Archaeologists have the delicate task of preserving cultural heritage and enhancing their knowledge of history. They need to obtain information about the use and methods of construction in the past.
In the summer of 2019, the city of Gothenburg in Sweden organized excavation work for a major infrastructure project. During the work, three wooden shipwrecks dating from the 16th century were discovered.e century were found. As wood preservation is costly and complicated when exposed to the open air, it was decided to preserve everything in digital format. The team of archaeologists decided to use the 3D scanning to digitize all the wooden elements found on the excavation site.
When objects from the past meet new technologies
Thanks to non-contact 3D scanners, rare objects and items can be efficiently digitized to create digital 3D models. Digitizations provide optimum quality and accuracy to enable objects to be studied, restored or duplicated, as well as classified in catalogs, repositories and databases. This facilitates the sharing of discoveries between research communities.
The archaeology team decided to document each piece of wood (around 500) using Go!SCAN 3D. The project is still ongoing. The end result will be a fully assembled 3D model of the wreck, which will provide answers to questions such as where the ship was built, why, and what routes it took in the past.
