[CAA 2015 – session 3C abstract]
Field based Near Infrared analysis of Rock paintings in northern Scandinavia. Seven different sites have been investigated and generated large amounts of multivariate data requiring multivariate data analysis…
by Johan LINDERHOLM, Paul GELADI, Claudia SCIUTO
43rd International Conference on Computer Applications
and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2015)
Session 3C: Computer and rock art studies:
data collection, interpretation and communication
[March 31 2015, Siena] – abstract
Field based Near Infrared analysis of Rock paintings in northern Scandinavia
Rock art and rock paintings attract a lot of scientific interest in archaeology and various archaeometric approaches have been applied in order to shed light on pigment composition etc. This study comprises of field based NIR measurements on rock paintings from late Stone Age in northern Scandinavia. Different documentation approaches have been tested where simplicity and true field functions have been key words. Seven different sites have been investigated and generated large amounts of multivariate data requiring multivariate data analysis. Spectral information and classification results from these sites are presented and also some archaeological implications.
Johan LINDERHOLM, Paul GELADI, Claudia SCIUTO
