Books by Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez
Mayoral Herrera, Victorino, César Parcero-Oubiña y Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez. Eds. 2017. Archaeology and Geomatics. Harvesting 10 years of training in the Iberian Peninsula (2006-2015). Amsterdam: Sidestone Press., 2017
Digital technologies have numerous applications in archaeology ranging from the documentation... more Digital technologies have numerous applications in archaeology ranging from the documentation of the archaeological evidence and the analysis of research data to the presentation of results for a wider audience. This volume consists of various studies on the use of methods such as LiDAR (light detection and ranging), archaeological prospection, visibility, mobility and the analysis of the spatial distribution of archaeological objects, applied in various contexts. The case studies vary widely and include the Late Pleistocene in the Northern Iberian Peninsula, the Roman Republican period in Southern Italy, the Formative period in the Andes and the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War.
In 2005 a (then) pioneering postgraduate course on the applicability of digital geospatial technologies for archaeology was launched in Spain. Quite unexpectedly, the course has been alive annually for more than 10 years so far, having trained around 300 young archaeologists from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America in the critical use of nowadays popular tools such as GIS, GPS, remote sensing and LiDAR for the documentation and analysis of the archaeological record.
To commemorate the first 10 years of the course, a conference was organized in Mérida (Spain) in October 2015. Former students were invited to present and discuss their research in which these technologies were used intensively; this edited book is a selection of those contributions. Through a series of widely varying case-studies, both technically sophisticated and theoretically informed applications of such digital technologies are presented.
All the contributors are young researchers, either young doctors or doctorate students, coming from fairly varied archaeological contexts and approaches.
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ANAINA. Serie electrónica de monografías didácticas y de divilgación. Incipit CSIC, 2017
Two years ago, the Incipit designed and organized an exhibition, entitled “Diverse: Archaeology f... more Two years ago, the Incipit designed and organized an exhibition, entitled “Diverse: Archaeology from Incipit beyond Europe”. This exhibition was based on different archaeological and ethnoarchaeological projects carried out by the Incipit around the world. The common elements in all of these projects were, and still are, a community perspective and a sense of scientific practice as being inseparable from political work with citizens everywhere, along with the aim of making this perspective visible to our own community.
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This work consists firstly of a theoretical-methodological proposal for the analysis of settlemen... more This work consists firstly of a theoretical-methodological proposal for the analysis of settlement and territorial organization in the Iron Age societies, in which two elements are basic: Landscape archaeology as the research strategy and Geographic Information Systems as the essential tool for analysis. Secondly, the proposal is practically developed through the analysis of Iron Age settlements in the region of Ortegal, located in the far North side of Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula).
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Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez & Felipe Criado-Boado (eds.).A diversidade cultural é un reto para a inves... more Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez & Felipe Criado-Boado (eds.).A diversidade cultural é un reto para a investigación, tanto como para a convivencia. O mellor coñecemento do que é diferente incrementa a nosa comprensión da realidade.-- Cultural diversity is a major challenge both for research and coexistence The deeper we know the difference, the better we understand reality.[GA] Hai dous anos, o Incipit deseñou e organizou unha mostra titulada “Diversa: Arqueoloxía dende o Incipit alén Europa”. Esta mostra nutríase de contidos procedentes de diferentes proxectos arqueolóxicos e etnoarqueolóxicos levados a cabo dende o Incipit alén Europa. Os elementos comúns a todos estes proxectos seguen a ser, unha perspectiva comunitaria e un sentido da práctica científica inseparables do traballo político coas comunidades de todo o mundo, amais de facer visible esta perspectiva á nosa propia comunidade.[EN] Two years ago, the Incipit designed and organized an exhibition, entitled “Diverse: Archaeology from...
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Este póster muestra una síntesis gráfica de los resultados obtenidos en el estudio de relaciones ... more Este póster muestra una síntesis gráfica de los resultados obtenidos en el estudio de relaciones entre redes de caminos, poblamiento y territorio, a partir de un diseño metodológico basado en el empleo de tecnologías SIG.
