Empowering cultural preservation in China through participatory digitization

This paper reports on the use of photogrammetrically triangulated two-dimensional close-range photographs to create three dimensional models of artifacts stored in the Shangshan museum in Pujiang County, China. A case study for archaeologists working in China, this report demonstrates an efficient and cost-effective digital documentation methodology will not only augment the preservation of cultural historical data, but also empower new forms of engagement with cultural knowledge at both local and global scales.