paleolithic site, Germany), 2439 objects and 61 refits
  • Open an archeoViz online instance:
  • Use the “Input data” tab to load the table(s)

Visualisation

  • Explore the 4 types of visualisation: 3D, map, Sections X and Y.
  • Display a map of all the remains.
  • Display a north-south section of the site (width = 50 cm, anywhere in the site)

Selections and export functions

Launch the “Cassenade” archeoViz instance and display the following selections:

  • A 3D view of “upper part” layer.
  • A map of the coprolithes remains between z=50 and z=100.
  • Export this map as a SVG file.
  • A 3D view of the faunal remains in the “upper part” layer.
  • A Section view of the refittings in X.
  • A Section view of the “silex” (=flint) remains and their refittings relationships.
  • Create a 3D visualisation that include three types of remains only; export it as an HTML file. Open it with a web browser.

Data analysis

Embedded methods

Explore the three methods included in the archeoViz application.

  1. In the “Map” tab, study the density of the spatial distribution of
    • all the remains
    • one type of remains only
    • deux types of remains in 1 layer only
  2. In the “3D plot” tab, display
    • the convex hull by layer
    • the convex hull of one type of remains.
  3. In the “3D plot” tab, display the regression surfaces by layer.

Export to external applications

Launch one of these instances:

  • Cassenade”, Upper Paleolithic site
  • MNK Skull T3”, Lower Paleolithic site
  • Select the “object_type” (for Cassenade) or the “object_subtype” variable (for MNK Skull)
  • In the “Statistics” tab, export the selected data set to the available software:
    • Seriograph, for seriation
    • AMADO, for seriation and classification
    • explor, for Correspondence analysis

The archeoViz Portal

  • Open the archeoViz Portal
  • Search the datasets related to sites located in Germany
  • Search the datasets related to Neolithic sites

More advanced use: Data formatting

  • Download the Camiac dataset (Paleolithic site, France), 1425 objects
  • Read the “Data Format” in the Guidelines tab
  • Edit the Camiac table with a spreadsheet editor to adapt it to the archeoViz format
  • Load the dataset in an archeoViz online instance.

OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Sébastien Plutniak (28 novembre 2023). Tutorial for the archeoViz application (R package). archeoViz. Data visualization in archaeology. Consulté le 20 juin 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/bd87