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Kevin Glowacki
Kevin T. Glowacki specializes in Classical and Near Eastern art and archaeology. His most recent research focuses on domestic architecture and household analysis at the Late Minoan IIIC settlement of Kavousi Vronda and the formative stages of the Bronze Age Minoan city of Gournia, both sites located in eastern Crete (Greece). At Texas A&M, Dr. Glowacki is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, where he teaches art and architectural history. He served as Director of the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M from 2016 to 2021 and as co-editor of Preservation Education and Research, the journal of the National Council for Preservation Education from 2009 to 2012. Glowacki is the recipient of the Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Archaeological Institute of America, the ING Professor of Excellence Award, and the Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Award from Texas A&M University.
Address: Department of Architecture
Texas A&M University
3137 TAMU
College Station, Texas, 77843
USA
Address: Department of Architecture
Texas A&M University
3137 TAMU
College Station, Texas, 77843
USA
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Contents: 1. Building Complex E, 2. Building F, 3. Kiln and Surrounding Area, 4. Building Complex I-O-N, 5. Building Complex L-M, 6. Other Areas in the Environs of the Vronda Ridge, Appendix A. Archaeomagnetic Results from Kavousi, Bibliography, Index, Tables, Charts, Figures, and Plates.
Hardback: 444 pp., 28 tables, 70 B/W charts, 136 B/W figs, 30 B/W pls.
(Prehistory Monographs 39, INSTAP Academic Press, December 2012)
ISBN 978-1-931534-69-7
Keywords: immersive visualization, building information modeling, BIM CAVE, head-mounted display, 3D modeling
DOI: 10.3764/aja.120.4.0673
Glowacki, K.T., and N.L. Klein. 2011. “Analysis of Domestic Architecture in Dark Age Crete: The LM IIIC Settlement at Vronda, Kavousi,” in The ‘Dark Ages’ Revisited: Proceedings of an International Symposium in Memory of William D.E. Coulson, University of Thessaly, Volos, 14-17 June 2007, ed. A. Mazarakis Ainian, Volos, pp. 408-418.
Excavations at the archaeological site of Kavousi Vronda in eastern Crete brought to light a small rural settlement dating to the LM IIIC period (12th–early 11th centuries B.C.). At the time of abandonment, the settlement consisted of 15–20 houses, a large building with storerooms that may have been the ruler’s dwelling, a communal temple, and a kiln. While abandonment and postabandonment processes have resulted in much disturbance, Vronda has provided a wealth of data for understanding LM IIIC domestic architecture, household activities, and society at the end of the Bronze Age. This poster presents a digital reconstruction of the Vronda settlement, based upon the data (hand-drawn plans, section, and elevations) recorded at the time of excavation and evaluates the potential contribution of various graphics software for modeling the vernacular architecture of LM IIIC Crete. AutoCAD tracings of the original data were imported into Autodesk 3ds Max to render the topographic contours of the hill and extrude walls and features of individual buildings. Proposed reconstructions of no-longer-preserved details such as roof construction, door lintels, and chimneys were added directly in 3ds Max. Panoramic photos taken from the summit were mapped onto a cylinder to provide a photorealistic representation of the surrounding landscape. The project suggests several ways in which models of this type enhance archaeological research and provide new insights into the built environment of an ancient community.
Nancy L. Klein and Kevin Glowacki. 2009. "From Vronda to Dreros: Architecture and Display in Cretan Cult Buildings 1200-700 B.C.", in Archaeologies of Cult: Essays on Ritual and Cult in Crete (Hesperia Suppl. 42), ed. A.L. D’Agata and A. Van de Moortel, Princeton 2009, pp. 153-167 (+ bibliography).
Contents: 1. Building Complex E, 2. Building F, 3. Kiln and Surrounding Area, 4. Building Complex I-O-N, 5. Building Complex L-M, 6. Other Areas in the Environs of the Vronda Ridge, Appendix A. Archaeomagnetic Results from Kavousi, Bibliography, Index, Tables, Charts, Figures, and Plates.
Hardback: 444 pp., 28 tables, 70 B/W charts, 136 B/W figs, 30 B/W pls.
(Prehistory Monographs 39, INSTAP Academic Press, December 2012)
ISBN 978-1-931534-69-7
Keywords: immersive visualization, building information modeling, BIM CAVE, head-mounted display, 3D modeling
DOI: 10.3764/aja.120.4.0673
Glowacki, K.T., and N.L. Klein. 2011. “Analysis of Domestic Architecture in Dark Age Crete: The LM IIIC Settlement at Vronda, Kavousi,” in The ‘Dark Ages’ Revisited: Proceedings of an International Symposium in Memory of William D.E. Coulson, University of Thessaly, Volos, 14-17 June 2007, ed. A. Mazarakis Ainian, Volos, pp. 408-418.
Excavations at the archaeological site of Kavousi Vronda in eastern Crete brought to light a small rural settlement dating to the LM IIIC period (12th–early 11th centuries B.C.). At the time of abandonment, the settlement consisted of 15–20 houses, a large building with storerooms that may have been the ruler’s dwelling, a communal temple, and a kiln. While abandonment and postabandonment processes have resulted in much disturbance, Vronda has provided a wealth of data for understanding LM IIIC domestic architecture, household activities, and society at the end of the Bronze Age. This poster presents a digital reconstruction of the Vronda settlement, based upon the data (hand-drawn plans, section, and elevations) recorded at the time of excavation and evaluates the potential contribution of various graphics software for modeling the vernacular architecture of LM IIIC Crete. AutoCAD tracings of the original data were imported into Autodesk 3ds Max to render the topographic contours of the hill and extrude walls and features of individual buildings. Proposed reconstructions of no-longer-preserved details such as roof construction, door lintels, and chimneys were added directly in 3ds Max. Panoramic photos taken from the summit were mapped onto a cylinder to provide a photorealistic representation of the surrounding landscape. The project suggests several ways in which models of this type enhance archaeological research and provide new insights into the built environment of an ancient community.
Nancy L. Klein and Kevin Glowacki. 2009. "From Vronda to Dreros: Architecture and Display in Cretan Cult Buildings 1200-700 B.C.", in Archaeologies of Cult: Essays on Ritual and Cult in Crete (Hesperia Suppl. 42), ed. A.L. D’Agata and A. Van de Moortel, Princeton 2009, pp. 153-167 (+ bibliography).