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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: In A Different Light: An Examination of Artifacts Using Affordable Digital Infrared Imaging
  name:
    name part: Cuellar, Samuel Marshall
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Smith, C. Wayne
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The objective of this thesis is to analyze the visual effectiveness of inexpensive, converted near-infrared digital cameras on a variety of artifacts. Twenty-nine artifacts ranging in condition from unconserved to having completed conservation were chosen from five main type groups; bone, ceramics, metal, paper and textile, and wood. Each artifact was imaged with both a conventional dSLR and one specifically modified to image within the near-infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Following imaging, the two types of photographs for each artifact were directly compared, analyzing visual changes between conventional and near-infrared. The changes were described and each object given a rating of "not recommended", "no change", or "recommended" in regards to infrared imaging unveiling useful data outside of that seen with normal photography. Of the twenty-nine artifacts imaged, thirteen were "recommended" as showing potentially useful information for researchers. While no definitive claims could be made due to the variety of responses across all five groups, organic artifacts, as a whole, tended to show the most potential of responding positively to near-infrared photography using modified dSLRs. Even though none of the five groups imaged consistently across all its artifacts, the ability of modified dSLRs to define patterns in staining and corrosion, differentiating inks, penetrating dirt and stained surfaces, and revealing wood grain and tree rings was well noted and showed the potential of making such cameras a useful part of an analytical toolkit for archaeologists. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155277
  note: by Samuel Marshall Cuellar.
  note: "Major Subject: Anthropology."
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Arts Texas A & M University 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155277
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major anthropology
  subject:
    topic: infrared
  subject:
    topic: near-infrared
  subject:
    topic: artifacts
  subject:
    topic: archaeology
  subject:
    topic: photography
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155277
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 160212
    record change date: 20170928111710.0
    record identifier: in00003606080
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng