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{"title":"Spatial and hydrological analysis of the water supply system in as-Sila'/Sela (Tafila, Jordan) based on a 3D model","authors":"Roser Marsal, Jesús García-Carpallo","doi":"10.4995/var.2024.19977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.19977","url":null,"abstract":"The research described below proposes a spatial analysis of the hydraulic infrastructure, and settlement remains, as well as a topographic analysis of the site of as-Sila'/Sela on the southern Transjordan plateau. The authors designed Sela's first photogrammetric model from aerial photographs provided by the \"Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME)\" project. This modelling has enabled the research team to locate new hydraulic structures, settlement remains, marks on vertical facing, and elevated or levelling platforms hitherto unidentified by a pedestrian survey; it was also possible to obtain more detailed direct and indirect relationships between these features. The 3D model has provided a reference for locating the various elements and correlating their surface with the topographic coordinates recorded by the total station during fieldwork. Additionally, a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was derived from the 3D model to depict the flow direction of run-off. Through our analysis, we identified spaces for accessing, managing, and utilising available water resources, including settlement density and flooding zones. The hydrological analysis revealed potential run-off and flood-prone areas, guiding the location of hydraulic structures to prevent water contamination. This study highlights the importance of Sela's water supply systems and the technical expertise of ancient communities in their construction and management. The applicability and feasibility of the applied methodology emphasise its use as a powerful and indispensable tool to obtain a complete overview of the site. The results yield a comprehensive site mapping with a broader scope than previous research and provide a basis for further research, as well as for understanding the site's water supply and settlement patterns. Thus, this study enhances the hydro-technological investigation of Sela's water management and culture and contributes to its holistic analysis. Future studies can use the data to propose effective water management strategies and shed light on the social structures involved in water supply practices.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138984288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Archeohandi: protocol for a national disabilities database in archaeology in France","authors":"Rozenn Colleter, Valérie Delattre, Cyrille Le Forestier, Alex Baiet, Nathalie Ameye, Philippe Blanchard, Fanny Chenal, Camille Colonna, A-S Coupey, Stéphanie Desbrosse-Degobertière, S. Duchesne, Cécile Durin, Jean-Luc Gisclon, Noémie Gryspeirt, Micheline Kerien, Fanny La Rocca, Raphaëlle Lefebvre, Jérôme Livet, Cécile Paresys, Mikaël Rouzic, Isabelle Souquet, Florence Tane, Aminte Thomann, Ivy Thomson, Émilie Trébuchet, Marie-Cécile Truc, Jean-Baptiste Barreau","doi":"10.4995/var.2024.20003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.20003","url":null,"abstract":"The archaeology of disability is a relatively recent and little-known approach in France. While the study of palaeopathology now goes hand in hand with funerary archaeology and osteoarchaeology, the French study of disabilities and disabling pathologies remains marginal and unevenly treated, depending on location, chronology and researcher’s interest. This paper focuses on highlighting the compatibility between this new research area, the obligations of osteoarchaeology, and the benefits of developing a national, diachronic, and interdisciplinary study. A database is designed within an interpretive, consensual framework, that can be adapted to overcome limitations and promote open-minded research on the care of the disabled in their own communities. A preliminary category selection of disabling pathologies has been made. These are trepanation, completely edentulous and/or compensating denture, neuronal impairment, severe scoliosis, Paget's disease, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH), rickets, dwarfism, infectious diseases, unreduced fracture, amputation, severe degenerative disease and others. This list has been critically reviewed by experts in the field; it will evolve in a somewhat Darwinian fashion. Our database is hosted on the Huma-Num platform, with a management interface and quick access based on multiple tabs. The data includes information about archaeological operations, subjects, and pathologies; it is complemented by pictorial data stored on the Nakala platform. The development involved creating a prototype using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and PHP, with features to display, add, modify, and delete operations and subjects. Enhancements have been made, including search optimization, charts, and the ability to export data in CSV format. The database, whose administrative interface can be accessed at archeohandi.huma-num.fr, contains so far 211 existing operations with a total of 1232 registered subjects spread throughout metropolitan France. These initial data reveal numerous research perspectives in osteoarchaeology that can be combined with other research topics, such as virtual reality.