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Title: Virtual Archaeology by Maurizio Forte ISBN: 0-8109-3943-6 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.50

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Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: As a gift, this book was a HIT!
Comment: I bought this book for my partner who absolutely loved it and said it was the best thing I ever bought for them! I would highly recommend this to users of any 3D modeling program such as Bryce. I build reconstructions on my website and also for an online community site. It is important to have a good resource to use, and this book defintely fit the bill.

Rating: 3
Summary: Title promises more than the book delivers
Comment: There are only a handful 'virtual renderings' of the ancient world in this book. And, although written just a few years ago, most of these renderings look plain when compared with any contemporary simple computerized design drawing or even computer games, though the latter don't have to take into account real world physical constraints. Technical information on the virtual images is lacking for the most part.

I see the author foresaw interesting possibilities for computer reconstruction of past cultures, including virtual traveling 'inside' buildings and surveying vast areas from multiple points of view. This could be very interesting not only to the archaeologist but also to many people in other fields, from sociology to architecture, history, decoration and just travelling. But the still images don't convey a convincing picture of the final result.

I had unmet expectations about this book. It's more of a general account of some recent explorations grouped partly on a time basis and partly by region. I felt also an unbalanced mix in the final product, concerning virtual (little of this) and non virtual imagery, and also on the sites selected.

Summarizing: the book appears as a progress report on current archaeology investigations, with some reference to new techniques. The book title is misleading.

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: This volume is the best and innovative book of the world about these topics (also because is was written in 1996 !), as prof. Colin Renfrew said in the presentation. Moreover it includes new and original contributions from many important international archaeologists; in fact I know that it has a great success in all the european countries.