IBE meets AIR: a framework for structured archaeological reasoning and digital reconstruction

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dc.contributor.authorCampanaro, Danilo Marcoen_US
dc.contributor.authorDerudas, Paolaen_US
dc.contributor.authorThomsen, Mikkel H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Brendanen_US
dc.contributor.authorNurra, Federicoen_US
dc.contributor.editorCampana, Stefanoen_US
dc.contributor.editorFerdani, Danieleen_US
dc.contributor.editorGraf, Holgeren_US
dc.contributor.editorGuidi, Gabrieleen_US
dc.contributor.editorHegarty, Zackaryen_US
dc.contributor.editorPescarin, Sofiaen_US
dc.contributor.editorRemondino, Fabioen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-05T20:26:31Z
dc.date.available2025-09-05T20:26:31Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe increasing use of digital tools in archaeology has vastly expanded our capacity to document and visualise the past, yet the reasoning that connects evidence to interpretation often remains implicit or undocumented. This paper addresses that gap by integrating Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE)-a philosophical model of hypothesis evaluation-into the Archaeological Interactive Report (AIR), a semantic platform for managing and visualising archaeological data. We demonstrate how this integration enables transparent, iterative, and reproducible archaeological interpretation by structuring hypotheses, linking them to evidence, and assessing them against explanatory virtues. Two case studies illustrate the potential of this framework: the systematic reconstruction of the House of the Greek Epigrams in Pompeii, and an experimental application to the Gribshunden shipwreck, where reasoning evolves alongside data collection. The result is a replicable method that formalises archaeological argumentation and embeds it directly within digital infrastructure, making interpretation not only visible, but critically assessable and reusable.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersSemantics-driven Interaction with Digitized Heritage
dc.description.seriesinformationDigital Heritage
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/dh.20253298
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-277-6
dc.identifier.pages10 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/dh.20253298
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/dh20253298
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCCS Concepts: Visualization → Visualization systems and tools; Human computer interaction (HCI) → Interactive systems and tools
dc.subjectVisualization → Visualization systems and tools
dc.subjectHuman computer interaction (HCI) → Interactive systems and tools
dc.titleIBE meets AIR: a framework for structured archaeological reasoning and digital reconstructionen_US
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