networking remote sensing

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ArchaeoLandscapes Europe

Networking Remote Sensing in Archaeology: Fostering Methods and Knowledge in Europe and Beyond

---From International Associations Scattering

Towards Globalization

Dr. Axel G. Posluschny M.A.


Roman-Germanic Commission of the

German Archaeological Institute

Palmengartenstr. 10-12

D-60325 Frankfurt

[email protected]

Content

• Remote Sensing & Surveying for Cultural Heritage Management

• Knowledge, Expertise and their Distribution

• ArchaeoLandscapes Europe Network


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Landscape Archaeology & Invisible Sites



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Beyond the Fascination of the Visible



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Beyond the Meaning of the Visible



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Cowley et al. 2010

Non-invasive Methods for Research



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Visualisation – Public outreach & Lobby Building



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RS Data & Visualisations for the Public



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Expert Knowledge

• Remote Sensing needs expert knowledge

• RS is more than just pushing buttons

• RS is more than buying data or even worse, their interpretation

• Archaeologists often pay (technical) experts to do remote sensing for them

• What they get as a result/product is often a filtered interpretation, based on the technicians experience

• They don’t get the real data and even if so, many archaeologists wouldn’t be able to deal with that



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Knowledge and its Spread

• Expert knowledge about RS is not evenly distributed amongst

archaeologists in Europe, nor world-wide

• Acquiring RS data as well as dealing with that data in a sufficient

way is not being taught with the same intensity and on a regular

basis at universities all over Europe

• There is still a lack of education in these methods in many parts of

Europe and also in the rest of the world



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Roman-Germanic Commission

• Agreement Number: 2010-1486• Start: 15th September 2010• End: 14th September 2015• EU Advancement: 2,5 Mio €• Total Budget: 5 Mio €• Partner Institutions: 61(at present)• Project Leadership: Roman-Germanic Commission of

the German Archaeological Institute

ArchaeoLandscape Europe is supported by the EU within the framework of the Culture 2007-2013 programme

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Coordinator/Project Leader 1. Roman-Germanic Commission, German Archaeological Institut (DE)

Co-organisers:1. In Flanders Fields Museum, Belgium (BE)2. Cyprus Research and Education Foundation (STARC) (CY)3. Holstebro Museum (DK)4. State Heritage Service Baden-Württemberg (DE)5. Institute for Mediterranean Studies (FORTH) (GR)6. Baranya County Museum Authority (HU)7. Institute of Archaeology (IS)8. Discovery Programme (IE)9. University College Dublin (IE)10. University of Foggia (IT)11. University of Salento (LabTAF), Lecce (IT)12. University of Siena (LAP&T) (IT)13. University of Klaipeda (LT) 14. University of Leiden (NL)15. Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) (NO)16. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (PL)17. Institute for Cultural Memory (CIMEC) (RO) 18. Institute of Archaeology (RS)19. Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)20. Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) (SI) 21. University of Ljubljana (SI)22. Instituto de Estudos Galeos Padre Sarmiento (ES)23. English Heritage (UK)24. University of Exeter (UK)25. University of Glasgow (UK)26. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

(UK)

Associated Partners:1. University of Vienna (AT)2. University of West Bohemia (CZ)

3. Estonian Heritage Society (EE)4. Aalto University School of Science and Technology (FI)5. National Museum of the Faroe Islands (FO)6. Université de Franche Comté (FR)7. University of Applied Sciences - i3mainz (DE)8. University of Bamberg (DE)9. University of Frankfurt (DE)10. Aerial Archaeology Research Group (international)11. Culture Lab - International Cultural Expertise (BE)12. Dutch Expertise Centre for Archaeological Remote Sensing (NL/BE)13. Dundalk Institute of Technology (IE)14. Latvian Academy of Culture (LV)15. University of Granada (ES)16. University of Uppsala (SE)17. University of Ulster (IE)18. Landscape & Geophysical Services (IE)19. Macquarie University, NSW (AU)20. The DART Project - University of Leeds (UK)21. Leuven University (BE)22. Department of Earth and Environment of the Italian National

Research Council (IT)23. University of Zagreb (HR)24. VU Amsterdam (NL)25. Moesgaard Museum (DK)26. The Rathcroghan Heritage Centre (IE)27. The Landscape Research Centre (UK)28. Polytechnic Institute of Tomar University (PT)29. ArchaeoPhysica (UK)30. University of Bologna (IT)31. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)32. Szczecin University - Institute of History and International Relations,

Department of Archaeology (PL)33. University of California, Merced (USA)34. Cyprus University of Technology (CY)

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61 Project Partner from all over Europe and Beyond

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Project Aims

• "To increase public appreciation, understanding and conservation .....

– of the landscape and archaeological heritage – of Europe ....

– through the application and international sharing of skills and experience ....