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138600089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thinking through the tool: collaborative archaeological bodywork in immersive virtual reality","authors":"Giles Spence Morrow, Steven A. Wernke","doi":"10.4995/var.2024.19806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.19806","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to currently available very high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) models via photogrammetric techniques as a primary method of archaeological documentation, constructing immersive, high-fidelity simulacra is imminently possible. This paper considers how the scale at which the human body interacts with immersive digital models is especially important for understanding the affordances and ergonomics of past things and places. The implications of this isometry between archaeological objects of analysis and emerging capabilities to interact with them through digital surrogates in the present are manifold. By enabling interaction with objects and contexts in immersive virtual space, such observational experiences create in silico engagements that are repeatable, distributable, and collaborative. In particular, it is the collaborative capacity of this technology that this paper explores using online immersive virtual reality (iVR). Collaborative online iVR is used in this research as a key instrument for enhancing understanding and reinterpreting the digital records of two archaeological sites under excavation in Peru. The case studies analyzed show a variety of cultural, geographic, and temporal contexts in the Andean region, which illustrates the broad potential of iVR for archaeological hermeneutics. Through iVR frameworks, the authors engage with embodied reconsiderations of Catholic ritual spaces within a planned colonial town in the southern Peruvian highlands and the pre-Columbian site of Huaca Colorada on the north coast. Synchronous scalar experiences that privilege the affordances of architectural space within digital models create opportunities for embodied experience and collaborative dialogue. A fundamental argument is the capacity to digitally inhabit these places and manipulate materials holds subtle as well as profound epistemological and hermeneutic implications for archaeological knowledge construction.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139239466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of photogrammetry to survey Iron Age rock art motifs in the Côa Valley: the Vermelhosa Rock 3 case study (Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal)","authors":"Natália Botica, Luís Luís, Paulo Bernardes","doi":"10.4995/var.2024.19725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.19725","url":null,"abstract":"The Côa Valley, listed as a World Heritage site since 1998, presents over 1200 open-air engraved rock panels. TheArchaeological Park of the Côa Valley has meticulously documented these rock art motifs, employing various techniques including direct tracing processes on the rocks, using both natural and artificial lighting. However, this intensive work is highly demanding, especially considering that many of the rocks are not easily accessible. In the context of the \"Open Access Rock Art Repository\" (RARAA) project, this paper presents a methodology for the three-dimensional (3D) survey of rocks with rock art motifs, as well as the subsequent production of orthophotos from the resulting 3D models, accomplished through photogrammetry. These orthophotos serve as the foundation for the vector drawing of the motifs. Remarkably, the level of detail captured in these records has shown that most of the motifs are visible and can be accurately represented through the orthophotos. This has significantly reduced the time required for field surveys. However, in certain cases where specific small areas of the panel are affected by challenging lighting conditions, further fieldwork is still necessary, analogous to the direct tracing process. Additionally, this study introduces an information system designed to integrate the vector graphics and the motifs characterisation data; this supports enhanced research in the area and promotes improved open access for potential reuse in new interpretations or integration into future projects. By creating highly detailed 3D models, the authors complement the two-dimensional drawings of the surfaces and ensure the digital preservation of both the rocks and the associated iconography. These records serve as highly detailed digital surrogates that facilitate the monitoring efforts of the rocks and motifs; they also guarantee the availability of valuable resources for future research and analysis, even if natural or deliberate changes occur.