This document is intended for teachers introducing students in archaeology to spatial data visualisation. It presents the basics for a class syllabus, using the archeoViz application as a pedagogical resource.
- Concepts: Representation in archaeology, Post-excavation stratigraphy, SVG and HTML file formats.
- Audience: beginner.
- Material:
- a computer with an internet connection,
- a web browser,
- an SVG editor (e.g., Inkscape).
Data selection and visualisation
- Launch the “Poeymaü” archeoViz instance.
- Explore the 4 types of visualisation: 3D, map, Sections X and Y.
- Display the following selections:
- A 3D view of layer FSH.
- A 3D view of the convex hull of all object types.
- A 3D view of the convex hull of pottery objects.
- A map of the faunal remains between z=300 and z=400.
- A 3D view of the faunal remains in layer BI.
- A Section view of the refittings in X.
- Section view of the refittings in band X.
- Generate a section view of the site in X and the same in Y: what is the difference?
Export Figures
- Export a 3D view of the faunal and lithic remains as an SVG file. Open this file.
- Export a map of the burned remains as an SVG file. Open this file.
- Export a Section view in X of burned and not burned remains as an HTML file.
- Export an HTML file of a 3D visualisation that allows to (un)select three types of remains.
- Try it with a web browser;
- Examine the files size: what do these files contain?
- How this file could be used?
Reading
- Gardin J.-C. & C. Peebles. 1992. Representations in Archaeology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- Opgenhaffen L. 2021. “Visualizing Archaeologists: A Reflexive History of Visualization Practice in Archaeology”, Open Archaeology, 7 (1), doi: 10.1515/opar-2020-0138.
- Nakoinz, O., D. Knitter. 2016. Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes. Basic Concepts and Modelling Elements. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29538-1.
- Plutniak S. 2021. “Abstraction in Archaeological Stratigraphy: a Pyrenean Lineage of Innovation (late 19th-early 21th century)” in de Beaune, S. et al. (eds), New Advances in the History of Archaeology, Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 78-92, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2pgak.
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Sébastien Plutniak (10 juillet 2023). Tutorial: Online Visualization and Graphic Exports of Archaeological Spatial Data, using the archeoViz Application. archeoViz. Data visualization in archaeology. Consulté le 20 juin 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/bd7l