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ABSTRACT We present a Cultural Heritage data model built under the European INSPIRE Directive. Th... more ABSTRACT We present a Cultural Heritage data model built under the European INSPIRE Directive. This model extends the Data Specification on Protected Sites –one of the reference spatial data themes of the INSPIRE Annex I– through the development of cultural issues by means of new classes and attributes. The aim is to achieve an interoperable schema that allows organising and sharing georeferenced cultural heritage information via Spatial Data Infrastructures. This involves the use of standards and norms about several topics, such as geographical information, cultural heritage and document resources. The data model includes three parts: 1) a legal part about the administrative definition of protected sites, 2) a cultural part devoted to the description of the cultural entities that are subject of valuation and protection, and 3) a document part for the inclusion of information resources (texts, images and so on) about these cultural entities.
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Trabajo presentado en la 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, celebrada e... more Trabajo presentado en la 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, celebrada en Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico (Estados Unidos), del 10 al 14 de abril de 2019
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espanolSe presentan los resultados de la cuarta anualidad del proyecto. En esta anualidad se real... more espanolSe presentan los resultados de la cuarta anualidad del proyecto. En esta anualidad se realizaron dos campanas de trabajo de campo, una parcialmente con cargo a los fondos de la convocatoria Proyectos Arqueologicos en el Exterior del Ministerio de Cultura (en diciembre de 2013) y una previa (en julio de 2013) con cargo a fuentes de financiacion adicionales obtenidas. En estas campanas se ampliaron notablemente los logros alcanzados hasta entonces, de dos maneras. Por un lado, extendiendo los trabajos de documentacion de detalle de los espacios de riego y cultivo al entorno del sitio de Paniri. Por otro lado, abordando nuevas aproximaciones al registro domestico de los poblados de Turi y Topain, siguiendo metodologias como el Spatial Syntax Analysis. Adicionalmente, se realizo una documentacion fotogrametrica 3D de varios espacios a partir de imagenes aereas de baja altitud tomadas con un dron: el asentamiento de Topain al completo, una muestra representativa de 4 zonas de camp...
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Trabajo presentado en el XX Congreso Nacional de Arqueologia Argentina: 50 anos de arqueologias, ... more Trabajo presentado en el XX Congreso Nacional de Arqueologia Argentina: 50 anos de arqueologias, celebrado en Cordoba (Argentina), en julio de 2019
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Poster presentado en el Aerial Archaeology Research Group, AARG (The Past and Present from Aboye)... more Poster presentado en el Aerial Archaeology Research Group, AARG (The Past and Present from Aboye), celebrado en Amersfoor (Holanda) del 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2013.
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Este texto ilustra un ejemplo de la utilidad y aplicación de tecnologías no invasivas para docume... more Este texto ilustra un ejemplo de la utilidad y aplicación de tecnologías no invasivas para documentar, describir y comenzar a entender un conjunto de espacios de cultivo antiguos, de época prehispánica, situado en la periferia andina del norte chileno. Al contrario de lo que es habitual en las regiones templadas, donde la visibilidad del registro arqueológico suele ser pobre y poco clara, en este lugar a extrema sequedad del ambiente ha permitido una conservación excepcional de diferentes tipos de estructuras (campos de cultivo, canales de riego,…). Mediante una metodología de campo basada en el empleo de recursos y herramientas de coste relativamente bajo (imágenes de satélite de alta resolución, UAV y SIG) ha sido posible mapear y describir más de 5.500 estructuras en un tiempo de trabajo de campo que supone alrededor de 4 meses, divididos en varias campañas de 2-3 semanas. Pero además el proceso seguido nos ha permitido adquirir un cierto conocimiento acerca de cómo se pudo haber generado, transformado y abandonado este espacio, permitiéndonos proponer una serie de hipótesis relativas a los posibles cambios en las formas y escala de producción después de la ocupación incaica.