• in airborne and other forms of remote sensing"

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A busy 5-year Programme ...

• Create a self-supporting ArchaeoLandscapes Network Europe

• Communicate the value of aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape studies

• Promote the pan-European exchange of people, skills and experience

• Enhance teaching in aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape studies

• Exploit existing air-photo archives more effectively

• Support aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape exploration

• Explore laser, satellite and other forms of remote sensing to a larger extent

• Provide technical guidance and advice on best practice

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Networking and Collaborating

• Building a network of experts

• Teaching with workshops & schools

• Sharing knowledge via publications, website and exchange

visits

• Supporting students & young scholars

• Raising awareness for both the archaeological experts and

the laymen



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Addressing the Archaeological Community

• Technical Workshops: LiDAR, Aerial Archaeology, Geophysics, Satellite

Imagery, UAV, Integrated Data Analyses, …

• Aerial Archaeology Training Schools

• 2 International Conferences (2013 Dublin, 2015 Frankfurt)

• Symposia, Workshops, Meetings, Conference Sessions, ...

• Publications (2 Monographs, Flyer, Conference Papers, Best Practices

Guides, ...)

• Website http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu (the site will be updated

continuously during the 3 coming years of the project)

• Grants for Students and Young Researchers to participate in Workshops,

Schools and Conferences



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Addressing the Public

• Travelling exhibition, starting on 8th May 2013 in Dublin• Conference about RS & Community Archaeology as a

starting event for the travelling exhibition (8th – 11th May 2013 in Dublin)

• Website http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu (the site will be updated continuously during the 3 coming years of the project)

• Flyer, sticker



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Addressing the Public

• Newspaper, radio & TV interviews:• Spiegel Online: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/remote-

scanning-techniques-revolutionize-archaeology-a-846793.html - copied or used as the basis for other articles:

• http://videnskab.dk/teknologi/flyvende-lasere-afslorer-begravede-fortidsminder (DK)

• http://www.niburu.nl/archeologie/vliegende-lasers-sporen-ondergrondse-bouwwerken-op.html (NL)

• Politiken (DK)

• http://nachrichten.t-online.de/fliegender-laser-verraet-verschuettete-bauten/id_58398140/index (DE)

• http://yle.fi/radio1/kulttuuri/kultakuume/ => Kun hakku ja lapio eivät enää riitä (FI)

• Planned: TV documentaries about RS in archaeology



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Previous Activities

• Technical Workshops:• Bibracte/FR – LiDAR• Slane/IE – Geophysics, kite photography, data integration• Poznan/PL – satellite & aerial images• Klaipeda/LT – geophysics• Ljubljana/SL – 3D data• Rethymno/GR – geophysics, satellite & aerial images

• Aerial Archaeology Training Schools:• Kostolac/RS• Velling/DK• Merida/ES• Pilsen/CZ• Kocaeli/TR



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Previous Activities

• Symposia, Workshops, Meetings, Conference Sessions:• CAA 2012, Southampton – ArcLand session• EAA 2011, Oslo – ArcLand session• EAA 2012, Helsinki – ArcLand session• UNESCO Best Practice Conference 2012, Menorca – 3 ArcLand

related papers• ESOF – European Science Open Forum 2012, Dublin – ArcLand

session• …

• Publications (2 Monographs in print, Flyer, Conference Papers)



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Previous Activities

• Grants for Students and Young Researchers to participate in Workshops, Schools and Conferences

• 43 grants have been paid from ArcLand:• 19 for aerial archaeological training schools• 16 for technical workshops• 6 exchange visits / mobility grants• 2 conference grants



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Future Activities

• Technical Workshops:• Belgrade/RS – Archiving questions• Bamberg/DE – Airphoto interpretation• Rathcroghan/IE – Geophysics, LiDAR, data integration• Esslingen/DE – LiDAR• Montferrand/FR – LiDAR

• Aerial Archaeology Training Schools:• Leuven/BE• Pecs/HU



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Measuring Impact (?)

• Webpage hits – estimated number of visits until the end of the project: 15,000

• number of visits by September 2012: 20,600 !!!



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2 main peaks:•start of the Facebook page in January•Spiegel Online article in late July

Measuring Distribution



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• Knowing that the use of all modern RS techniques and methods need skill, expertise and experience and being aware of the fact that these factors are not evenly distributed all over Europe (as well as in the rest of the world), the ArchaeoLandscapes Europe project, supported by the EU Culture 2007–2013 programme, aims for a better understanding and a more excessive use of modern archaeological surveying techniques as well as for an exchange of people, working in these fields, their expertise and of new ideas.

• Moreover, we think that involving the public in various ways is an important aspect of our work, fostering an understanding as well as public support for archaeological remote sensing.


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Further information

If you want to know more about the project and the various (future) activities, opportunities and

so on, visit our website

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