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Archaeologist (FSA) specialising in 3D recording and surface enhancement. Working with rock art, inscriptions, and decorated objects. Digital problem-solver and developer of techniques.

Also: traditions and customs, folklore, mandolin player, trad music, audio restoration, synthesisers, e-Estonian 🇪🇪

Based in Cornwall, UK.

#3Dscanning #rockart #enhancement

#archaeology #archaeologist #digitalarchaeology #3Dscanning #3Dcapture #AI #folklore #folkmusic #mandolin

About mehttps://tom.goskar.com/about
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Ah. So it happened. One of the longest-lived apps I’ve used is now gone. I’ll use the web version to check in on a few people from time-to-time but only as replies.
This morning I went cup mark searching with Penwith Landscape Partnership here in the far west of Cornwall (UK). We found two fantastic cup marks in just 3 hours around the Bosigran and Rosemergy areas, one of which I was fortunate enough to spot. It’s a remarkable landscape, and I’m hoping that we’ll make it better known in the field of Atlantic rock art studies. #rockart #Cornwall #archaeology
It’s a good time for rock art in Cornwall. Often (mainly) overlooked, we’re discovering new sites quite regularly now. Here’s one I found last year that’s now on the HER (https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO64890&resourceID=1020) but not yet published (I’m a freelancer - it’s tough to get funding to do a proper job). An earthfast boulder with a row of modern drill holes and covered in eroded cup marks and some linear features. 3D model: https://skfb.ly/oALBN
Heritage Gateway - Results

And here’s the stone a few weeks ago. It’s a rare thing for a site to change so dramatically!
I went to record a cup-marked stone this morning. It’s usually underwater in a reservoir, but the drought this summer had so drained it that the stone was completely exposed. First time since it was discovered in 2010. A quick grant application turned around quickly by Cornwall Archaeological Society and I was ready to go. But so was the weather.
When I arrived the stone was almost completely submerged. Good news for our water supply, bad news for Cornish rock art studies!
#rockart #prehistory