The ancient art of North Asia: modern possibilities of documentation, publication and data exchange
No. 2 (29) (2023), Eurasian Heritage
No. 2 (29) (2023)

The ancient art of North Asia: modern possibilities of documentation, publication and data exchange

Eurasian Heritage
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.02.001
Published 2023-06-30
Anna I. Pankina
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

eLibrary ID pankina1995b@mail.ru

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-4702

Tatyana E. Rostiazhenko
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

eLibrary ID miss.oldman2017@yandex.ru

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-8946

Abstract

The article is an overview of the largest information systems dedicated to the ancient art of North Asia. In recent decades, research teams in Russia and in other countries have created several projects aimed at documentation, publication and scientific exchange of materials about archaeological artifacts. The considered systems demonstrate a wide range of solutions with different technical capabilities that depend on the research tasks and the goals of an executive team. A review of existing projects allowed us to analyse the level of development of specialized tools (the ability to switch textures, tools for applying drawings to a model, a means of automatically applying a scale ruler, etc.), the capabilities and limitations of these systems, as well as further prospects for their development. The authors of the article identified a list of the most important criteria for information systems of rock art and portable art: the availability of detailed scientific descriptions of objects, bibliography, publication of photographs, virtual copies, drawings and textures with developed specialized tools for working with them, as well as geographical reference of sites on an interactive online map.

https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.02.001

Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 23-28-00140 “Man in the archaic art of Northern Eurasia: a paradigm shift” (https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-00140/).

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