@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0163, 

TITLE={Documenting a site in the Arctic using 3D, between archaeological research and environmental changes: Kuukpak, Northwest Territories, Canada}, 
  
AUTHOR={Rémi Méreuze, Adam Jarhaus, Pete Dawson, T. Max Friesen, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Digital Archaeology}, 
	
VOLUME={1}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2017}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/Documenting-a-site-in-the-Arctic-using-3D-between-archaeological-research-and}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0163}, 
	
ISSN={2515-7574}, 
	
ABSTRACT={In the Canadian Arctic, as in the whole northern world, recent climate change has greatly affected the
environment. Permafrost thawing, rising of the sea level and increasing erosion have become more destructive every
year. In this sensitive context, the Arctic CHAR project aims to save at best the Inuvialuit heritage in the Mackenzie Delta.
Parallel to the coast mentoring and prospecting, the Kuukpak site is excavated since summer 2014. The excavated
structure, a house mainly composed of wood, is a fragile, wood starting to decay as soon as it is exposed, and complex
task, the frame collapse led to the amalgamation of these structural pieces. Two 3D recording methods were used to
support the excavations operation, laser scanning and photogrammetry. The first, in order to ensure a conservation as
faithfully as possible of this doomed heritage; the second to provide a regular registration of the excavations as they
progress.}}