Comments on: virtual qumran featured on heritage-key.com

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:43:38 +0000

Being a huge Ice Age & other Pixar miracles fan, I must protest that. Best meshes & rendering ever, rooted in nothing but their creator’s genius (with a little input from a dozen marketing agencies, probably). But in case of archaeology, maybe. ;)

Fact is though, ‘packaging’/presentation has always been pretty important to get your theory, statement, opinion, product, religion, … sold to the public. You might just be that lucky you have a target audience that ranks facts and content as important as packaging.

And even in case of historically correct reconstructions, there is always a certain amount of ‘interpretation’. Be it towards ‘this was most common during those days’ or ‘we’re close to 100% sure this was painted blue’ or ‘it is like this on site X, so we assume the same goes for site Y’?

By: bobcargill

bobcargill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:08:02 +0000

the beauty of the graphics used in the qumran digital model is that with that flip of a switch, you can see the archaeological plans and wireframe.

the best graphics are rooted firmly in fact and sound theory.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:26:41 +0000

Don’t worry. They always say the story with the best graphics* is most convincing/sells best, so for now, your conclusions are definitely the most convincing one! ;)