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espanolSe presentan los resultados de la anualidad 2014 del proyecto, cuando se realizaron dos ca... more espanolSe presentan los resultados de la anualidad 2014 del proyecto, cuando se realizaron dos campanas de trabajo de campo, una parcialmente con cargo a los fondos de la convocatoria Proyectos Arqueologicos en el Exterior del Ministerio de Cultura (en diciembre) y una previa (en julio) con cargo a fuentes de financiacion adicionales obtenidas. Siguiendo el plan de trabajo propuesto inicialmente, se realizaron cinco tipos de acciones en estas dos campanas: – Continuacion del programa de caracterizacion paleoambiental y paleoagricola de la zona. – Realizacion de una recoleccion por muestreo del material ceramico en los espacios de cultivo, para analizar la distribucion diferencial en superficie. – Continuacion de los trabajos de mapeo en superficie, especialmente centrados en la revision del espacio de asentamiento de Paniri. – Realizacion de sondeos en las areas de asentamiento de Topain, Paniri y Turi. – Documentacion fotogrametrica 3D del area de asentamiento completa de Turi a pa...
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espanolSe presentan los resultados de los trabajos realizados en el marco de este proyecto durant... more espanolSe presentan los resultados de los trabajos realizados en el marco de este proyecto durante el ano 2015, ultimo ano dentro de la convocatoria Proyectos Arqueologicos en el Exterior, del Ministerio de Cultura. A partir de los resultados de los anos anteriores, resumidos en distintas publicaciones dentro de esta misma serie, y del plan de trabajo propuesto inicialmente, se realizaron cuatro tipos de acciones esenciales. EnglishThis text summarizes the results of the fieldwork carried out in the year 2015 within the Project «Paisajes fortificados y agrarios en el altiplano andino». This is the last year that the project will be funded by the IPCE. Drawing from the results of the previous field seasons, which have been already summarized in different publications, the activity developed in 2015 was aimed at four main objectives.
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Poster presentado en el Aerial Archaeology Research Group, AARG (The Past and Present from Aboye)... more Poster presentado en el Aerial Archaeology Research Group, AARG (The Past and Present from Aboye), celebrado en Amersfoor (Holanda) del 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2013.
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This paper summarizes the results of the second field season of the project. The season took plac... more This paper summarizes the results of the second field season of the project. The season took place between the end of November and mid December 2011, and consisted of three main work packages. Firstly, the detailed documentation of those sections of the environs of the Topain settlement site that had been only sketchily documented in the 2010 season. To do that, a methodology was followed based on the documentation of the stratgraphic relationship between different sectors of channels and between them and other structures (cultivation terraces, huts, storage barns…). Secondly, the completion of some test pits in different points across the ample terraced area, aimed at documenting the internal stratigraphy of terraces and fields and at taking a series of samples to further analyze the processes of their construction and use. Thirdly, the inception of a systematic programme of environmental sampling across the whole area of study, mainly in the network of channels and in natural profiles, aimed at acquiring a detailed characterization of the sequence of natural and human-induced processes occurred in the area during the construction, use and abandonment of Topain and the cultivated spaces around.
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Books by Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez
In 2005 a (then) pioneering postgraduate course on the applicability of digital geospatial technologies for archaeology was launched in Spain. Quite unexpectedly, the course has been alive annually for more than 10 years so far, having trained around 300 young archaeologists from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America in the critical use of nowadays popular tools such as GIS, GPS, remote sensing and LiDAR for the documentation and analysis of the archaeological record.
To commemorate the first 10 years of the course, a conference was organized in Mérida (Spain) in October 2015. Former students were invited to present and discuss their research in which these technologies were used intensively; this edited book is a selection of those contributions. Through a series of widely varying case-studies, both technically sophisticated and theoretically informed applications of such digital technologies are presented.
All the contributors are young researchers, either young doctors or doctorate students, coming from fairly varied archaeological contexts and approaches.
Papers by Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez
In 2005 a (then) pioneering postgraduate course on the applicability of digital geospatial technologies for archaeology was launched in Spain. Quite unexpectedly, the course has been alive annually for more than 10 years so far, having trained around 300 young archaeologists from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America in the critical use of nowadays popular tools such as GIS, GPS, remote sensing and LiDAR for the documentation and analysis of the archaeological record.
To commemorate the first 10 years of the course, a conference was organized in Mérida (Spain) in October 2015. Former students were invited to present and discuss their research in which these technologies were used intensively; this edited book is a selection of those contributions. Through a series of widely varying case-studies, both technically sophisticated and theoretically informed applications of such digital technologies are presented.
