ANALYSIS OF SCANNING AND 3D PRINTING ACCURACY OF AN ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACT: A CASE STUDY

The paper presents results on accuracy assessment of scanning procedure and of subsequent 3D printing of the object copies. The investigated object was an archeological artifact made out of burnt constructional clay, found at the archaeological site No. 6 in Gasawa, Poland, assigned to the end of 2nd or of 3rd century C.E. The analysis enabled to determine the taxonomic marking, the type and species of the tree used for the construction. The object was scanned with portable HandyScan3D device, and the repeatability of the single point identification assessed from 10 repetitions was %EV=19% for this application.