Rock Art Research

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2005)
Published : Nov 9, 2005

NON-INVASIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECORDINGOF ABORIGINAL ROCK ART USING COST-EFFECTIVEDIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY

J. H. Chandler (1), J. G. Fryer (2), H. T. Kniest (3)

(1) Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
(2) School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
(3) School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
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Abstract

Inexpensive digital cameras combined with appropriate and accessible photogrammetricsoftware are now capable of generating accurate and dense three-dimensional records of rock artusing automated methods. This paper describes the development of a system of recording rock art thatis portable, inexpensive, non-invasive and does not require extensive photogrammetric expertise. Theeffectiveness of the approach is demonstrated for two petroglyphs in New South Wales, Australia;results are presented and accuracies assessed.