Medieval Latrine (Alhama de Murcia, Spain)

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Country

Spain

Region

Murcia

Site

Alhama de Murcia Castle

Age

Middle Ages

Internal ID

Murcia_Toilet_Seat_Model_7

Digitization date

23/01/2018

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

156

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

Sigma 35 mm 1.4

Technician

Bart McLeod

Postprocesing

Bart McLeod and Jeff Du Vernay

Example of an Islamic medieval latrine preserved in Alhama de Murcia
(Murcia, Spain). The medieval cities of Al-Andalus developed extensive
regulations aimed at improving hygiene and thus preventing disease.
Little by little, the existence of latrines inside the Islamic houses
became general, something very rare in Christian medieval Europe.
Islamic fortresses also had latrines. These latrines dumped the waste
into the sewerage network, into blind wells, or directly outside the
walls.

3D model was made in Reality Capture software using 135 images; additional processing was completed in Geomagic Wrap, Meshlab, and Blender