Laser scanning for conservation and research of African cultural heritage sites英文版.pdf

Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (2009) 1847–1856 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science journal homepage: http://www. /locate/jas Laser scanning for conservation and research of African cultural heritage sites: the case study of Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa ¨ a, * b a a a Heinz Ruther , Michael Chazan , Ralph Schroeder , Rudy Neeser , Christoph Held , Steven James Walker c, f, Ari Matmon d, Liora Kolska Horwitz e a Geomatics Division, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa b Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S IA1, Canada c Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa d Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel e National Collections, Department of Evolution, Systematics Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel f Iziko Museums-Cape Town, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The ‘African Cultural Heritage and Landscape Database’ project, initiated and directed by the senior Received 7 December 2008 author and administered by Aluka (), is aimed at the creation of a digital library of spatial Received in revised form and non-spatial materials relating to cultural heritage