Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute www.archaeolandscapes.eu
Content
 Remote Sensing & Surveying for Cultural
Heritage Management
 Knowledge, Expertise and their Distribution
 ArchaeoLandscapes Europe Network
introduction

Landscape Archaeology & Invisible Sites
introduction–RSforCHM&research
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Beyond the Fascination of the Visible

The Archaeology Cliché

Archaeology Today

Geophysical Survey

Magnetometric Survey

Aerial Archaeology

Satellite Imagery

Satellite Imagery - Google Earth

LiDAR /Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS)

Visualisation – Public outreach & Lobby
Building

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 nor want the real data and even if so, many
archaeologists wouldn’t be able to deal with that
 Using only PDF reports and neglecting raw and metadata is
simply waisting the potential of RS!
 DON‘T BURN YOUR MONEY!
knowledge,expertise&distribution

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
knowledge,expertise&distribution

• 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
ArchaeoLandscapesnetwork

ArchaeoLandscapes EuropeArchaeoLandscapes Europe
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, Pozna (PL)ń
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)
...
61 Project Partner from all over Europe and Beyond

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

Addressing Laymen and Experts
 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)
 Flyer, sticker
 Newspaper, radio & TV interviews
 Technical Workshops: LiDAR, Aerial Archaeology, Geophysics, Satellite
Imagery, UAV, Integrated Data Analyses, …
 Aerial Archaeology Training Schools
 Final International Conference (2015 Frankfurt)
 Symposia, Workshops, Meetings, Conference Sessions, ...
 Publications (2 Monographs, Flyer, Conference Papers, Best Practices
Guides, ...)
 Grants for Students and Young Researchers to participate in Workshops,
Schools and Conferences
 Website http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu (the site will be updated continuously
during the 3 coming years of the project)

 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)
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

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

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
 Conferences:
 Dublin/IE 2013
 Frankfurt/DE 2015
 Travelling exhibition:
 starting in Dublin/IE in 2013, other places in Europe and beyond will
follow

Resume
• 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.

Future
• Europe shares the same problems with the rest of
the world so the solutions should work world-wide!
• And there is of course also knowledge and
experience available all over the world!
• Why not broaden the network beyond Europe‘s
boarder after 2015?
• Why not search for solutions world-wide?
• Why not collaborate world-wide?

posluschny@rgk.dainst.de
Thank you very much for your attention!
If you want to know more
about the project and the
various (future) activities,
opportunities and so on,
visit our website
www.archaeolandscapes.eu

Computer Applications & Quantitative
Methods in Archaeology (CAA)
Annual Conference 2013
Perth/AU, 25 – 28 March
http://www.caa2013.org

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