Views of Carnac: Applications of Visibility Analysis and Dynamic Visualisation for Understanding the Neolithic Monuments of Southern Brittany

Roughley, C.; Shell, Colin

doi:10.11141/ia.16.8

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“…[11,14,21,22,33,40]). However, whilst VRML files can be made available over the Internet, the visual quality of such scenes is frequently poor compared to that of even the most basic PC or console video game.…”

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From abstract digital models to rich virtual environments: landscape contexts in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland

Winterbottom

Long

2006

Journal of Archaeological Science

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From abstract digital models to rich virtual environments: landscape contexts in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland

Winterbottom

Long

2006

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Visibility analyses have not yet been conducted on the megalithic sites in our study area. The few studies performed in Brittany (López‐Romero, 2008a, 2008b; Roughley & Shell, 2004) highlighted the role of intervisibility in the organisation of Neolithic landscapes (López‐Romero, 2008b).…”

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An interdisciplinary approach to Late/Final Neolithic coastal gallery graves in Brittany, Western France: The 3D structure, origin of stone material, and paleoenvironmental setting of the Kernic and Lerret monuments

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This article presents an interdisciplinary study of two Late/Final Neolithic gallery graves (Kernic and Lerret) located on the orthwestern coast of Brittany (Western France). These monuments show striking similarities in terms of architectural style and geographical position. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the construction strategy of these monuments by (i) determining the origin of the megalithic blocks using comparative petro‐structural analyses of blocks and surrounding rocks, (ii) reconstructing the coastal environment from sediment core analyses and (iii) defining the significance of these monuments in the territories from an intervisibility analysis. The study reveals marked differences between the two monuments studied. The Lerret gallery grave was erected close to a unique source of stone material on the margins of a marshland zone. In contrast, the Kernic monument, erected on the edge of an estuary, seems to have been built using a deliberate diversification of stone extraction sites. An intervisibility analysis shows a dense network of visual interconnections between a number of megalithic tombs present in the study area, where the two monuments occupy very distinct sites. The social implications of stone selection and the geographical location of Late/Final Neolithic funerary monuments are also discussed in an enlarged regional context.

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“…The collision of post-processual landscape studies with the practice of GIS and other digital visualization technologies stimulated a great burgeoning of applications that claimed to subvert or transcend the gaze (e.g. Cummings, 2000;Gillings and Goodrick, 1996;Mills, 2000;Roughley and Shell, 2004;Wheatley, 1996). This article asks where next for the critique of visuality and visualization in archaeology?…”

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The Uber Archaeologist

Wickstead

2009

Journal of Social Archaeology

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This article emerges from collaboration with visual artist Janet Hodgson on excavations around Stonehenge. Experiencing Hodgson at work led me to re-examine how archaeologists think about visuality, particularly in criticism of the male gaze. Ideas of the gaze have significantly influenced the directions taken in studies of landscape and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) over the last 15 years. In this article I expand on and develop theoretical debate surrounding the gaze, using Hodgson's practice to illustrate my argument. I argue for a renewed critique of the politics of vision and cartographic method that assimilates recent theoretical developments. I review accounts of the gaze, and discuss recent theories of knowledge as applied to mapping and GIS. I suggest that new theories have the potential to move the gaze critique towards further exploration of the contextual complexities of visualities. I use Hodgson's artistic projects at Stonehenge to illustrate this complexity.

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Views of Carnac: Applications of Visibility Analysis and Dynamic Visualisation for Understanding the Neolithic Monuments of Southern Brittany

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

From abstract digital models to rich virtual environments: landscape contexts in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland

From abstract digital models to rich virtual environments: landscape contexts in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland

An interdisciplinary approach to Late/Final Neolithic coastal gallery graves in Brittany, Western France: The 3D structure, origin of stone material, and paleoenvironmental setting of the Kernic and Lerret monuments

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