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DOI: 10.26301/3rcb-4j52
title: Corbelled Houses of Karoo - Ystervarkspoort

description: The African Conservation Trust (ACT) in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Northern Cape Environmental Heritage Trust used 3D laser scanning technology to create permanent digital records of nine corbelled houses representing a range of styles and conditions. Data was collected with a Leica ScanStation C10 and a Z+F Imager 5010C. The corbelled houses project aimed to protect South Africa's threatened vernacular architecture and was part of the larger CyArk 500 Challenge. The scan data of the corbelled houses was used to assess damage to the structures. The historic corbelled houses in the Northern Cape, South Africa, are excellent examples of the ingenuity of the early pioneers who moved into the Karoo semi-desert landscape from about 1820 through to the end of the nineteenth century. They discovered that trees were sparse and set about building their dwellings using the only available material, stone. As there could be no wooden trusses to support the roof, they made use of an ancient method of construction known as corbelling. This technique was implemented by placing successive courses of flat stone, each one extending a little further inward than the layer beneath, until the walls almost met at the apex. The remaining hole over the roof could then be closed with a single slab. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/qhqk-3425
title: Corbelled Houses of Karoo - Werda

description: The African Conservation Trust (ACT) in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Northern Cape Environmental Heritage Trust used 3D laser scanning technology to create permanent digital records of nine corbelled houses representing a range of styles and conditions. Data was collected with a Leica ScanStation C10 and a Z+F Imager 5010C. The corbelled houses project aimed to protect South Africa's threatened vernacular architecture and was part of the larger CyArk 500 Challenge. The scan data of the corbelled houses was used to assess damage to the structures. The historic corbelled houses in the Northern Cape, South Africa, are excellent examples of the ingenuity of the early pioneers who moved into the Karoo semi-desert landscape from about 1820 through to the end of the nineteenth century. They discovered that trees were sparse and set about building their dwellings using the only available material, stone. As there could be no wooden trusses to support the roof, they made use of an ancient method of construction known as corbelling. This technique was implemented by placing successive courses of flat stone, each one extending a little further inward than the layer beneath, until the walls almost met at the apex. The remaining hole over the roof could then be closed with a single slab. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/5xqf-k959
title: Mexico City National Cemetery

description: In March 2016, the CyArk Field Team travelled to Mexico City to document the Mexico City National Cemetery. The site is one of twenty-five military cemeteries located around the world that are managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). The Mexico City National Cemetery was established in 1851 by Congress to gather the American dead of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) that lay in the nearby fields and to provide burial space for Americans that died in the vicinity. The remains were gathered in 1851 and buried in a common grave at this cemetery. They were not identified so they are classified as unknown soldiers. A small monument marks the common grave of 750 unidentified American dead of the War of 1847. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/gtv8-ax05
title: Mission San Luis Rey

description: In August, 2012, CyArk joined a team from UC San Diego's Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (CISA3) to digitally document Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in the city of Oceanside. In just 3.5 days, the joint team scanned the massive mission compound, an effort that will contribute to the digital documentation project of the twenty-one Spanish missions along El Camino Real in Alta California. Deemed the 'King of the Missions,' Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was founded on June 13, 1798 and was the 18th Spanish mission established in California. Named after Saint Louis IX, King of France, the current church structure dates to 1811. By 1818, Mission San Luis was the most prosperous establishment in California, with six ranches under its charge, and by 1830, it became the largest building in California. The mission was designated as a National Historic Landmark under the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The exterior of the church was stabilized and preserved in 1984, with various restoration projects continuing today. Currently in-progress is a system of modern earthquake retrofitting for the basilica. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/yn09-ys46
title: Mission San Juan Bautista

description: In December 2012, CyArk partnered with California State University Monterey Bay, the California Missions Foundation, and the San Juan Bautista parish to digitally document Mission San Juan Bautista. Mission San Juan Bautista is the fourth California Mission to become part of CyArk's Digital El Camino Real de California project, which aims to digitally document all twenty-one missions along El Camino Real established by the Spanish in Alta California. Mission San Juan Bautista, located about 90 miles south of San Francisco, was founded in June 1797 by Fr. Fermin de Lasuen. It was the fifteenth of twenty-one missions established in Alta California. Construction of the current church began in 1803 and is the widest of all the mission churches with its three aisles. The mission has been a continuously functioning church since its founding in 1797 and has also been known as the 'Mission of Music' because of the musical talents of Padre Esteban Tapis. Built directly next to the San Andreas Fault, Mission San Juan Bautista is at constant risk of damage or destruction inflicted by earthquakes. The mission has already suffered such damage over the centuries, visible in the cracks in the Church's adobe walls. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/twzt-kd05
title: Suresnes American Cemetery

