There are quite a few researchers across the world using various programs to
create 3D models of archaeological sites and artifacts. For the most part,
these are done in CAD programs (after being scanned using one of several
different techniques), though much of the data can be imported into ArcGIS
products. Here's a short case study that might be of interest (
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/archaeology/general/archg0034pf.htm
).

Anna Lunn
Weaver & Associates, LLC
Memphis, TN

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago I watched an episode of CSI NY. A memory stick cover
> had been stomped and was in pieces. Each piece of it was scanned and
> software manipulated it and put it back together.
>
> Is this totally Hollywood or is this a potentially wonderful reality for
> those of us who have excavated kilns for the edification of our
> archaeological souls as a former mentor phrased it and have thousands of
> potshards to mend?
>
> Lyle Browning, RPA
>