[2] The keyword "visualization" defined the aim of the virtual archaeology in the London Charter Initiative: It should be made clear to users what a computer-based visualization seeks to represent, for example the existing state, an evidence-based restoration or an hypothetical reconstruction of a cultural heritage object or site, and the extent and nature of any factual uncertainty.Since its introduction, the focus of the term has been extended to explore methods that increase the visibility and accessibility of archaeology.
[4] Today it serves as an integration paradigm that allows many modern three-dimensional datasets to be analysed together, taking account preliminary reconstructions of archaeological sites and guiding further investigations, for example through archaeological prospection, historical research or excavation.
In this iterative and incremental process, the interpretation and virtual representation of results is only one, albeit important, outcome.
[7] A second meeting was held at the State Hermitage Museum in 2015, resulting in a new edited volume,[8] and then in 2018.
[9] Next meeting with motto "Revealing the Past, Enriching the Present and Shaping the Future Languages in 2021 was transferred to the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk.