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EVALUATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAYERS AIDED BY SPECTROMETRY AND ROBOTICS*
Author(s) -
LEMAIRE A.,
LUCE J.M.,
CHILOT P.,
BOUCHER Y.,
TONDU B.,
IPPOLITO S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00361.x
Subject(s) - robotics , stratigraphy , task (project management) , characterization (materials science) , subjectivity , artificial intelligence , archaeology , computer science , geology , robot , paleontology , engineering , history , philosophy , systems engineering , epistemology , materials science , nanotechnology , tectonics
All archaeologists have faced the problem of interpreting stratigraphy. While this task can sometimes be very clear and unambiguous, this is far from always being the case. Because human beings are limited in their appreciation of soil by subjectivity and by the ability of their senses, it can be useful to turn to technology for help. Here, we present our research on the characterization of archaeological soils by spectrometric analyses, and we demonstrate the perspectives offered by robotics to excavate in fieldwork and to record the stiffness of the earth.