Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae

Diaz-Guardamino, Marta

Abstract

This article proposes a methodological approach to the study of rock art technology that combines the application of digital imaging techniques (particularly Reflectance Transformation Imaging, RTI) with rock art recreation experiments. It is argued that this type of 'bottom-up' approach, combining two complementary lines of evidence, has the potential to offer valuable insight into communities of practice involved in rock art creation. The article uses warrior stelae from the Late Bronze Age in the Iberian Peninsula as a case study and presents the results of a recent technological analysis of four stelae from the Guadalquivir basin, as well as a re-creation experiment. In addition to offering new insights into the social dimension of stelae creation,

Citation

Diaz-Guardamino, M. (2023). Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae. Complutum (Madrid), 34(Especial), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.85238

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 22, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Mar 13, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Apr 18, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 19, 2023
• Journal: Complutum
• Print ISSN: 1131-6993
• Electronic ISSN: 1988-2327
• Publisher: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: Especial
• Pages: 145-162
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.85238
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1176952