Modern Excavation Technology:
Total Stations and Photogrammetry

All fundamental documentation is recorded digitally. A networked system of text files, image files, databases, CAD graphics and photogrammetry etc. is employed to thoroughly prepare the excavation data for further scientific processing. Various techniques were deployed and developed during the excavation in Kinding-Ilbling. All basic documentation and surveying tasks are carried out three dimensionally using a total station, an instrument which has become standard equipment on archaeological excavations. The survey data can then be automatically converted into drawing and plans.

Kinding-Ilbling: Images from the excavations showing the use of photogrammetry and tacheometric digital documentation.

Photogrammetry has also proved to be an important additional method of documentation. It accelerates the recording process considerably, especially for excavation features with large amounts of stone architecture. During the excavation, we developed a photogrammetry technique using various software solutions. The resulting application operates under ArchaeoCAD. It can be used to rectify individual photographs using control points and to assemble a two dimensional, true-to-scale photographic plan. The resulting plan can be made immediately available for further computer processing.

Kinding-Ilbling: Finds are first dried using methods which are approved and overseen by a restorer. They are then hardened and removed as a block.

See also: ArchaeoCAD - Software for Excavation Documentation

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