description: To honor the centennial anniversary of the First World War, CyArk partnered with the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) to document eight military cemetery chapels dedicated to the American armed forces throughout Europe. The Suresnes American Cemetery chapel and two loggia were documented in July 2016 using LiDAR laser scanning and aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry. CyArk????????s digital documentation allows people who are unable to physically visit the site to experience the monument and remember those who gave their lives for their country. The Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial is a United States military cemetery in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the resting place of 1,541 American soldiers killed in World War I. A panoramic view of Paris can be seen from the site, which is located high on the slopes of Mont Val????rien. The site is managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/suresnes-american-cemetery
DOI: 10.26301/w6g8-zh94
title: Malindi Mosque - Kilwa Kisiwani

description: In 2018, CyArk digitally documented three monuments at Kilwa Kisiwani, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania as part of the Heritage on the Edge program. CyArk utilized aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry as well as LiDAR or laser scanning to document the monuments. CyArk also hosted a one day workshop with ICOMOS and local heritage managers to train site stewards in digital documentation techniques and practices. The documented structures include the Gereza, Malindi Mosque, and the Great Mosque. Site manager will utilize the resulting documentation to better understand the impacts of climate change on the heritage site which is particularly at risk due to its close proximity to the coastline. Kilwa Kisiwani was inscribed into the World Heritage List (with Songo Mnara) in 1981 as an exceptional testimony to the expansion of the Swahili coastal culture, the spread of Islam in East Africa and the extraordinarily extensive and prosperous Indian Ocean trade from the medieval period up to the modern era. The Great Mosque of Kilwa is the oldest standing mosque on the East African coast. External Project Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-kilwa-kisiwani Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/h45n-ep48
title: Hypogeum of the Volumnis

description: In 2004, students and faculty from the University of Ferrara took 22 high definition scans in the Etruscan Tombs of Ipogeo dei Volumni. The focus was primarily on the hypogeum, carved out of sandstone 5.3 meters bellow grade, however parts of the entrance and terraced tombs atop the joining staircase were included. In 2007, Oliver Monson of CyArk visited the site, returning with detailed digital photos of both the entrance and accompanying tombs. Much of what is known about Etruscan culture is derived from unearthed tombs like Ipogeo dei Volumni. The Etruscan civilization is believed by some historians to have developed around 700BCE. Archaeological findings have shown Archaic Erturia (the parent culture) are recognized by their painted tombs, elaborate bronze work and highly organized settlements. 'The late fourth and early third centuries were characterized by renewed vigour among the Etruscan elites, resulting impressive funerary monuments and seemingly futile resistance to gradual Romanization between the third and first century BCE.'4The hypogeum of Impogeo dei Volumni accumulated hundreds of tombs while active between 300 and 100 BCE and was probably closed off following the Romans takeover of the Etruscan civialation. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/4wxv-ee80
title: Church of the Redeemer - Ani

description: In 2011 the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism partnered with the World Monuments Fund to conserve the Church of the Redeemer and the Ani The Church of the Redeemer is one of the architectural masterpieces of the medieval city of Ani, known as the city of the thousand and one churches." Ani is now located in the Turkish province of Kars and sits atop a triangular plateau of land lined on its east by the Akhurian River and its west by the Aladja River. Ani's geographic location placed it directly along important east-west trade routes and in the center of regional politics for much of its history External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/sgy0-jx56
title: Voortrekker Settler Cottage

description: This site is one of the early Voortrekker Settler Cottages, though certain elements have changed over the years(e.g. the thatched roof has been replaced). Typical features of Voortrekker cottages include thick walls of mud brick or shale, yellowwood floors and ceilings, and haylofts. In 2012, CyArk partnered with the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), the African Conservation Trust (ACT), and Heritage KwaZulu-Natal to form a new chapter, CyArk South Africa. The site was scanned as part of a UKZN Heritage Mapping Unit project to digitally document historical buildings in Pietermaritzburg. Known for its beautiful examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture, the Voortrekker Settlers Cottage is located in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province. The city was founded in 1838 by Dutch-speaking Voortrekkers (early Dutch settlers) who moved away from the British authorities in the Cape and headed north into Natal. The town was laid out according to the traditional Voortrekker grid pattern and from 1840 people quarried shale and manufactured bricks to construct the thatched Voortrekker cottages like this one. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: N/A
DOI: 10.26301/8kfm-b489
title: atalhyk , East Mound, South Area 2016

