Computational Archaeological Laboratory

Meet our software - ⛏️ArchCut 3-D⛏️

ArchCut 3-D is designed for the documentation and analysis of incised and engraved surfaces, such as art engravings, cut marks, and other surfaces.

The program follows a selected surface and produces a series of three-dimensional cross-sections at intervals of a millimetre.

These successive sections allow one to examine the properties of the engraved line at a single point, and changes in the line over the length of the engraving.

A morphological analysis of each line and characterizing relations between lines allow for an understanding of the series of actions and motions in the process of engraving, cutting, and reducing material.

The software is open and available to download and use on SourceForge (link in comments)

Meet the team!
Get to know the researchers working at the Computational Archaeology Laboratory at The Institute of Archaeology Huji

✨️Dr. Heeli Schechter✨️

Heeli joined the lab team in 2022 as our lab manager. As of October 2025, she is an Associate Researcher at the Computational Archaeology Laboratory (congratulations!🎉).

🐚 She is an expert on shells and Neolithic ornamentation practices and has also worked on flint and obsidian industries of similar and later time periods.

💻 At the lab she oversees the everyday scanning and analysis work, teaches, consults on ongoing research, and designs new research projects.

🌳 Her favorite thing about the lab is the opportunity to learn and master new computational thought processes and analysis avenues and taking breaks on our majestic balcony…

First 2 slides by D. Rolider 📷

Meet the team!
Get to know the researchers working at the Computational Archaeology Laboratory at The Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

First up...

Prof. Leore Grosman is the head of the Computational Archaeology Laboratory, and a professor of prehistoric archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

💻Her research interests have always been a combination of archaeological research and the incorporation of the exact sciences methods into archaeological research.

🖥Her work at the CompArch lab focuses on developing and incorporate mathematical and computational tools to address archaeological questions. At the lab she oversees our many projects, and supervises several students working on computational and archaeological questions in all periods 🏺🗿🏹


🔨Her other major research focus is on prehistoric archaeology, especially the transition from hunting and gathering to farming, a transition that forever changed the course of human existence. Her work in Natufian sites such as Nahal Ein Gev II and Hilazon Tachtit Cave has profoundly changed the way we view the transition into Neolithic lifeways.

First photo by D. Rolider