Inferring the Routes of Prehistoric Humans

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dc.contributor.authorRahary, Adrien Ramananaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLorre-Guidt, Mylèneen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrégoire, Sophieen_US
dc.contributor.authorCani, Marie-Pauleen_US
dc.contributor.editorBucciero, Albertoen_US
dc.contributor.editorFanini, Brunoen_US
dc.contributor.editorGraf, Holgeren_US
dc.contributor.editorPescarin, Sofiaen_US
dc.contributor.editorRizvic, Selmaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-02T07:44:35Z
dc.date.available2023-09-02T07:44:35Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractPrehistoric research is in high demand for 3D simulation to help validate hypotheses and enrich knowledge. While previous multidisciplinary studies focused on the reconstruction of ecosystems around excavation sites, this work takes up a new issue: deducing and visualizing the routes and the time taken by the hominids to reach the places where they harvested their resources, based on field data about raw material sources, the paleoclimate, and the surrounding ecosystem. We rely on the energy consumption of a simplified version of a walking character to compute the most likely locomotion speed and the best routes between input sites of interest, while taking into account local slopes, ground types and the presence of vegetation along the way. We show that this approach allows to evaluate the duration of the typical journeys of Homo heidelbergensis staying at the Caune de l'Arago (France) to collect lithic raw materials and to hunt - allowing archaeologists to deepen their knowledge of economic and territorial practices to the Lower Paleolithic and the Acheulean culture, 500,000 years ago.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersSimulation in CH
dc.description.seriesinformationEurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/gch.20231165
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-217-2
dc.identifier.issn2312-6124
dc.identifier.pages103-107
dc.identifier.pages5 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/gch.20231165
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/gch20231165
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCCS Concepts: Computing methodologies → Computer Graphics; Animation; Physical simulation
dc.subjectComputing methodologies → Computer Graphics
dc.subjectAnimation
dc.subjectPhysical simulation
dc.titleInferring the Routes of Prehistoric Humansen_US
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