Rock Art Research in the Digital Era: Case Studies from the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018, Valcamonica (Italy)

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Rock Art Research in the Digital Eracovers the research presented at the 20th International Rock Art Congress (IFRAO) held in Darfo Boario Terme, Valcamonica (Italy), from 29 August - 2 September 2018. With a broad understanding of digital archaeology, a diverse range of specialists demonstrate how digital technologies can benefit the study of rock art in a variety of contexts. Digital methods and 3D modelling are significantly changing the field of rock art documentation and interpretation, with new approaches that allow us to make eroded rock art panels more visible, especially in cases where the human eye or a raking light is ineffective. Using numerous case studies, this book illustrates how cutting-edge methodologies are integrated within 3D modelling workflows, and how these can manage and disseminate the results to the public in an interactive way. Front cover Title page Copyright page Archaeology of Prehistoric Art Titles in the series Of Related Interest Contents Contributors Abstract Introduction 1. The Arara Vermelha Rock Shelter, Roraima, Brazil: perspectives Concerning Amazonian Sheltered Petroglyphs 2. Phantoms on granite: evidence of Iron Age engravings in Western Galicia (NW Iberia) 3. The prehistoric open-air sanctuary of Penedo do Ferro (Monforte, Portugal) 4. Neolithic image, symmetry and context: challenges in montane stone from Cumbria, U.K. 5. New technologies for the survey, documentation and representation of rock art remains 6. Digital documentation of Ancestral Pueblo and Ute rock art in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado (USA) 7. Close encounters of the third dimension: recording the three-dimensionality of the “topographic representations” in the prehistoric rock art of Valcamonica and Valtellina (Italy) 8. New digital insights over the Domus de Janas with paintings: some case studies 9. More than meets the eye. Structured light and 3D enhancing strategies: the case of the Assa Valley rock art (Vicenza, Italy) 10. Rock art superimpositions in Cerro de los Indios 1 (Santa Cruz, Argentina): unravelling the sequence using digital technologies 11. The site of Nag el-Hamdulab in 360°: an alternative way to experience a story from the past Back cover