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Heritage, Volume 8, Issue 7

July 2025 - 53 articles

Cover Story: This study examines the influence of three key factors—annotator expertise, point cloud density, and sensor type—on the supervised classification of architectural elements, applying the Random Forest (RF) algorithm to datasets related to the typology of Franciscan monastic cloisters. The main innovation lies in the development of an advanced feature selection technique based on statistical analysis and the evaluation of each feature’s p-value in relation to the target classes. This procedure allows for the identification of the optimal radius for each feature, maximizing class separability and reducing semantic ambiguities. The approach, fully implemented in Python, automates feature extraction, selection, and application, enhancing both the semantic consistency and classification accuracy. View this paper
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Articles (53)

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  • Open Access
1,488 Views
35 Pages

Mosaic Tesserae from the Roman Villa of Aiano in Tuscany (Italy): Characterization via a Non-Invasive Protocol

  • Giovanni Bartolozzi,
  • Susanna Bracci,
  • Marco Cavalieri,
  • Cristina Fornacelli,
  • Claudia Conti and
  • Sara Lenzi

The mosaic tesserae that are the topic of this study were found during an archeological excavation in a Roman villa at Aiano, in the municipality of San Gimignano, Tuscany (Italy). Many thousands of tesserae were found in the site in many different s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,293 Views
20 Pages

The article examines possible amendments to the Australian legislative regime regulating and protecting Indigenous cultural heritage in an offshore, including underwater, context. It suggests that there are significant reforms that are needed to brin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,281 Views
27 Pages

Cultural heritage in insular regions faces increasing challenges due to overtourism, seasonal economies, and insufficient protection frameworks. This study investigates the adaptive reuse of Sarakina Mansion, a deteriorated 18th-century estate on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
841 Views
13 Pages

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of deacidifying treatments for the restoration of textiles used as supports for works of art, with particular attention to the chemical stability, colour variation and mechanical resistance of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,183 Views
16 Pages

The making of a land patrimony for the benefit of religious missions is profoundly linked to territorial construction in the colonies but is rarely examined from the angle of ecclesiastical governmentality over the ceded lands. This analysis highligh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
936 Views
16 Pages

Radiography, favoured for its ability to provide a non-invasive insight into the contents of wrapped or coffined artefacts, has revolutionised the study of mummified human and animal remains. Despite this potential, the technology is limited by its c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,229 Views
23 Pages

Studies of prehistoric burials are fundamental for understanding cultural human evolution. Those found in the San Teodoro cave (northeastern Sicily) are significant for the discovery at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s of at least four individuals (ST...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,557 Views
22 Pages

The rise of algorithm-driven virtual museums presents a philosophical challenge for how cultural meaning is constructed and critiqued in digital curation. Prevailing approaches highlight important but partial aspects: the loss of aura and authenticit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,232 Views
17 Pages

Why Are Cultural Rights over Sea Country Less Recognised than Terrestrial Ones?

  • Rhetti Hoskins,
  • Gareth Ogilvie,
  • Matthew Storey and
  • Alexandra Hill

This article identifies the nature of Traditional Owners’ interests in Sea Country and addresses issues associated with all offshore energy projects—gas and wind. Exploring the impacts of offshore development on First Nations’ cultu...

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