Improved Application of Hyperspectral Analysis to Rock Art Panels from El Castillo Cave (Spain)

• DOI: 10.3390/app11031292
• Publication Date: 2021-02-01T02:31:56Z
• Authors: Vicente Bayarri; Elena Castillo; Sergio Ripoll; Miguel A. Sebastián
• Keywords: Rock Art; Conservation

Rock art is one of the most fragile and relevant cultural phenomena in world history, carried out shelters or walls ceilings caves with mineral organic substances. The fact it has been preserved until now can be considered as fortunate since both anthropogenic natural factors cause its disappearance deterioration. This reason why rock needs special conservation protection measures. emergence digital technologies made a wide range tools programs available to community for more comprehensive documentation 2D 3D. paper shows workflow that makes use visible near-infrared hyperspectral technology manage, monitor preserve this appreciated heritage. Hyperspectral imaging proven an efficient tool recognition figures, coloring matter, state such valuable art.