When new technology joins old documents and east meets west: virtually reconstructing the Fisher Island Pagoda Lighthouse (China)

• Published in: Virtual Archaeology Review
• Main Authors: Anthony K.H. Leung, Stephen Davies, Steve H. Ching
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2018
• Subjects: 3D reconstruction; virtual reality; epigraphy; 3D Printing; documentation; Museums. Collectors and collecting; AM1-501; Archaeology; CC1-960; Tower The; Fisher Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2018.7982; https://doaj.org/article/fbb23231a3404f78af32a7307e1dcafd

Located on the route between Xiamen and Taiwan (China), the Penghu (Pescadores Islands) are an archipelago and the site of a military garrison. The second largest island, Xiyu or Fisher Island, was accordingly an obvious point to build a navigational marker to guide sailors. Records indicate that so...