Faces of the Teouma Lapita People: Art, Accuracy and Facial Approximation

Susan Hayes, Frederique Valentin, Hallie R Buckley, Matthew Spriggs, Stuart Bedford

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    Abstract

    In 2008 we completed facial approximations of four individuals from the early Lapita Culture, a seafaring people who were the first to settle the islands of the Western Pacific circa 3000 years ago. Typically an approximation is performed as a 3D sculpture or using computer graphics. We chose to sketch what we have been able to determine from the remains because the artistic conventions of drawing work with visual perception in ways that are more complementary to the knowledge, theories and methods that make up the facial approximation of human remains.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)284-285
    JournalLeonardo: Art Science and Technology
    Volume42
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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