5Visualization of Archaeological Structure Data with Astronomical Objects
Kazuhiro Sekiguchi and Hiroyuki Takata
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extensos de estructuras arqueológicas tridimensionales (3D) combinados con los datos de posición deobjetos astronómicos. La visualización de objetos astronómicos en el cielo y sus posiciones con respecto
a las estructuras arqueológicas proporcionará información sobre los conceptos espaciales empleados
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de las civilizaciones. La visualización nos permite comprender cómo la gente de civilizaciones antiguas
veía los objetos astronómicos y explorar sus desarrollos conceptuales del espacio y el mundo. Primeroexaminaremos las herramientas y la tecnología disponibles en la actualidad y luego consideraremos qué
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