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: Leung, Anthony K.H., Davies, Stephen, Ching, Steve H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2018
• Subjects: 3D reconstruction; virtual reality; epigraphy; 3D Printing; documentation; reconstrucción 3D; realidad virtual; epigrafía; impresión 3D; documentación; Ruta; Torre; Tower The; Fisher Island
• Online Access: http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/7982; https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2018.7982

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...