The study of three mounts from Vendel using laser scanning techniques and surface structure analysis

Abstract

An analysis of three mounts from the Vendel Period is carried out using laser scanning techniques and surface-structure analysis. The purpose of the study is to establish if a technical examination of this kind can provide new know-ledge about ornamental remains on damaged surfaces where other analysing methods have failed. The results of the study show that the technical examina-tion can detect remnants of what could be interpreted as ornament, even though the method in this particular case had little to contribute due to the state of the artefacts. With slightly better preserved artefacts surface-structure analysis us-ing laser scanning techniques could provide valuable and otherwise inaccessible information.