BIGAR workshop

New Frontiers in Digital Field Archaeology. Reshaping Practices through Digital Strategies. June 6th, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna, Aula Gambi

 Program 


First Session: Digital and Theoretical Archaeology 

Moderator: Andrea Augenti.

  • 9:30 - Roberto Balzani, (University of Bologna, Head of DiSCi), Welcome.

  • 9:40 - Nicolò Marchetti (University of Bologna, Coordinator of the Section of Archaeology at DiSCi), Opening Remarks.

  • 9:50 - Marco Cavalazzi (University of Bologna), Introduction to the workshop: “Digital Strategies and Field Archaeology. Methods and Theory”.

  • 10:10 - Andrea Augenti (University of Bologna), Introduction to the morning session.

  • 10:30 - Cristiano Putzolu (University of Bologna), “3D Survey of the Archaeological Evidence. Some Reflections about Scale, Accuracy, and Observation” (ONLINE).

  • 10:50 - Break.

  • 11:20 - Giacomo Landeschi (Lund University), “Challenging the Paradigms of Site Documentation. High-Definition vs Multi-Resolution Approaches”.

  • 11:40 - Tyler Johnson (University of Michigan), “3D Survey and the Digital Field-to-Publication Pipeline at the Gabii Project”.

  • 12:00 - Enrico Ferraris (Museo Egizio of Turin), “Conversing with Objects in the Post-Digital Age. A Museo Egizio Case Study”.

  • 12:20 - Discussion.

12:45 - Lunch Buffet.

 

Second Session: New Field Applications of Digital Archaeology
Moderator: Nicola Terrenato.

  • 14:30 - Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan), Introduction to the afternoon session: “Perspectives for the Digital Analysis of Complex Stratification”.

  • 14:50 - Giuseppe Guarino (University of Bologna), “The Impact of Digital Technologies on Field Survey. Is Our Approach to Archaeological Data Collection and Management Effective?”.

  • 15:10 - Alberto Urcia (Yale University) and Elisa Brener (3Delta Creative), “Digital Epigraphy and Beyond. Was Technology Able to Improve the Research on Egyptian Rock Art and Inscriptions?” (ONLINE).

  • 15:30 - Francesca Bindelli (University of Bologna), “Preliminary Study of the ‘Tappatino’ Area of Suasa through the Extended Matrix Framework. From Harris Matrix to Virtual Reconstruction”.

  • 15:50 - Maria Laura Leonardi, Daniel Oliveira, and Miguel Azenha (University of Minho), “HeritageBIM. Current Developments and Challenges” (ONLINE).

  • 16:10 - Break.

  • 16:40 - Final Roundtable.



Highlights