All the contributors are young researchers, either young doctors or doctorate students, coming from fairly varied archaeological contexts and approaches.
season took place between the end of November and mid December 2011, and consisted
of three main work packages.
Firstly, the detailed documentation of those sections of the environs of the Topain settlement site
that had been only sketchily documented in the 2010 season. To do that, a methodology was
followed based on the documentation of the stratgraphic relationship between different sectors
of channels and between them and other structures (cultivation terraces, huts, storage barns…).
Secondly, the completion of some test pits in different points across the ample terraced area,
aimed at documenting the internal stratigraphy of terraces and fields and at taking a series
of samples to further analyze the processes of their construction and use.
Thirdly, the inception of a systematic programme of environmental sampling across the whole
area of study, mainly in the network of channels and in natural profiles, aimed at acquiring a detailed
characterization of the sequence of natural and human-induced processes occurred in the
area during the construction, use and abandonment of Topain and the cultivated spaces around.
of the project “Fortified Landscapes in the Andean Al23
Paisajes fortificados y agrarios en el Altiplano Andino
tiplano: the Pukara of Topaín”. The field season was
carried out between November and December 2010.
It consisted basically, as proposed in the project, in
the superficial documentation of the settlement site
of Topaín and its environs, including an exceptional
assembly of irrigation channels and cultivation fields.
Additionally, an extensive survey of the wider environment
was made, which allowed the definition of a
wider working area that includes other contemporary
sites that we will deal with in the next years.
Besides purely archaeological works, collaboration
with the local community was started this year,
and will be fostered in the incoming field seasons.
The aim of the project was the identification and 3D documentation of a series of structures in the surroundings of the hillfort that are thought to be related with ancient mining activities. The site is located within a dam, and is usually sunken. However, after a period of draught in the winter of 2011, a series of structures in bare rock were exposed that were in exceptional condition to be documented.
The poster presents the methodology and materials used for the documentation of those structures, together with an assessment of the quality of the results obtained and a cost-benefit balance.
A partir de este trabajo, se plantean algunas hipótesis relativas a su secuencia de formación y uso. En específico, por medio de un análisis formal constructivo de los elementos estructurales (canales y terrazas) y de las relaciones estratigráficas entre ellos, se plantea una secuencia hipotética acerca de la existencia de dos formas sucesivas de organización del espacio productivo en el lugar, una del PIT y la segunda de época incaica.
Junto con caracterizar estas dos modalidades, se discute el rol de los sistemas productivos agrícolas en las dinámicas sociales del período Intermedio Tardío y Tardío en el Loa Superior.
microtopographies, from the “simple” hillshading, which can be easily computed in any GIS software, to more complex ones like Local Relief Models (LRMs). LRMs is a relevant visualization technique that allow us to discriminate between positive and negative microtopographies at a local scale, representing real changes in elevation rather than calculations based on steepness and direction of slope or exposure to light. In
general terms, this procedure first calculates a trend DEM and then subtracts it from the original DEM, producing a LRM. In this study we present a Morphological Relief Model (MRM) which uses the quadric edge collapse decimation algorithm to produce a course mesh similar to the original model but free of small morphological details and thus improving the effects of smoothing filters that are normally used to calculate the trend DEM.
The main result has been the construction of a highly detailed and accurate map of a complex group of archaeological structures, which has been used since for the analysis and interpretation of the area, and also for the design of new fieldwork seasons.
The approach was initially based on a combination of visual interpretation of high resolution satellite images (GeoEye 1) and fieldwork for mapping the layout and shape of most of the elements (canals, groups of fields, settlement areas). For the accurate documentation of smaller or densely built areas, an SFM-based photogrammetry approach was carried out, based on the use of a low cost UAV (Dji Phantom) and a consumer-grade compact digital camera for the acquisition of low altitude aerial images that allowed the generation of 3D models and orthoimages of some areas. Finally, ground based photogrammetry was also used to capture and represent some elements in greater detail.
The main result has been the construction of a highly detailed and accurate map of a complex group of archaeological structures, which has been used since for the analysis and interpretation of the area, and also for the design of new fieldwork seasons.