Virtual Archaeology Review

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The Virtual Archaeology Review (VAR) is an international web-based, open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is a mix of arts and engineering that research on the new field of virtual archaeology. The journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing works by scholars in the fields of conservation, documentation, 3D surveying, computer science, dissemination, gaming and other similar disciplines related to heritage and archaeology.

VAR targets archaeologists, information scientists, engineers, art historians, restorers, architects and professionals linked with the use of new technologies in the field of archaeological heritage. Full original research articles are welcomed. Since March 2016, it is published biannually mainly in English, although Spanish is also accepted.

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Vol. 17 No. 34 (2026)

Published: 2026-01-16

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Investigations of non-visible features in archaeological sites: testing aerial remote sensing with UAV in Pompeii

Valentina Santoro, Zhiguo Wu, Giacomo Patrucco, Antonia Spanò
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A face from the pre-Columbian Caribbean: methodological pipeline for 3D facial approximation of an individual with intentional cranial modification

Gizeh Rangel-de Lazaro, Naomi González, Adrián Martínez-Fernández, Armando Rangel-Rivero, Alfonso Benito-Calvo
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From scientific research to digital reconstruction: integration of historical documentation and VR experiences in Gerri de la Sal Project

Oriol Dinarès Cabrerizo, Eloi Carola, Xavier Costa Badia, Jan Vallès, Aroa Yagüe, Xavier Mir Pellicer, Guillem Puras, Oriol Ferrer, Òscar Gratacós, Gonzalo Rivas, Albert Sellés, José Antonio Muñiz, Pablo Santolaria, Marco De Matteis, Josep Antoni Muñoz
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Self-adaptive colour calibration pipeline for deep underwater image restoration: a reference-based evaluation

Marinos Vlachos, Dimitrios Skarlatos, Stella Demesticha
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Visibility and spatial organization in the prehistoric rock-cut tomb necropolis of Menorca

Sonia Carbonell Pastor
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Digital betrayals: "translating" the ancient drawings of the Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Rosa

Damiano Aiello, Jesse Rafeiro, Ana Tomé
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3D historical reconstruction and digital dissemination of endangered architectural heritage: the case of the Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Risco (Amavida, Ávila)

Sergio Jiménez Zazo, Paula Villanueva Llauradó, Luis Javier Sánchez-Aparicio, Miguel Ángel Maté-González
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Digital technologies for a comprehensive archaeology: the virtual recreation of the domus del Bailio of Colonia Patricia Corduba

Alberto Villarejo de Torres, Gonzalo Castillo Alcántara, Alejandro Muñiz García
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Extended reality and informative models for the architectural heritage: from scan-to-BIM process to virtual and augmented reality

Fabrizio Banfi, Raffaella Brumana, Chiara Stanga
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HBIM, 3D drawing and virtual reality for archaeological sites and ancient ruins

Fabrizio Banfi
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Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms

Erik Champion, Hafizur Rahaman
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Virtual assessment of a possible meningioma in a Roman-period cranium

Daniel Rodríguez-Iglesias, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Pilar Fernández-Colón, Adrián Pablos, Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño, Nohemi Sala
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Spatial and hydrological analysis of the water supply system in as-Sila'/Sela (Tafila, Jordan) based on a 3D model

Roser Marsal, Jesús García-Carpallo
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Archeohandi: protocol for a national disabilities database in archaeology in France

Rozenn Colleter, Valérie Delattre, Cyrille Le Forestier, Alex Baiet, Philippe Blanchard, Fanny Chenal, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Stéphanie Desbrosse-Degobertière, Sylvie Duchesne, Cécile Durin, Jean-Luc Gisclon, Noémie Gryspeirt, Fanny La Rocca, Raphaëlle Lefebvre, Jérôme Livet, Cécile Paresys, Mikaël Rouzic, Isabelle Souquet, Florence Tane, Aminte Thomann, Ivy Thomson, Émilie Trébuchet, Marie-Cécile Truc, Jean-Baptiste Barreau
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Scientific virtual reality as a research tool in prehistoric archaeology: the case of Atxurra Cave (northern Spain)

Antonio Torres, Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Olivia Rivero, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Martin Arriolabengoa, Juan Francisco Ruiz-López, Diego Garate
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Graphic reconstruction of a vanished architectural heritage: The “Puerta de la Carne” in Seville

Antonio Gámiz-Gordo, Daniel Antón, Pedro Barrero-Ortega
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