Exploring 3-D technology in pottery studies: ‘It is the future’

In the depots of the Faculty of Archaeology, many artifacts, accumulated after decades of fieldwork across Europe and the Middle East, are stored. A new project, the Leiden Inventory Depot (LID), aims to unlock this wealth of information to the outside world. The 3-D scanning of objects takes a central role in this endeavor. Our master’s student Vasiliki Lagari is contributing to the creation of the first 3-D scanning, documentation and visualization of fragments and vessels from the Leiden pottery collection.