Scientific Visualization, 2018, volume 10, number 5, pages 172 - 190, DOI: 10.26583/sv.10.5.11
Possibilities and persperctives of application of tridimentional visualization as a tool of analysis in araeology
Authors: L.V. Zotkina1,A,B, V.S. Kovalev2,A, A.V. Shalagina3,B
A Novosibirsk State University, Russia
B Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Brahcn of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 ORCID: 0000-0003-4333-5348
2 ORCID: 0000-0002-2267-2452
3 ORCID: 0000-0002-1912-3882
Abstract
This paper propose a review of some directions of application of tridimensional visualization for different tasks in archaeological researches. Some first results of software development are represented here. This software is dedicated to improve and simplify some analytical procedures of work with different types of archaeological sources on the basis of tridimensional reconstructions. We talk about a scar-pattern analysis of lithic artifacts, dedicated to reveal the sequences of production of Paleolithic tools. And also about techno-traceological research in rock art, which has a purpose to define specific techniques of petroglyphs production to distinguish technological traditions.
The represented review and the first results of approbation of special software 3DTracer demonstrate important trends in development of methodology in archaeological researches. This is a transition to a new level of possibilities of data correlation, thanks to improvement and unification of primary procedures in archaeological research.
Keywords: tridimensional visualization, 3D, archaeology, traceology and use-wear, technology, scar-pattern analysis, rock art, Paleolithic.
