3D scanning and digital processing used in the study of a Neolithic figurine

Abstract

At the lake settlement of Dispilio (sixth millennium B.C., W. Macedonia, Greece), two parts of a figurine were discovered with a difference of 10 years. The figurine’s importance, on an international level, due to its rare appearance, and its particularity that is due to the absence of the intermediary connective part imposed the metric documentation and the digital correlation of the two figurine parts. Using a Micro Laser Scanner, the parts were scanned and, after the digital processing of the 3D point clouds, its initial shape was digitally restored, triggering a new interdisciplinary discussion–study.