description: This collection includes a mixed remote sensing dataset made of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds, point cloud comparison data, structure from motion-generated polygonal meshes, and related textures and metadata. It was recorded at the Neolithic site of atalhyk, Turkey under the atalhyk Digital Preservation Project carried out in 2012-2017 by scholars and students from the University of California Merced and Cardiff University. The historic series of North Area and South Area point clouds were documented by means of a Faro Focus S120 time of flight laser scanning during six consecutive field seasons (2012-2017), while the East Mound and West Mound landscape 3-D models were generated from low-altitude photos captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) in 2015. atalhyk (Turkish pronunciation: also atal Hyk and atal Hyk; from Turkish atal 'fork' + hyk 'tumulus') was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC.[2] In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb62154893
DOI: 10.26301/1x4b-8e19
title: Aasaaree Miskiyy Complex- Maa Miskiyy Complex- Hirigalu Miskiyy Complex- Ihavandhoo Old Mosque (HAF-

description: The Maldives Heritage Survey works to systematically inventory and digitally document the endangered cultural heritage of the Maldives. The materials documented through this work are critically endangered, facing both natural and human threats that jeopardize the survival and accessibility of historical information for this vital node in pre-modern global economic and religious networks at the cross-roads of an interconnected Indian Ocean world. The data made available here was collected by our Field Team using a FARO Focus S350 Lidar scanner, a Nikon D750, and a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone for photogrammetry. This coral stone mosque was built in 1701 by Sultan Ibrahim Muzhir al-Din (r. 1701-1704). It is still in use and in good condition, but it has gone by various names over the three centuries of its history. The original mosque is now covered by a corrugated metal roof with modern wall all around to preserve the older monument from the elements. Two wooden Qur'an chests (foiyy foshi bahatta) on site contain manuscripts (HAF-IVD-1-MS1, HAF-IVD-1-MS2) gifted to the mosque????????s endowment. In the cemetery surrounding the mosque are a stand-alone minaret, a well, a bisthaan, a ziyaarat, and 359 coral gravestones. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: https://maldivesheritagedata.oxcis.ac.uk/index.htm
DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4285.2169
title: SS2-15 TOOL
DOI: 10.26301/qx9f-av27
title: Deadwood

description: The historic city of Deadwood is surrounded by thick pine forests and as such is vulnerable to wildfires. Given the risks the Deadwood historic society decided to preserve its historic district through laser scanning documentation. In the spring of 2003 TSP Architects from Rapid City used two Cyrax 2500 3D laser scanners to document 5992 linear feet of building facades along Deadwoods downtown main street. Deadwood is a small town in the Black Hills of Lawrence County, South Dakota which first got its start as a mining camp during the gold rush of 1876. As its population grew the nearby surrounding hills forced the town to develop around a small dense downtown. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/bpy9-hd05
title: Junipero Serra Cenotaph

description: The Fr. Juniper???? Serra cenotaph was documented by CyArk in 2015 with LiDAR laser scanning. The Fr. Juniper???? Serra cenotaph by sculptor Jo Mora was completed in 1924 at the Carmel Mission. The centaph consists of an empty sarcophagus carved from locally quarried travertine marble with bas-relief panels. A life-size bronze sculpture of Serra lies atop the monument, his bare feet resting on a grizzly bear. Three additional life-size bronze sculptures by Mora adorn it: Fr. Juan Cresp????, who predeceased Serra, stands at the head, praying over him, as if to welcome him into Heaven. Kneeling at Serra's feet are Fr. Fermin Lasuen, who succeeded Serra as the president of the missions of Baja and Alta California; and Fr. Julian Lopez, a friar at the Carmel Mission. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/wrg9-p135
title: Downtown Madaba

description: Dr Robert Bewley is the Director of the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME). This is long-term research project founded by David Kennedy and based at the University of Sheffield (1978-1990 and then the University of Western Australia (1990-2015). In 2015 it moved to the University of Oxford (School of Archaeology). Since 1998 it has been directed by Professor David Kennedy and now Dr Robert Bewley. The project is designed both to develop a methodology suited to the region, discover, record, monitor and illuminate settlement history in the Near East. The archive currently consists of over 115,000 (mainly aerial) images and maps, the majority of which are displayed on the archive????????s Flickr site. Although principally focused on Jordan, in which there has been an annual programme of flying since 1997 (The Aerial Archaeology in Jordan (AAJ) Project), high resolution satellite imagery on Google Earth is now permitting research on neighbouring countries. Madaba is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan. The city is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. The area of the Madaba Archaeological Park West was excavated by several archaeological expeditions over several decades, uncovering the main buildings in the area: the Roman Cardo, the Burnt Palace and the Martyrs Church of the Byzantine Period, and the remains of different Islamic buildings overlapping to the earlier structures in the northern area of the archaeological park. In the past, the area of the Madaba Archaeological Park West has been intensively excavated by F. Michele Piccirillo on behalf of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (1985) and Cherie Lenzen (1992-1993), administered by Pierre Bikai, Director of ACOR, on behalf of USAID, and Ghazi Bisheh (1993-1994) on behalf of the DoA and ACOR. The final publication of the results of the more recent expeditions is due to appear in 2017 in an ACOR publication by Robert Schick, who agreed to share his pre-publication data with the team of the MRAMP 2016 Pilot Season External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/collections
DOI: 10.26301/kzxj-hs89
title: John Muir Birthplace

