Papers


1997

Not Just Another Pretty Face: Image and argument in an archaeological web site

  • Where: Computer Assisted Architectural Design Futures 97 | R. Junge, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 635-654. | 1997
  • Abstract
    We are developing a web site with photorealistic animations and virtual reality walkthroughs of architecture and artifacts at an archaeological site in El Salvador to support research and teaching about household anthropology in sixth-century Meso-America. To counter the false sense of realism and truth these experiences often convey we have developed Image Arguments, a scheme for integrating with images the arguments and data that they are based on. We provide this contextual information using a server side database and client side Java applets, enabling viewers to examine the assumptions and the data behind the images.
  • Authors: Jenniffer Lewin, Mark Erhardt, Mark D Gross
  • Document: Link
  • Related Projects: Ceren, PlaceMaker
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