Abstract
This research presents a virtual tour performed on the oppidum of Ulaca, one of the most relevant archaeological sites of the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Iron Age (ca. 400–50 BC). Beyond the clear benefits of the tool to the interpretation, dissemination, and knowledge of the mentioned archaeological site and its surroundings, the novelty of this research is the implementation of the platform in alternative scenarios and purposes. In this way, the present work verifies how the access to multi-source and spatially geolocated information in the same tool (working as a geospatial database) allows the promotion of cross-sectional investigations in which different specialists intervene. This peculiarity is also considered useful to promote tourism with an interest beyond the purely historical/archaeological side. Likewise, the possibility of storing and managing a large amount of information in different formats facilitates the investigation in the contexts of excavations and archaeological or environmental works. In this sense, the use of this kind of tool for the study of cultural landscapes is especially novel. In order to better contextualize the potential of the virtual tour presented here, an analysis about the challenges and possibilities of implementing this tool in environments such as the Ulaca oppidum is performed. The selected site stands out for: (i) being in a unique geological, environmental and ecological context, allowing us to appreciate how human beings have modified the landscape over time; (ii) presenting numerous visible archaeological remains with certain conservation problems; and (iii) not having easy access for visitors.
Highlights
Territory has progressively assimilated its condition as heritage resource in recent decades [1,2], leading to a rapprochement between territorial and heritage assessments and interpretations
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In this work a virtual tour made on the Ulaca oppidum, ULACA VIRTUAL TOUR, is presented
Summary
Territory has progressively assimilated its condition as heritage resource in recent decades [1,2], leading to a rapprochement between territorial and heritage assessments and interpretations. Territorial heritage integrates environmental, cultural, social, and economic functions, in which tourism activity has gained special prominence in recent years, and especially, in inland or natural territories, as a consequence of the pandemic generated by COVID-19. Troitiño [9] pointed out that the organization and management of heritage territories, considering the uniqueness of the territories in which they were located, must be capable of channeling new functionalities, such as tourism, leisure, cultural, landscape or environmental activities, as well as assigning them a clear and differentiated role in current urban and territorial structures. It is time to face the potentialities, problems, effects, and consequences related to the valorization of heritage, calling for a heritage planning and management of the territory that offers a transversal, dynamic, and integrating vision [10], and that considers the social, cultural, economic, environmental, and functional dimensions [11]. It is required to overcome a plan focused, in some cases, on the passive protection of heritage and, in others, on the promotion or design of “tourist territories” that mask a real estate overproduction or speculative processes [12]
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