The virtual restitution of the mesoamerican site of Cacaxtla: a methodological point of view

Geneviéve Lucet

«Archeologia e Calcolatori» 1997, 8, 129-138

Abstract

Besides allowing the visualisation of architecture from the past through the use of images, either virtual or real, virtual restitution in architecture implies the use of analytical methodologies that serve the purpose of a better understanding of architectural space as well as its genesis. The restitution contributes both to the process of building an appropriate tridimensional model adequate for multiple uses, and to the output of new information as the restitution process develops. In the present work, the applied methodological approach is discussed in relation to a virtual restitution of the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Cacaxtla leading to an idealisation of its original condition.

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