Computer reconstructions of heritage sites provide us with a means of visualising past environments, allowing us a glimpse of the past that might otherwise be difficult to appreciate. However, it is essential that these reconstructions incorporate all the physical evidence for the site, otherwise there is a very real danger of misrepresenting the past. A key feature when reconstructing past environments is authentic illumination. This paper discusses some key issues which must be considered when reconstructing the past.
Alan Chalmers, Ioannis Roussos, Patrick Ledda, "Authentic Illumination of Archaeological Site Reconstructions" in Proc. IS&T CGIV 2006 3rd European Conf. on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision, 2006, pp 431 - 434, https://doi.org/10.2352/CGIV.2006.3.1.art00088