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135679869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"La señalización lumínica y la navegación por el Estrecho de Gibraltar en la Baetica romana: un panorama con más sombras que luces","authors":"Francisco Marfil","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19620","url":null,"abstract":"El continuo avance de las investigaciones arqueológicas, especialmente en los ámbitos portuarios, está produciendo casos de estudio de mayor complejidad y riqueza. En este sentido, la progresión en cuanto a la definición de los urbanismos, el mayor conocimiento en la identificación de las denominadas “estructuras de contacto” como los muelles o embarcaderos, los progresos de la arqueología subacuática en la localización de pecios y áreas de fondeo conocidas, así como del resto de evidencias vinculadas a las infraestructuras portuarias, está permitiendo que se articule un discurso más concreto acerca del funcionamiento del puerto en época Antigua. A pesar de estos hechos, el faro como elemento principal y determinante en el paisaje portuario, permanece rodeado de numerosas incógnitas derivadas de una presencia importante en las fuentes literarias, numismáticas, pictóricas, escultóricas y musivarias pero una ausencia casi total en el registro arqueológico. Más allá de su icónico papel como construcción monumental en las infraestructuras portuarias, su función como hito señalizador y articulador del tránsito lo hace componente clave en estos contextos. Debido a estas circunstancias, en el presente trabajo se analizan los casos béticos identificados y presupuestos en el ámbito del Estrecho de Gibraltar, relacionándolo con la información aportada por las fuentes, los estudios geomorfológicos y los datos del poblamiento de la costa bética. Estos datos han sido introducidos en un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) donde se han realizado cálculos de cuenca visual para determinar cómo se configuraría este teórico escenario. El resultado ha permitido plantear una serie de hipótesis sobre la configuración de las redes marítimas béticas y la presencia real del faro en el contexto portuario.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48368472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Application of photogrammetry and laser scanner on the Bronze Age structures of the Castillejos de Luna cist tomb necropolis (Pizarra, Spain)","authors":"Alejandro Muñoz-Muñoz, D. Fernández-Sánchez, E. Vijande-Vila, S. Becerra-Martín, J. J. Cantillo-Duarte, S. Domínguez-Bella, Virgilio Martínez Enamorado, Francisca Rengel Castro, Pedro Cantalejo Duarte, María del Mar Espejo-Herrerías, José Suárez-Padilla, Juan Antonio Martín-Ruiz, J. Ramos-Muñoz","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19126","url":null,"abstract":"The cist tombs necropolis at Castillejos de Luna, in Sierra de Gibralmora-Sierra del Hacho (Pizarra, Málaga, Spain) was known from the graphic documentation and the grave goods of two tombs. New studies have documented nine burials. The aim of this article is to present the new virtualisation work that has been carried out in the necropolis, to generate a new three-dimensional (3D) documentation of the currently known records, which are in acceptable visibility conditions. Using tools to document tombs in 3D offers us great advances in data acquisition and editing, with great precision and realism, thanks to the 3D models generated through techniques such as photogrammetry or laser scanning. Thanks to these tools, it is possible to carry out studies on digital twins and use them as informative material for society. The study this paper describes has generated high quality products for dissemination and future analysis. The results shown here are of metric character, with orientation and geographical location of the structures. In addition, in one of the tombs the authors show the combination of photogrammetric techniques with laser scanners to obtain a single high-resolution 3D model; subsequently a retopology process is carried out to achieve a \"light\" model with a photorealistic appearance that is both easily manipulated on mobile devices for its dissemination and a guarantee that the general public can enjoy this necropolis in a different way. The preliminary results are published in the web repository of 3D models Sketchfab, where the users can see a preview of one of the tombs before and after being optimised with retopology through Blender. The authors provide a socio-historical analysis of Bronze Age necropolises in central Andalusia, within the framework of a debate on the western expansion of the El Argar Culture.