The remains that tipically compose the human fossil and archeological record often bear cracks, damages and deformations. The rapid development of virtual anthropology has provided innovative tools to manage, study and preserve cultural and natural heritage. The first step in a virtual anthropology study is represented by the acquisition, that can be carried out by different methods, such as Computerized Tomographic Scan (CT-Scan), Laser-scanning, Photogrammetry, 3D imaging and rapid prototyping. So, innovative tools, as well as software and methodologies, allow the study of specimens with increased detail and limited physical intervention. We chose, as case studies, three specimens analyzed with two different methods of acquisition and an example of virtual restoration of missing portions of a human fossil. All the specimens come from archeological contexts: the Neanderthal cranium from Altamura (Bari, Italy), a Lombard survived to an amputation in an antibiotic era from Povegliano Veronese (Verona, Italy), and the virtual-reconstructed cranium of a Neanderthal from Saccopastore (cranium 2, Rome, Italy).
Virtual anthropology in the study of human evolution and history / Micarelli, Ileana; Buzi, Costantino; Profico, Antonio; DI VINCENZO, Fabio; Bellucci, Luca; Strani, Flavia; Tafuri, MARY ANNE; Manzi, Giorgio. - STAMPA. - (2018). (Intervento presentato al convegno XV FISV Congress Sapienza University of Rome, Italy tenutosi a Sapienza University of Rome, Italy).
Virtual anthropology in the study of human evolution and history
Ileana Micarelli;Costantino Buzi;Antonio Profico;Fabio Di Vincenzo;Luca Bellucci;Flavia Strani;Mary Anne Tafuri;Giorgio Manzi
2018
Abstract
The remains that tipically compose the human fossil and archeological record often bear cracks, damages and deformations. The rapid development of virtual anthropology has provided innovative tools to manage, study and preserve cultural and natural heritage. The first step in a virtual anthropology study is represented by the acquisition, that can be carried out by different methods, such as Computerized Tomographic Scan (CT-Scan), Laser-scanning, Photogrammetry, 3D imaging and rapid prototyping. So, innovative tools, as well as software and methodologies, allow the study of specimens with increased detail and limited physical intervention. We chose, as case studies, three specimens analyzed with two different methods of acquisition and an example of virtual restoration of missing portions of a human fossil. All the specimens come from archeological contexts: the Neanderthal cranium from Altamura (Bari, Italy), a Lombard survived to an amputation in an antibiotic era from Povegliano Veronese (Verona, Italy), and the virtual-reconstructed cranium of a Neanderthal from Saccopastore (cranium 2, Rome, Italy).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
