2024-03-29T09:46:59Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2097192021-06-29T07:53:04Zcom_10261_36691com_10261_7col_10261_36693
2020-04-30T07:17:04Z
urn:hdl:10261/209719
Twinkle, Twinkle little Star: revealing methods that uncovered the relevance of circumpolar bodies in prehistoric Scotland
Higginbottom, Gail
Mom, Vincent
Resumen del trabajo presentado en el 25th EAA Annual Meeting: Beyond paradigms, celebrado en Bern (Suiza), del 4 al 7 de septiembre de 2019
Traditional archaeological location modelling, whilst very informative about spatial patterns across a 2D spectrum, can be limited in its contribution to understanding human choice about location. Therefore, whilst we use 2D models, our primary approaches also adapt and use statistical analyses, 3D GIS and immersion software. In this way, we have a far better chance of understanding the choices people made in regards to place and confirming the likelihood of these apparent choices, including their connection to astronomical phenomena. We use topographic, astronomic, and atmospheric data, along with information on human vision and 3D-rendering techniques, to create 3 main outputs: (i) 2-D, 360o visible horizon profiles, (ii) 3D, 360o models with visual topographic depth and layered astronomical information, where a change in time accurately alters what can be seen astronomically, as well as the position of astronomical phenomenon in relation to the landscape and (iii) data files. This is done using the valuable software called `Horizon¿. These data files contain topographic data, allowing us to test the likelihood of site locations being deliberately chosen. We have used 3D models to view how things were seen at each site from the viewpoint of
an individual after statistically testing the likelihood that monuments were erected with astronomy in mind regionally, as in the case of simpler standing stone monuments, and individually, as in the case of stone circles. We have expanded these useful and highly adaptive methodologies to include the fruitful application of the software 'Stellarium'. This turns the 3D panorama observations of Horizon into a cinematographic-like experience, with 360-degree views of photo-realistic night skies as could be viewed 3,500 years ago. We will discuss the methodological challenges and revelations, which ultimately allowed us to discover the relevance of circumpolar bodies in prehistoric Scotland.
2020-04-30T07:17:04Z
2020-04-30T07:17:04Z
2019-09-04
2020-04-30T07:17:05Z
comunicación de congreso
25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (2019)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/209719
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