The “arte” of marble: an archaeological and digital approach to 19th century hydraulic sawmills in the Almanzora Valley (Almeria, Spain)

José Javier Carreño Soler is a PhD student at the University of Granada in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Law programme with the thesis "Archaeo-anthropological study of the hydraulic marble sawmills in the Almanzora Valley (Almería). He has been awarded a research grant by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation in 2021. His research work focuses on the industrialisation of the marble sector in Macael during the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century.

Alexis Maldonado Ruiz is a postdoctoral researcher at the "Grupo de Estudios para a Prehistoria do NW Ibérico” of the University of Santiago de Compostela, as well as a visiting researcher at the “Digital Archaeology Group” of the University of Leiden. He is also an expert in the use of UAVs, the management of LiDAR data through artificial intelligence and the application of virtual reconstruction for the research and dissemination of archaeological heritage.

Jorge Rouco Collazo is a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher. His line of research focuses on the study of building archaeology and landscape archaeology in different geographical areas and historical periods. In these disciplines he applies 3D techniques for the documentation of historical and archaeological heritage, especially photogrammetry using UAVs and LiDAR, and also for heritage dissemination, as in the case of 3D printing.