Virtual Archaeology Review

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The Virtual Archaeology Review (VAR) is an international web-based, open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is a mix of arts and engineering that research on the new field of virtual archaeology. The journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing works by scholars in the fields of conservation, documentation, 3D surveying, computer science, dissemination, gaming and other similar disciplines related to heritage and archaeology.

VAR targets archaeologists, information scientists, engineers, art historians, restorers, architects and professionals linked with the use of new technologies in the field of archaeological heritage. Full original research articles are welcomed. Since March 2016, it is published biannually mainly in English, although Spanish is also accepted.

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Vol. 16 No. 32 (2025)

Published: 2025-01-31

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Evaluating user experience in cultural heritage through virtual reality simulations

Shinnu Jangra, Gurjinder Singh, Archana Mantri
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32-43

Reconstruction of S. Margherita Project of 1685 as designed by Agostino Barelli

Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Federico Fallavollita, Riccardo Foschi
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71-84

"I Fregi del Ceppo”: when artificial intelligence and geomatics meet theatre

Pietro Bartolini, Alessandro Conti, Lidia Fiorini, Grazia Tucci
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85-99

Geomatics and metaverse for lost heritage sites documentation and dissemination: the case study of Palmyra Roman Theatre (Syria)

Anna Forte, Yara Jamil Alkhatib, Gabriele Bitelli, Eva Savina Malinverni, Roberto Pierdicca
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100-115

Pasto varnish: 3D virtualization of an intangible cultural heritage

Carlos Córdoba-Cely, Arturo de la Cruz
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116-129

Volumetric study of the Roman Quarries of Rodadero de los Lobos - Piquín (Córdoba mountain range) using LiDAR UAV

Juan Carlos Moreno Escribano, Antonio Monterroso Checa, Massimo Gasparini, María Luisa Loza Azuaga, Esther Ontiveros Ortega, José Beltrán Fortes, Daniel Becerra Fernández
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Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms

Erik Champion, Hafizur Rahaman
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54-64

From the cave to the virtual museum: accessibility and democratisation of Franco-Cantabrian Palaeolithic art

Miguel García-Bustos, Olivia Rivero, Paula García Bustos, Ana María Mateo-Pellitero
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14-25

Virtual assessment of a possible meningioma in a Roman-period cranium

Daniel Rodríguez-Iglesias, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Pilar Fernández-Colón, Adrián Pablos, Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño, Nohemi Sala
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