3D Scans of Creswell cave art

[shenzhou]

I have just stumbled across a presentation by archaeoptics on their 3d Scanning of the Creswell crags rock art:

(PDF 1.5Mb) http://minotaur.archaeoptics.co.uk/downloads/creswell.pdf

There are only images of the 'birds' panel but from what they have done with that panel it seems like this technique seems to have alot of potenital. I hope they will release images of the other panels soon.

See also: the Antiquity article (PDF 3.4Mb) http://www.uned.es/dpto-pha/creswell/antiquity.pdf

Gallery: http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/bahn/index.html

More pictures: http://www.uned.es/dpto-pha/creswell/fotos.htm

[Daryl Habel]

I have just stumbled across a presentation by archaeoptics on their 3d Scanning of the Creswell crags rock art:

(PDF 1.5Mb) http://minotaur.archaeoptics.co.uk/downloads/creswell.pdf

There are only images of the 'birds' panel but from what they have done with that panel it seems like this technique seems to have alot of potenital. I hope they will release images of the other panels soon.

See also: the Antiquity article (PDF 3.4Mb) http://www.uned.es/dpto-pha/creswell/antiquity.pdf

Gallery: http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/bahn/index.html

More pictures: http://www.uned.es/dpto-pha/creswell/fotos.htm

Dear shenzhou

This is very interesting, but it's my opinion that the archaeoptics pages deal more with parietal art techniques than prehistory and, therefore, I've moved the subject  here  (Parietal and Mobiliary Art) to what I feel is the appropriate forum board. That said, I really do appreciate the Antiquity pdf (which I had not yet had the opportunity to read).

Thanks,
Dar

[shenzhou]

Thanks for moving my post, i had put it in the wrong forum, but only realised after i had posted.

If anyone is interested there is more information in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society article:

The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, VOLUME 70, 2004. pp. 93-105.

Palaeolithic Cave Engravings at Creswell Crags, England
by Sergio Ripoll, Francisco Muñoz, Paul Bahn and Paul Pettitt

A series of undoubtedly Palaeolithic engraved figures have been recorded for the first time in the United Kingdom in Church Hole Cave, Creswell Crags. The first recorded images were thought initially to be two birds and a large ibex. This paper presents the preliminary results of the first systematic survey of the caves for engravings which identified a total of 16 figures. On closer examination with correct lighting the ibex was seen to be a stag, accomapanied by a bison and another herbivore. The presence of the birds was confirmed and at least one other bovid and several other images, including possible vulvas, were identified.