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This book examines how computer-based programs can be used to
acquire 'big' digital cultural heritage data, curate, and
disseminate it over the Internet and in 3D visualization platforms
with the ultimate goal of creating long-lasting "digital heritage
repositories.' The organization of the book reflects the essence of
new technologies applied to cultural heritage and archaeology. Each
of these stages bring their own challenges and considerations that
need to be dealt with. The authors in each section present case
studies and overviews of how each of these aspects might be dealt
with. While technology is rapidly changing, the principles laid out
in these chapters should serve as a guide for many years to come.
The influence of the digital world on archaeology and cultural
heritage will continue to shape these disciplines as advances in
these technologies facilitate new lines of research. serif">The
book is divided into three sections covering acquisition, curation,
and dissemination (the major life cycles of cultural heritage
data). Acquisition is one of the fundamental challenges for
practitioners in heritage and archaeology, and the chapters in this
section provide a template that highlights the principles for
present and future work that will provide sustainable models for
digital documentation. Following acquisition, the next section
highlights how equally important curation is as the future of
digital documentation depends on it. Preservation of digital data
requires preservation that can guarantee a future for generations
to come. The final section focuses on dissemination as it is what
pushes the data beyond the shelves of storage and allows the public
to experience the past through these new technologies, but also
opens new lines of investigation by giving access to these data to
researchers around the globe. Digital technology promises
significant changes in how we approach social sciences, cultural
heritage, and archaeology. However, researchers must consider not
only the acquisition and curation, but also the dissemination of
these data to their colleagues and the public. Throughout the book,
many of the authors have highlighted the usefulness of Structure
from Motion (SfM) work for cultural heritage documentation; others
the utility and excitement of crowdsourcing as a 'citizen
scientist' tool to engage not only trained students and
researchers, but also the public in the cyber-archaeology endeavor.
Both innovative tools facilitate the curation of digital cultural
heritage and its dissemination. Together with all the chapters in
this volume, the authors will help archaeologists, researchers
interested in the digital humanities and scholars who focus on
digital cultural heritage to assess where the field is and where it
is going.
For more than 50 years, international organizations have been
recommending diffusion policies and strategies based on the idea of
democratising society's physical and intellectual access to
archaeological heritage. A vast array of initiatives, resources,
activities and materials has been developed to get archaeological
heritage (its message, its goals, its everyday tasks, its agents,
etc.) closer to the public and vice versa. This book analyses the
Spanish case in its European context, showing all the aspects that
show today the on-site presentation and interpretation of
archaeological heritage.
This book deals with the documentation and interpretation of the
rock sites located in La Mancha center (Spain), from the detailed
study of the symbols that have been engraved in the rock. These
sites, from historical times, can provide valuable information for
the study of the mentalities and beliefs of the popular classes
during the Modern Age, strongly influenced by the atmosphere
created after the Counter-Reformation. Crosses, calvaries, orbs,
human and animal representations, letters, cup-marks and game
boards make up an authentic symbolic universe, of clear Christian
roots, whose understanding is possible to achieve even though it
requires collaboration between multiple fields of knowledge such as
archaeology, theology, numismatics, heraldry, architecture,
sculpture, painting... Unfortunately, researchers have paid scant
attention to the issue at hand, assuming paradigms that from our
point of view should be reviewed, such as the authorship of the
petroglyphs or their chrono-cultural affiliation. The study of the
rock formations located in La Mancha center can shed light on these
and other subjects, providing a good starting point in order to
improve the documentation and interpretation of historical rock
engravings in other parts of the world.
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