Warsaw archaeologists in the footsteps of Jules Verne
Archaeologists scan the surrounding area of the cave, photo by M. Bura
3D scan of the interior of the Cave of Songs (Icl. Songhellir), located in western Iceland on the slopes of the volcano Snaefellsnes, has been made by the expedition of 3D Scanners Laboratory of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The place is described in detail in the classic Jules Verne\'s novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
The volcano is located in the Snæfellsjökull National Park, located on the Snaefellsnes peninsula. The park was created in 2001 to protect the unique landscape, rare plants, animals, and most of all the archaeological sites located around the mountain.
The Cave of Songs documented by archaeologists is extremely interesting for scientists not only because of its extraordinary acoustic properties, but mainly due to various inscriptions engraved on its walls, the oldest made in the fifteenth century. Among them are runic characters.
"With the 3D scan it will now be possible to inventory and analyse these inscriptions, which has not been done to date - told PAP Marta Bura, head of the 3D Scanners Laboratory. - We hope, and have assurances of our Icelandic partners, that this is not a one-off project, and this cooperation will continue."
The Poles did not stop at documenting the cave. Using a Leica laser scanner they also documented the remains of the fishing village shelters and traces of the keel, probably left by fishing vessels from the fifteenth-century settlement in Gufuskalar.
The Poles were invited to this project by the local Institute of Archaeology, as the 3D Scanners Laboratory achievements with documentation of rock engravings on Bornholm are well known.
3D Scanners Laboratory IA UW is part of the newly established Laboratory of Digital Arts at the University of Warsaw. It is the largest and most comprehensive academic unit of Poland, dedicated to documenting monuments of various sizes, from less than 1 cm artefacts, through sculptures, to monuments of architecture. The use of laser scanner to document rock engravings is a pioneering Polish solution.
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