• Rediscovering and modernising the digital Old Minster of Winchester

    Author(s):
    Paul Reilly (see profile) , Stephen Todd, Andrew Walter
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Archaeology
    Subject(s):
    Three-dimensional printing, Archaeology--Data processing, Anglo-Saxons--Study and teaching
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Virtual heritage, 3D printing, Digital archaeology, Anglo-Saxon studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M66293
    Abstract:
    The models and animations of the Old Minster, Winchester were remarkable in 1984–6 for producing the earliest animated tour of a virtual archaeological monument. Thought to be lost, thirty years on the original model files were rediscovered buried under layers of now unsupported code and recovered. This paper describes how the models were initially developed in the 1980s and then subsequently retrieved, restored and re-purposed in 2015. The original project is re-evaluated in the light of contemporary best practice. In modernising the digital Old Minster this virtual model has also been translated into a material one in the form of a 3D-print. This physical instantiation of the model challenges conventional understandings of, and blurs the boundary between, real and virtual heritage. We contend that left unaddressed this lack of clarity is set to radically disrupt current best practice in the discipline.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1016/j.daach.2016.04.001
    Publisher:
    Elsevier BV
    Pub. Date:
    2016-5-1
    Journal:
    Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
    Volume:
    3
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    33 - 41
    ISSN:
    2212-0548
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
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