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41280619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"El impacto colonial en las Islas Marianas (s. XVII-XVIII) a través de la arqueología virtual: cambio e identidad","authors":"Luis Berrocal-Maya","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19447","url":null,"abstract":"Pese a que la arqueología virtual cada vez ha cobrado más relevancia, distintos contextos históricos son aún inéditos para esta especialización. Este trabajo se centra en uno de ellos, el de las islas Marianas, un archipiélago situado en el océano Pacífico que fue crucial en las relaciones entre América y las Filipinas durante el colonialismo hispánico temprano. Por un lado, el proyecto ha tratado las estructuras prehispánicas (s. X-XVI) y, por el otro, se ha enfocado en las estrategias del poblamiento colonial (s. XVII-XVIII). La recreación 3D de estos dos contextos ha permitido repensar distintos procesos humanos asociados al paso de las estructuras precoloniales a la modernidad. Para ello, se ha partido de la hipótesis de que los edificios no solo son el reflejo de unas dinámicas sociales concretas, sino que además participaron en ellas activamente reforzando un tipo de identidad particular y un sistema de géneros propios. Metodológicamente, se ha llevado a cabo un estudio sobre estas edificaciones, se han reconstruido a través de un software especializado (Blender) y, finalmente, se han analizado según su contexto histórico. Por primera vez, se ha llevado a cabo una propuesta de cómo serían las “reducciones” en las ínsulas a través de la arqueología virtual, lo que ha permitido analizar el impacto que estas tuvieron sobre las poblaciones prehistóricas que habitaban allí. De esta forma, se ha constatado que la ordenación del espacio conformó por si misma un elemento de transculturación que transformó la cosmovisión de sus pobladores, resignificando la identidad, los roles de género, los modelos jerárquicos y la idea de familia.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47731747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Virtual assessment of a possible meningioma in a Roman-period cranium","authors":"Daniel Rodríguez-Iglesias, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Pilar Fernández-Colón, A. Pablos, M. Alcaraz-Castaño, N. Sala","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19680","url":null,"abstract":"Diseases have accompanied human populations since prehistoric times. Knowing the paleopathologies and their consequences derived from them can help us to understand their impact and how have been decisive in our ancestors' ways of life. Taphonomic and paleopathological studies are key to understanding how injuries occurred; they can provide information on causes of death, analyzed populations behaviour, such as the existence of interpersonal conflicts or how they took the care of the sick. Those studies also confirm the existence of certain diseases, mentioned in the archaeological record. This paper explains the analysis of four lesions found in a Roman-era cranium from Sima de Marcenejas, located in Northern Spain. An anthropological analysis of this cranium has revealed that it corresponds to an adult male individual. This work focuses on the differential diagnosis of the lesions, to be able to discern the most likely aetiologies. The following techniques have been implemented: classical morphological analysis, forensic taphonomic analysis and virtual analysis. MicroCT and 3D microscopy have been used as essential tools for the virtual analysis of the cranium and its lesions. The results obtained revealed the existence of a tumour and three exocranial traumas, all of them antemortem. The location of the tumour, as well as its morphology together with other aspects, support the meningioma as the most probable tumour type. This possible ancient meningioma represents the first case for these chronologies on the Iberian Peninsula, where there are few documented cases. The three traumatic lesions reveal the existence of injuries produced by both, blunt and sharp objects, related to events of interpersonal violence. By applying virtual 3D analyses, the researchers have demonstrated that it is viable to identify tumours in those internal cranial regions, where the lesion is not visible, thus providing new comparative data for the paleopathological record of past populations.\u0000Highlights:\u0000\u0000Meningiomas are rare in the archaeological record which complicates tracing themin ancient human populations.\u0000The use of computerized microtomography (MicroCT) and virtual 3D models makes it possible to identify tumoursin those internal cranial regions where the lesions are not visible.\u0000Paleopathological analysis of a Roman cranium has revealed, in addition to cranial trauma, a new possible case of meningioma.