Archaeological Illustration and Imaging: Documentation of Pañamarca’s Archaeological Project

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Paisajes Arqueológicos de Pañamarca: Findings from the 2018–2023 Field Seasons" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For decades now, with the appearance of analogue photography, and more recently of digital technologies, a debate has arisen about the functionality, advantage/disadvantage between different archaeological recording techniques—considering that their main objective is to capture as accurately as possible the archaeological heritage that is being uncovered. The mural paintings of Pañamarca create the imperative need to reproduce archaeological and artistic illustrations on two-dimensional planes—because of the complexity of the traces and colors—which is complemented by a package of technological tools that gives us the possibility of accessing three-dimensional models. In this presentation we present an overview of traditional and digital archaeological illustration in the history of research at Pañamarca with special emphasis on the archaeological fieldwork of 2022 and 2023. Finally, we present and preliminarily contrast the results of two-dimensional and three-dimensional recording, each with different recording techniques and approaches, but finally complementing each other to fulfill data gaps that allow for a deeper understanding.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paisajes Arqueológicos de Pañamarca: Findings from the 2018–2023 Field Seasons   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39440.0