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Fig. 4: 3D model, a. Greek time, b. Roman time.
Static images can be used to make photomontages whose aim is never to achieve a photorealistic
simulation of reconstructive hypothesis but rather to contextualize it in the real landscape.
The contextualization represents a key element that allows to spread the cultural content in an adequate
way.
One of the main innovations offered by digital technology is the possibility to interact with 3D models
independently from software used to produce them .
It is possible to generate a 3D PDF from a 3D modelling program and interact with it using Adobe Acrobat
Reader, put it in a presentation in Power Point or in a PDF text [6]..
The aim is to explore the communicative potential arising from the possibility to interactively explore the 3D
model. Interactivity gives the user a level of knowledge certainly different from the video or the images that
show the object The experimentation in this field is to produce models where it is always possible to
recognize the datum from the hypothesis by using different forms of visualizations.
3D models can become a user friendly interface to access other information related to it, through the threedimensional
display system is it possible to visualize different views of the model, you can link them to text
or some others information, such as images photos and so on.
It is possible to generate a 3D PDF establishing different types of visualizations (opaque, transparent,
wireframe ...) that can be easily viewed by the user using Acrobat Reader. 3D PDF isn't a photorealistic
model but it allows the user to acquire a greater awareness through the interaction with the 3D model.
4. A dynamic representations.
The possibility of representing motion images is one of the most important innovations linked to the use of
digital media. The animation is a very powerful narrative tool that allows us, through the conscious use of
different visualizations options of the 3D model, to explore the 3D model visible characteristics and to go
beyond what is visible in a dynamic way, revealing the structural characteristics of buildings and landscape.
Video is the media best suited to communicate Archaeological Heritage because it offers the possibility to
combine, thanks to technological development, real elements with virtual reconstructions and contextualize
the findings in space and time.
To produce the video we can mix static images with animations appropriately designed, to transmit the
cultural significance of archaeological finds.
In a video we can hybridize different systems of representation, static images in filmed sequence to make
clear the relationship with the current landscape, animations to represent the dynamic transformations of the
site over the time.
Communicate the cultural significance of the place and not just represent it, to relate the reconstructive
hypotheses with sources to make explicit the path and assess its reliability.
5. Case study: Archaeological Park of Cuma
The Archaeological Park of Cuma is characterized by the presence of finds from Greek and Roman times,
the layering makes reading very complex and understanding of finds very difficult, now panels placed along
the tour show the meaning of them.
First of all we analyzed the documentary sources, the studies of archaeologists and reconstructive
hypotheses, so we defined the content of communication project.
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