The deteriorating preservation of the Altai rock art: Assessing three-dimensional image-based modelling in rock art research and management

Rock Art Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-156

  Plets, Gertjan ^a   Verhoeven, Geert ^a   Cheremisin, Dimitry ^b   Plets, Ruth ^c   Bourgeois, Jean ^a   Stichelbaut, Birger ^a   Gheyle, Wouter ^a   De Reu, Jeroen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Petroglyph; PhotoScan; Three dimensional recording

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872186500     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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