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. 33 (2025)

Published: 2025-07-24

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Towards a shared and transparent methodology for hypothetical virtual reconstructions: selected case studies

Juan A. Barceló, Federico Fallavollita
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8-25

3D hypothetical reconstruction of a Neolithic hut from the waterlogged site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)

Evdoxia Tzerpou, Ivan Campana, Jan Salazar, Oriol López-Bultó, Antoni Palomo, Raquel Piqué, Xavier Terradas, Juan A. Barceló
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3D virtual reconstruction of seven scenes from the Tulunid lost city in Egypt

Ibrahim Elassal, Andrea Chávez Triviño, Iván Darío Chávez Triviño
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44-64

“Between Philo of Byzantium and archaeology”. Virtual reconstruction of the Punic-Hellenistic defensive system of the site of Castillo de Doña Blanca (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain)

Pablo Sicre-González
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Graphic reconstruction of a vanished architectural heritage: The “Puerta de la Carne” in Seville

Antonio Gámiz-Gordo, Daniel Antón, Pedro Barrero-Ortega
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Redesigning Bramante's rounded perspective: digital speculations on the unbuilt cloister of the Tempietto

Nicola D'Addario, Carla Garrido de Oliveira
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Digital reconstruction of Barros Lima’s design for São Torcato Sanctuary, 1825

Pedro de Azambuja Varela, João Luís Marques, Afonso de Matos Silva
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Documenting the Dragon Gate in Antonio Gaudí’s Finca Güell in Barcelona

Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Camilla Mileto
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Technical advantages bridging the preservation limits of painted decoration of Neolithic ceramic figurines

Ludmila Kaňáková, Vojtěch Nosek, Attila Kreiter, László Előd Aradi, Martin Košťál
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Detection of funerary monuments in the northern necropolis of Segobriga using multispectral and georadar imaging

Rosario Cebrián, Ignacio Hortelano, Irene Ortiz, Javier Vallés
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Graphic surveying methodologies for urban underground environments: the Bétera cave dwellings, Valencia

Pablo Rodriguez-Navarro, Andrea Ruggieri, Teresa Gil-Piqueras
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The lost altar of the Ptolemaic Sanctuary at Hermopolis Magna (Egypt): hypothetical reconstruction and publication of the Rizkallah Makramallah excavation work

Ahmed M. Bassioni
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Road mobility simulation in the mining region of Sisapo and Almadén in Roman times: application of network analysis (GIS)

Miriam González Nieto
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Extended reality and informative models for the architectural heritage: from scan-to-BIM process to virtual and augmented reality

Fabrizio Banfi, Raffaella Brumana, Chiara Stanga
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HBIM, 3D drawing and virtual reality for archaeological sites and ancient ruins

Fabrizio Banfi
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Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms

Erik Champion, Hafizur Rahaman
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Reflections of the practice of digital archaeology: virtual cultural heritage construction and communication

Laura Staropoli, Verónica Judith Acevedo, Daniela Noemí Ávido, Marcelo Vitores
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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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Spatial and hydrological analysis of the water supply system in as-Sila'/Sela (Tafila, Jordan) based on a 3D model

Roser Marsal, Jesús García-Carpallo
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Archeohandi: protocol for a national disabilities database in archaeology in France

Rozenn Colleter, Valérie Delattre, Cyrille Le Forestier, Alex Baiet, Philippe Blanchard, Fanny Chenal, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Stéphanie Desbrosse-Degobertière, Sylvie Duchesne, Cécile Durin, Jean-Luc Gisclon, Noémie Gryspeirt, Fanny La Rocca, Raphaëlle Lefebvre, Jérôme Livet, Cécile Paresys, Mikaël Rouzic, Isabelle Souquet, Florence Tane, Aminte Thomann, Ivy Thomson, Émilie Trébuchet, Marie-Cécile Truc, Jean-Baptiste Barreau
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Scientific virtual reality as a research tool in prehistoric archaeology: the case of Atxurra Cave (northern Spain)

Antonio Torres, Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Olivia Rivero, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Martin Arriolabengoa, Juan Francisco Ruiz-López, Diego Garate
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