description: 126 High Street Dunbar is a typical Scottish tenement building. It was originally built between 1775 and 1789 as a rental property with three flats and a stairwell that leads to a small courtyard with a coalhouse and midden (waste heap). The exterior walls are of sandstone rubble (much has been repaired with brick) covered with pebbledash (formerly lime harling or render). It is likely that for much of its life layers of lime-wash would have been used to protect the outside rather than paint. In 2013, CyArk collaborated with Scottish National Heritage, Historic Scotland, and the US National Park Service to scan the site using a Leica C10. The project represented an effort to introduce Scots and Americans to each other????????s historic sites and celebrate the life of John Muir. John Muir was born in Dunbar on 21st April 1838 and his first home is now the John Muir Birthplace, a museum and visitor centre located on Dunbar High Street in South East Scotland. John was a pioneer of the modern conservation movement and is remembered as the father of the national parks movement. From 1892 to 1914 he was the founding President of the Sierra Club, now the largest conservation organisation in the world. He was a prolific writer and his books are rarely long out of print. His writings and his message continue to inspire. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: N/A
DOI: 10.26301/z0sk-hv44
title: Banteay Kdei Temple - Angkor

description: In March of 2004, a group from the University of California at Berkeley conducted a laser scan project in Angkor, Cambodia in cooperation with Sofia University of Tokyo, Japan. The project gathered HDS scans and photographs of the Angkor Wat Western Causeway and the temple Banteay Kdei. The data set was used to support on-going reconstruction and stabilization of various Angkor monuments by Sofia University. The project was funded by Sofia University. Angkor was the site for a series of capitals belonging to the Khmer empire for much of the ninth through fifteenth centuries. These ruins are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of Angkor, now partially restored, constitute the premier collection of Khmer art and architecture. The resplendent monuments of the Khmer were constructed from AD 879 - 1191, although the site, itself, was inhabited by the Khmers from AD 802 through AD 1431. Yet it was during the twelfth century, when the last temples were built, that the Khmers reached their peak during the reigns of Suryavarman II and Jayavarman VII. And it was from Angkor that these god-kings ruled their grand empire, stretching from the south of Vietnam to Yunan, China and from the western edge of Vietnam to the Bay of Bengal. The monumental temples they built not only proclaimed the king's wealth and status, but they also helped solidify his rule as a god-king by providing a sanctuary of worship for his cult after aligning himself with a deity, such as the Hindu god Vishnu or the Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokiteshavara. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link:
DOI: 10.26301/4z5b-vz23
title: Complex of Hu Monuments - An Dinh Palace

description: In the summer of 2018, CyArk documented several monuments related to the Vietnamese Emperor Tu Duc at the Hu Monuments Complex. CyArk collaborated with the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC) to document the Hoa Khiem Temple, Tu Duc Tomb Stele Building, Tu Duc Queen's tomb and the nearby An Dinh Palace. The HMCC recently completed a restoration program on buildings at the monument and wanted baseline documentation of the structures for conservation purposes, as well as digital assets to be used in the promotion of the site. CyArk completed photogrammetry of both the interior and exterior of the monuments with a Nikon D810 and a Phase One Medium format camera and aerial photogrammetry with a Phantom 4 Pro drone. Scanning of the monuments was accomplished with a FARO X330 laser scanner. The Complex of Hu Monuments is located within the Thua Thien-Hue Province in the geographical center of Vietnam. Established as the capital of unified Vietnam in 1802, Hue was not only the political but also the cultural and religious center under the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. The Hu Monuments Complex has suffered from the effects of wars, as well as modern development and expanding human settlements. External Project Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/8AICSDNH8yJsJQ Additional Info Link: https://cyark.org/projects/tomb-of-tu-duc-complex-of-hue-monuments