Vertical Photographic Site Recording: The “Homes Boom”

AbstractVertical photography of archaeological sites has been carried out for 40 years, using a variety of apparatus with varying degrees of accuracy and success. This article describes a new method that has been employed successfully during the excavation of Nicopolis ad Istrum, a Roman, Late Roman, and early Byzantine city in northern Bulgaria. The new design represents an advance in accuracy and speed of operation and provides a visual record of complex sites that supplements and enhances the evidence presented in plan drawings.