Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships: The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector

James Hunter; Emily Jateff; A. van den  Hengel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03635-5_6

Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships: The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector

James Hunter, Emily Jateff, A. van den Hengel

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In 2013, researchers affiliated with the South Australian Maritime Museum and University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Visual Technologies [ACVT] conducted an archaeological and laser scanning survey of the former Australian warship HMCS/HMAS Protector. Between its launch in 1884 and service in the First World War, Protector was substantially modified. Once decommissioned, the ship again underwent drastic changes. While several archival photographs exist that depict Protector at various stages of its life, they provide only scant understanding of the transformative processes applied to Protector’s hull. Researchers at ACVT have developed methods of generating 3D models from archival photographs, and are using Protector as a case study. Models have been created that depict the vessel at three specific periods of its service life, which in turn has enabled archaeologists to identify gradual variations to Protector’s hull that, in some cases, were so subtle they could not be discerned in existing archival photographs and other historic media.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology
Editors	John K. McCarthy, Jonathan Benjamin, Trevor Winton , Wendy van Duivenvoorde
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Springer Press
Chapter	6
Pages	89-101
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-03635-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-03634-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03635-5_6
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Coastal Research Library
Volume	31
ISSN (Print)	2211-0577
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0585

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Keywords

Australia
Heron Island
HMAS Protector
Life history
Archival resources
Shipwrecks

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Hunter, J., Jateff, E., & Hengel, A. V. D. (2019). Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships: The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector. In J. K. McCarthy, J. Benjamin, T. Winton , & W. van Duivenvoorde (Eds.), 3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology (pp. 89-101). (Coastal Research Library; Vol. 31). Springer Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03635-5_6

Hunter, James ; Jateff, Emily ; Hengel, A. van den . / Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships : The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector. 3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology . editor / John K. McCarthy ; Jonathan Benjamin ; Trevor Winton ; Wendy van Duivenvoorde. New York : Springer Press, 2019. pp. 89-101 (Coastal Research Library).

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Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships : The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector. / Hunter, James; Jateff, Emily; Hengel, A. van den .

3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology . ed. / John K. McCarthy; Jonathan Benjamin; Trevor Winton ; Wendy van Duivenvoorde. New York : Springer Press, 2019. p. 89-101 (Coastal Research Library; Vol. 31).

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Hunter J, Jateff E, Hengel AVD. Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships: The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector. In McCarthy JK, Benjamin J, Winton T, van Duivenvoorde W, editors, 3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology . New York: Springer Press. 2019. p. 89-101. (Coastal Research Library). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03635-5_6

Using Digital Visualization of Archival Sources to Enhance Archaeological Interpretation of the ‘Life History’ of Ships: The Case Study of HMCS/HMAS Protector

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