Special Issue on Digital Archaeology and Information Modeling for Cultural Heritage

The editorial board invites scholars, researchers, and professionals to contribute to a special issue dedicated to the advancement of methodologies and practices in Digital Archaeology. In recent years, the convergence of information technologies, advanced survey methods, and immersive visualization has opened new avenues for the documentation, analysis, and dissemination of archaeological heritage. This issue seeks to explore innovative approaches and critical perspectives that highlight both theoretical implications and practical applications.

We welcome original contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Digital Archaeology: theoretical frameworks, methodological innovations, and case studies.
• Advanced Instrumental Archaeological Survey: integration of laser scanning, photogrammetry, UAVs, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging for archaeological research.
• Archaeo-BIM: Building Information Modeling applied to archaeological contexts, processes of knowledge structuring, management of uncertainty, and multiscalar representation.
• Archaeo-Digital Twin: digital twins for archaeological sites and artifacts; real-time data integration, monitoring, and predictive models.
• Digital Reconstruction Pathways: methodologies, workflows, and ethical considerations in the reconstruction of archaeological contexts through 3D modeling, VR/AR, and AI-driven techniques.

The issue aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue, bridging archaeology, architecture, computer science, and digital humanities, in order to consolidate the role of digital tools as both instruments of knowledge production and vehicles for cultural transmission.

Submission guidelines
Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Contributions should follow the journal’s formatting requirements and will undergo a double-blind peer review process.

Submission process
Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts via wetransfer to: info@dienne.org

For further information, please contact the guest editors at info@dienne.org

We look forward to receiving your contributions and to advancing together the discourse on the digital future of archaeology.

Key Dates issue 17

Call for Papers: September, 30th
Full Paper (maximum 20.000 ch): November, 15th
Full Paper Feedback: December, 5th
Revised Full Paper Deadline: December, 20th
Publication: December, 30th

All Papers accepted after the double-blind peer review process will be published in the Dn journal with an ISSN.

Full Paper Submission

The official languages of the magazine are Italian and English.
Submissions should have a maximum length of 20.000 characters and 10 images.
The zipped folder, named after the first author, must contain:

• a “TXT” folder with:
  • the textual file (.doc or .docx) of the paper in two languages, with all the authors informations (names, mail, affiliation) and without the images;
  • a text file containing the captions;
• a .pdf file of the complete paper in two languages with pictures and captions without references that can make authors recognizable;
• an “IMG” folder containing all images included in the paper, in .jpeg format, named according to the text numbering, larger than 1920 × 1280 px and weighing no more than 7mb each.

Full paper’s files must be sent via wetrasfer to: info@dienne.org
The use of the Harvard Style template is recommended for writing bibliographical references.

For information and clarifications you can send an email to: info@dienne.org