Goodman Point Pueblo 3-D Models and Video

Valuable New Tools for Research and Education

To better understand Goodman Point Pueblo—and to better communicate our findings to other archaeologists and the general public—Crow Canyon archaeologists have teamed up with an architect and a mapping specialist to create three-dimensional models and an animated video based on the excavations we conducted there.

Architect Dennis Holloway worked with senior research archaeologist Kristin Kuckelman and field archaeologist Grant Coffey to develop three-dimensional models of the entire village of Goodman Point Pueblo. Four of the models are included here, each showing a different perspective of the village (see the links below); one of the models is superimposed on an aerial photograph of the landscape provided by photographer Adriel Heisey.

In addition, Kristin collaborated with James Holmlund, president of Western Mapping Company in Tucson, Arizona, to develop an animation based on Western Mapping's 3-D laser scan of Crow Canyon’s test excavation in Kiva 107 at Goodman Point Pueblo. This 3-D animation provides an extremely detailed look at the architecture and stratigraphy exposed in this structure—all from the perspective of the excavator standing in the test pit.

Click on the icons below to view the images and video.

Aerial photograph of the Goodman Point landscape today (courtesy of Adriel Heisey, Adriel Heisey Photography). View is looking southwest, with Mesa Verde and Ute Mountain in the background.

 

 

Montage showing 3-D model of Goodman Point Pueblo superimposed on landscape (aerial photograph courtesy of Adriel Heisey, Adriel Heisey Photography; site model courtesy Dennis Holloway)

 

 

Bird's-eye view of Goodman Point Pueblo as it might have appeared circa A.D. 1270 (view north) (courtesy Dennis Holloway)

 

 

Bird's-eye view of Goodman Point Pueblo as it might have appeared circa A.D. 1270 (view east) (courtesy Dennis Holloway)

 

 

Block 900 at Goodman Point Pueblo (view west) (courtesy Dennis Holloway)

 

 

 

Animated laser scan of Kiva 107 (courtesy James Holmlund, Western Mapping Co.)(mpg; 52MG)