História e Arqueologia

Until today, there is no research dedicated to studying the Fatimid-Andalusi relationship. Most of the studies that deal with the subject, either they were in the scope of archaeology, archaeometry, art history or history, are specific and limited to one material or a particular site. This dissertation presents a comprehensive study of all the Fatimid materials found in the Iberian Peninsula and their influences during the Xth-XIIth centuries. It collects all the results from the different academic references to build a database to be analysed according to the geographical distribution, the chronology and the amounts. Furthermore, the analysis results are compared with the historical facts to see their rapprochement to the Fatimid-Andalusi relationships.

This paper focuses on the optimization of the electric energy production by photovoltaic cells through the development of an intelligent sun-tracking system. The developed tracking system is innovative in relation to the usual sun tracking systems available in the market. In fact, the developed solution has many advantages in relation to similar existing devices, as this system is autonomous regarding the information needed to process the optimal orientation and is intelligent in a way that it performs on-line monitoring of the photovoltaic energy production. An experimental prototype was built and field results have proven the good performance of the developed tracking system.

Conclusões do Colóquio “Portugal: Qual o Lugar do Património Industrial e Técnico”, que decorreu no Museu Arqueológico do Carmo, em Lisboa, em Outubro do ano passado.
O documento digital completo pode ser consultado na página da APAI (http://apaiassociacao.wixsite.com/apai/documentao) e em https://falardepatrimonio.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/coloquio-portugal-qual-o-lugar-do-patrimonio-industrial-e-tecnico/.

The use of world-simulation videogames for cultural heritage (CH) communication presents one of the greatest opportunities for engaging people with the safeguarding of cultural resources. However, not all simulation videogames have the capacity to transmit heritage values efficiently. This article reviews the use of serious and commercial videogames in CH to frame and properly identify characteristics for the selection and assessment of videogames in the context of cultural communication. Based on the analysis of the capacities of videogames to motivate, immerse and represent reality, the videogame Minecraft is identified as one of the optimal solutions to represent and promote engagement with the cultural built environment. As such, the authors assessed the capacity of the videogame Minecraft to be used as an efficient tool to communicate built heritage environments, considering identified criteria on immersion, motivation, and fidelity on simulation.

Las fábricas, que son las estructuras más representativas de la sociedad industrial, han sido modificadas, reconstruidas y ampliadas en innumerables ocasiones a lo largo de su historia, debido a su carácter funcional y adaptativo. Las huellas de estos cambios reflejan las decisiones de los propietarios, los nuevos valores estéticos, o la evolución tecnológica.Los ejemplares que han sobrevivido hasta nuestros días están profundamente amenazados, como consecuencia de la falta de comprensión de los valores de este patrimonio y de la vorágine de renovación urbana actual. Pero este patrimonio, comúnmente infravalorado en la gestión del territorio, contiene historias y conocimientos que, para estar al servicio de la sociedad actual, requieren un estudio y registro sistemático, atento y urgente.Este artículo propone, por tanto, un análisis de la contribución de las herramientas de la arqueología de la arquitectura en los trabajos de arqueología industrial, para la comprensión de las profun...