Surface scanning of palaeolithic objects has the potential to substitute drawings as medium for scientific information transfer. Within the scientific community drawings are the most frequent medium of information transfer. Photos are used mainly to present objects to a broad public. The cost/performance ratio for drawings is therefore better than for photography. To visualize all scientific relevant features of an object in just one shot is not possible. Taking a picture of a palaeolithic object is obviously even more difficult than to make a drawing. Although creating a drawing is very time consuming and requires training, until now it has not been replaced by photography. Teaching drawing techniques is even integrated into the educational program at university level. These drawings are an indispensable part of scientific research and methodology. Documentation and publication of palaeolithic objects such as lithic artefacts, bone tools or mobile art is done since decades mainly by drawings.
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