British Museum Exhibition Review: The Jericho Skull, Creating an Ancestor
The temporary exhibit at the British Museum, open 15th December-19th February, and located to the right of the main entrance in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery (Room 59); is dedicated to a single Neolithic crania from Jericho, known as the Jericho Skull. This exhibit demonstrates the value o...
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doaj-6d2a0382bfd34e4fa433a5efc4fe7ad02021-05-24T17:43:57ZengUniversity College LondonPapers from the Institute of Archaeology2041-90152017-03-0127110.5334/pia-521British Museum Exhibition Review: The Jericho Skull, Creating an AncestorThe temporary exhibit at the British Museum, open 15th December-19th February, and located to the right of the main entrance in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery (Room 59); is dedicated to a single Neolithic crania from Jericho, known as the Jericho Skull. This exhibit demonstrates the value of relatively recent technologies in archaeological research, highlighting the previously hidden information made possible through CT scanning and the value of these methods in both archaeological research but also in communicating archaeology in a visually stimulating manner which allows an exhibit to take a single item, and create an in depth exhibit featuring both the original material and two cranial 3D prints along with a facial reconstruction. https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/pia/article/id/85/The British Museum3D-printingCT-scanningFacial reconstructionJericho Skull |
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The temporary exhibit at the British Museum, open 15th December-19th February, and located to the right of the main entrance in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery (Room 59); is dedicated to a single Neolithic crania from Jericho, known as the Jericho Skull. This exhibit demonstrates the value of relatively recent technologies in archaeological research, highlighting the previously hidden information made possible through CT scanning and the value of these methods in both archaeological research but also in communicating archaeology in a visually stimulating manner which allows an exhibit to take a single item, and create an in depth exhibit featuring both the original material and two cranial 3D prints along with a facial reconstruction. |
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