Théophane Nicolas

Théophane Nicolas
  • Engineer at Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives

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The IRMA project aims to design innovative methodologies for research in the field of historical and archaeological heritage based on a combination of medical imaging technologies and interactive 3D restitution modalities (virtual reality, augmented reality, haptics, additive manufacturing). These tools are based on recent research results from a c...
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The sense of touch plays a strong role in the perception of the properties and characteristics of hollow objects. The action of shaking a hollow container to get an insight of its content is a natural and common interaction. In this paper, we present a multi-modal rendering approach for the simulation of virtual moving objects inside a hollow conta...
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This work provides feedback on experiences focused on the detection and identification of organic containers used in a crematorium context. We tested the integration of tomographic images into the excavation and recording protocols of a cinerary deposit in order to assess the contributions and the challenges. The two case studies presented are date...
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The Gué-de-Velluire sword (Vendée, France) is part of the Rochebrune collection collected during the 19th and the 20th centuries and now preserved in the Dobrée Museum in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique, France). The unusual shape of its hilt, its uncorroded rivets and the rather uncommon combination of a bronze grip with an iron blade made this sword an...
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In the past two decades or so, digital tools have been slowly integrated as part of the archaeological process of information acquisition, analysis, and dissemination. We are now entering a new era, adding the missing piece to the puzzle in order to complete this digital revolution and take archaeology one step further into virtual reality (VR). Th...
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Increasingly, the incorporation of 3D printed artefacts into Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences is of interest to Cultural Heritage professionals. This is because virtual environments, by themselves, cannot convey information such as the physical properties of artefacts within the environments. This paper presents a methodo...
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Traditionally, accessing the interior of an artefact or an archaeological material is a destructive activity. We propose an alternative non-destructive technique, based on a combination of medical imaging and advanced transparent 3D printing.
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Mobiliers archéologiques et sédiments qui les recèlent sont des témoignages fugaces qu’il convient d’analyser, de préserver et de valoriser. Ces dernières années, se sont beaucoup développées des méthodes de numérisation qui apportent des solutions non destructives de conservation, d’analyse et de diffusion du patrimoine archéologique. Cependant, c...
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Actes du Colloque international de l'APRAB, Strasbourg, 17 au 20 juin 2014
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L’utilisation de moyens d’investigation non invasive à haute complexité technologique pour l’analyse du mobilier archéologique est actuellement limitée, réservée le plus souvent à des découvertes exceptionnelles. Ici, au contraire, sont exposés les méthodes et les résultats de l’utilisation de quelques-uns de ces moyens pour l’étude du mobilier fré...
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Depuis les années 2000 avec l’essor de l’archéologie préventive, on constate, en Bretagne, un renouvellement important des données céramiques notamment avec la mise au jour de contextes domestiques du Bronze ancien. Ces découvertes permettent, aujourd’hui, de disposer de contextes clos et bien datés, propices à la mise en place d’une approche techn...
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Additive technologies are increasingly used in Cultural Heritage process, for example in order to reproduce, complete, study or exhibit artefacts. 3D copies are based on digitization techniques such as laser scan or photogrammetry. In this case, the 3d copy remains limited to the external surface of objects. Medical images based digitization such a...
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The sense of touch provides a particular access to our environment, enabling a tangible relation with it. In the particular case of cultural heritage, touching the past, apart from being a universal dream, can provide essential information to analyze, understand, or restore artifacts. However, archaeological objects cannot always offer tangible acc...
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This paper presents an application of photogrammetry on ceramic fragments from two excavation sites located north-west of France. The restitution by photogrammetry of these different fragments allowed reconstructions of the potteries in their original state or at least to get to as close as possible. We used the 3D reconstructions to compute some m...
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Reconstitution of whole ceramics from fragments is a true priesthood for ceramographers. This activity remains mainly handled by manual sketching and can be very time consuming. However, more and more tools and workflows provide digital solutions, based on 3D technologies, to assist such tasks. In this paper, we present an application of photogramm...
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We propose a workflow based on a combination of computed tomography, 3D images and 3D printing to analyse different archaeological material dating from the Iron Age, a weight axis, a helical piece, and a fibula. This workflow enables a preservative analysis of the artefacts that are unreachable because encased either in stone, corrosion or ashes. C...
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By examining the available data for the Middle Bronze Age and the beginning of the Final Bronze Age in the huge geographic area which extends from the Finistère to the Golf of Gascogny we are able to see similarities in certain practices despite some distinct regional markers : – The Amorican group shows intense metal production, marked by some str...
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An integrated study of the settlement system crossed to the main data of the mixed farming economic system has been attempted on the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age archaeological record from preventive excavations carried on the “Parc logistique de l’Aube”. Due to the large-scale area of the project and the numerous features of these periods discove...
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Situated on a loessic terrace approximately thirty kilometres to the south of Strasbourg, the protohistoric site of "Grasweg-PAE" Erstein had human settlements from the second half of the 3rd millennium BC until the first half of the 9th century BC, during the middle phase of the Final Bronze A ge. The RSFO occupation, which is the focus of this ar...
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À peine avaient-elles pris leur envol, en 2006, que les Journées doctorales d'archéologie de Paris 1 consacraient leur troisième cru, 2008, au thème ici parcouru : « Les images : regards sur les sociétés ». Après l'Archéo.doct 2, consacré à Économie de subsistance, économie de croissance, les jeunes archéologues de Paris 1 flirtent cette fois-ci av...
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Tandis que la première Journée doctorale d'archéologie était centrée sur l'objet, en tant que marqueur d'identité culturelle pour les communautés humaines du passé, cette deuxième Journée traite du territoire, envisagé comme zone d'approvisionnement et d'activités économiques. À travers l'étude des vestiges matériels, ce sont les stratégies mises e...
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Un diagnostic réalisé en 1994 sur la commune de Passy (Yonne), au lieu-dit «Richebourg Ouest», a révélé une fosse très riche en mobilier attribuable à l'étape moyenne du Bronze final. L'analyse typo-chronologique de ce mobilier permet de l'attribuer au Bronze final IIb (période bien attestée dans l'est de la France). Cet article est la suite d'une...
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Pourquoi les archéologues scrutent-ils avec autant d'attention les objets qu'ils ont mis au jour, pourquoi les décrivent-ils, les classent-ils, les analysent-ils ? Pourquoi s'efforcent-ils de les situer toujours plus précisément dans le temps et dans l'espace? Est-ce pour le simple plaisir de dresser l'inventaire de toutes les productions humaines...
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An evaluation carried out in 2003 at Malay-le-Grand « Les Bas Musats » (Yonne) brought to light a pit with rich finds dating from the middle period of the Late Bronze Age. The typo-chronological analysis pinpoints the date to the Late Bronze Age IIIa (period well known in Eastern France). This paper is the first of a series of studies centred on th...

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