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Design and implementation of an augmented reality application for rock art visualization in Cova dels Cavalls (Spain)
2019
[EN] Prehistoric rock art paintings, specifically rock-shelters exposed to environmental and anthropogenic factors, are usually faint and severely damaged, being them difficult to identify and understand by visitors. Augmented Reality (AR) supplements reality with virtual information superimposed onto the real world. This sensor-based technology in smartphones/tablets can improve the paintings experience displaying the 2D digital tracings overlapped onto the real scene (rock with faint paintings). This paper presents an AR application (app) developed in Cova dels Cavalls that shows a recreation of a possible original composition full of motifs with descriptive information to improve current…
Color degradation mapping of rock art paintings using microfading spectrometry
2021
[EN] Rock art documentation is a complex task that should be carried out in a complete, rigorous and exhaustive way, in order to take particular actions that allow stakeholders to preserve the archaeological sites under constant deterioration. The pigments used in prehistoric paintings present high light sensitivity and rigorous scientific color degradation mapping is not usually undertaken in overall archaeological sites. Microfading spectrometry is a suitable technique for determining the light-stability of pigments found in rock art paintings in a non-destructive way. Spectral data can be transformed into colorimetric information following the recommendations published by the Commission …
El Cinto de las letras (Dos Aguas), revisió del panell 55 anys després de la seua publicació
2006
En aquest paper revisem el panell llevantí del Cinto de las Letras, Dos Aguas (Valencia). Presentem els nous calcs realitzats, l´estudi de la composició i de l´estil basat en la figura humana i la seqüència d´execució i addició que desprén de l´analisis de les figures.
El arte de los cazadores y recolectores del Paleolítico superior
2001
Si atendemos a criterios tales como el número de conjuntos parietales conocidos, la amplitud de periodos artísticos en ellos representados, o el número de yacimientos que han proporcionado evidencias artísticas, el ámbito valenciano no destaca especialmente en el panorama peninsular. Incluso resultaría pobre al compararlo con el arte parietal paleolítico de Andalucía. En realidad, el mapa de situación de los yacimientos citados en este apartado ofrece una reducida dispersión de puntos, con notables vacíos geográficos, que queda francamente por debajo de las concentraciones que caracterizan algunas zonas de la región cantábrica o de Francia. Sin embargo, uno de los yacimientos de la zona val…
Within the symbolic world of the prehistoric hunters: A GIS-based and 3D model analysis of sites with complexes of linear incisions in western Sicily
2021
Abstract The prehistoric peopling of Sicily has left scattered traces of symbolic activities through well-known rock art expressions in caves and rock shelters located all around the island (among the most significant, the sites of Addaura, Racchio and Genovese). A peculiar phenomenon is the incision of linear signs, often grouped on the same rocky walls, hidden in fissures or placed at the entrance of the underground chambers of caves. In this report, we investigate a sample of these graphic expressions from a spatial and technical point of view. A GIS-based approach presents the territorial pattern providing insight, on a macroscale, into the intentional positioning of the sign complexes.…
Corpi che contano. Prolegomeni per una teoria della materialità delle immagini
2022
Oggetto di questo saggio è un tipo di artefatti che ha avu- to in passato, ha ancora e avrà in futuro un significato centra- le nella produzione dell’Homo Sapiens: le miniature. Si tratta di oggetti che hanno accompagnato tutta la sua evoluzione e la cui datazione non ha smesso di sorprendere i paleontologi. Sappiamo, ad esempio, che la scultura antropomorfa ritro- vata a Berekhat Ram (fig. 1) in Israele e quella di Tan Tan (fig. 2) in Marocco risalgono a parecchie centinaia di migliaia di anni fa, e dunque sono ben più antiche delle cosiddette Veneri che popolano il Paleolitico superiore europeo. The subject of this essay is a type of artifact that has had in the past, still has and will h…
Latest developments in rock art recording: towards an integral documentation of Levantine rock art sites combining 2D and 3D recording techniques
2013
This paper presents a further step in the integral documentation of prehistoric rock art, combining 2D and 3D digital recording techniques. Image processing and digital enhancement techniques are an invaluable aid to obtain high quality and accurate 2D recordings, especially when working with faint motifs or complex superimpositions. But what constitutes a real breakthrough is the possibility of combining 2D digital tracings with metric 3D models, providing a whole set of metric outputs that improve our understanding of the motifs in their context and, at the same time, can be used to deliver accurate metric reproductions. The Levantine rock art at Cingle de la Mola Remigia (Ares del Maestr…
Potential Interactions between Climate and Prehistoric Populations in Southern Morocco: Insights from Archaeological and Paleoclimatic Evidence
2022
Southern Morocco contains a rich archaeological record: engraving, painted rocks, and funerary monuments. This pre-historic and proto-historical heritage offers valuable information about the environmental context of pre-historic settlements. However, the Southern Moroccan archaeological record suffers from dating scarcity. And hence, the difficulty in establishing a reliable chronology. Most of the archaeological sites date from 7000 to 1000 years BP and are marked by a transition period from a humid to dry climate during the late Holocene. The relatively drier conditions likely resulted in adopting a new lifestyle characterized by cattle ranching, agriculture, and animal domestication. Ho…
Documenting the light sensitivity of Spanish Levantine rock art paintings
2015
[EN] A case study to evaluate the use of microfading spectrometry (MFS) for the study of colored systems found in prehistoric rock art paintings was conducted in the Cova Remígia rock-shelter, Castellón (Spain). This rock shelter is part of the rock art sites of the Mediterranean basin on the Iberian Peninsula included in UNESCO s World Heritage List. Some of the paintings belonging to this group are exposed to environmental factors including natural daylight, wind and rain, depending on the time of the day and the season of the year. Therefore, their preservation is a major concern to stakeholders and researchers responsible for protecting and studying these prehistoric paintings. The expe…