\u0000","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70631408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconstrucción histórico-material y virtual para la conservación del retablo renacentista de San Juan Bautista (Antequera, España)","authors":"Beatriz Prado-Campos, Antonio-J. Sánchez-Fernández","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19414","url":null,"abstract":"El retablo de San Juan Bautista (Antequera, España) es una obra maestra renacentista de gran calidad artística y tecnológica. En Antequera predominan los retablos de estilo barroco y pseudoclasicista, conservándose pocos casos, lo que hace que sea tan singular. Procede de la iglesia de San Zoilo, está compuesto por caja arquitectónica, dieciocho pinturas sobre tabla y una escultura exenta. El deficiente estado de conservación, tanto del muro al que se adosaba como de la predela, propició su desmontaje y almacenamiento a la espera de una restauración y remontaje posterior en su ubicación original. Al inicio de la investigación, el retablo desmembrado se hallaba fragmentado, disperso y descontextualizado de su entorno, teniendo algunos fragmentos destinos divergentes en lo que refiere a su historia material. El objetivo de este artículo es exponer la metodología y resultados obtenidos tras la reconstrucción histórico-material y virtual del retablo que contribuyen a su recuperación y puesta en valor. Mediante las técnicas documentales (bibliográficas y gráficas) y virtuales (fotogrametría, ortofotografía y 3D) se trata de dar respuesta a las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Por qué se desmonta el retablo? ¿Cuándo se produce? ¿Cuándo se pierden o expolian las piezas originales que faltan? ¿Se conservan todas las piezas? ¿En cuántos fragmentos se dividió durante el proceso de desmontaje físico? ¿El estado de conservación de los fragmentos existentes es homogéneo? Las conclusiones obtenidas indican que el desmontaje físico tuvo lugar entre 1973 y 1983, debido al continuo deterioro del edificio y del propio retablo, haciéndose más evidente en el soporte lígneo y estopa de las tablas de la predela. Se dividió en cuarenta fragmentos que aún se conservan. El expolio de piezas originales se confirma como anterior a 1899. Finalmente, hay que destacar que la imagen actual del retablo muestra una disonancia visual que dificultará su futura intervención de conservación-restauración.","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46010136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reflexiones en la práctica de la arqueología digital: la construcción y comunicación del patrimonio cultural virtual","authors":"Laura Staropoli, V. J. Acevedo, Daniela Avido, Marcelo Vitores","doi":"10.4995/var.2023.19292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19292","url":null,"abstract":"El avance de las tecnologías digitales y la virtualización favoreció el uso de nuevas herramientas para el registro, representación, conservación y puesta en valor de materiales y yacimientos arqueológicos; además,  ha facilitado la comunicación del conocimiento hacia el público en general. En este contexto, la arqueología virtual ha proporcionado un entorno profesional donde convergen especialistas de diferentes disciplinas. Según la definición de los Principios de Sevilla, la arqueología virtual tiene como objetivo investigar y desarrollar formas de aplicación de la visualización asistida por tecnologías para la gestión integral del patrimonio arqueológico, aunque aún se encuentra en construcción debido a la conjunción de enfoques, objetivos y limitaciones. El uso de estas tecnologías implica procedimientos en los que tiene lugar la creación de nuevas imágenes, que son concebidas como la construcción de un nuevo producto, al que llamamos patrimonio virtual. La imagen generada es entendida como una representación, es decir, como un producto con dos dimensiones articuladas: constituye una presencia en la ausencia de algo y además exhibe su propia presencia o materialidad como imagen. En este sentido, conforman un nuevo fenómeno anclado en un soporte digital/virtual y por lo tanto como un nuevo registro plausible para ser estudiado, preservado y comunicado. Este trabajo se constituye como un espacio interdisciplinario para reflexionar sobre el aporte de los métodos y técnicas digitales en la práctica de nuestra disciplina, tanto en la documentación, como en el análisis y reconstrucción virtual del material arqueológico, además de la gestión integral del patrimonio cultural. A tal efecto, se considera necesario establecer criterios de aplicación; también se prioriza generar un producto que pueda ser utilizado en la comunicación de la ciencia. La propuesta aquí explicada se basa en los tres ejes que guían el proyecto ArqueoLab-UBA: investigar, conservar y difundir el patrimonio cultural como medios para un abordaje integral y multidisciplinar de dicho patrimonio.\u0000Lo más destacado:\u0000\u0000Reflexionar sobre la construcción del patrimonio virtual en función de las tecnologías digitales aplicadas a la práctica arqueológica.\u0000Plantear los desafíos y debates que dicha práctica conlleva en el contexto tecnológico actual y futuro.\u0000Presentar una propuesta sobre arqueología digital pensada en función de los ejes temáticos que componen el proyecto ArqueoLab-UBA: investigar, conservar y difundir para la gestión integral del patrimonio cultural.\u0000","PeriodicalId":44206,"journal":{"name":"Virtual Archaeology Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48623272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}