Archaia: Case Studies on Research Planning, Characterisation, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites (British Archaeological Reports International Series, 1877)

That field archaeological research and the conservation of ancient remains are inseparable actions is now a commonly shared opinion. However, in practice this consensus does not come with a check-list of shared protocols which can help in identifying the best possible solutions in each case. The ways of presenting a site to the public are often conceived a posteriori, after the completion of an archaeological project and without taking advantage of all the data produced by secondary studies and analysis of the excavated materials. Field archaeologists have long been confronted by these problems and this work is the result of a symposium on the topic, now known as the ARCHAIA project, held by group of colleagues from the Universities of Bologna, Copenhagen and Zadar, to which some other key speakers were added. This book contains the results of their joint efforts in highlighting what they think may be some of the most promising avenues for future practice and research. Contents: 1) ARCHAIA: from excavation strategies to archaeological parks (Nicolò Marchetti); 2) Protection of cultural property and archaeological heritage in the European Union and in Italy (legislation and recent case-law) (Guglielmo Cevolin); 3) Towards an international agenda for agreeing on a standard policy of preservation, presentation and management of archaeological sites and parks (Ingolf Thuesen); 4 Survey and technical analysis: a must for understanding monuments (Carla Maria Amici); 5) Image-based 3D recording and modelling of landscapes and large Cultural Heritage sites (Armin Gruen); 6) Multiscale integrated application of geomatic techniques for Cultural Heritage documentation (Gabriele Bitelli); 7) Precise global georeferencing of sites and geodetic techniques for morphological surveys within a common reference frame (Luca Vittuari); 8) Topographi cal field operations in mapping archaeological sites (Enrico Giorgi); 9) Some aspects of close-range photogrammetric surveys for Cultural Heritage documentation (Antonio Zanutta, Gabriele Bitelli); 10) Take a look, make a sketch and re-think it: surveying and 4D models for reconstructing archaeological sites (Moritz Kinzel); 11) Traces of the past: characterising material culture (Luisa Mazzeo Saracino); 12) A mineralogical-geochemical app roach to pottery characterisation (Vanna Minguzzi, Maria Carla Nannetti); 13) A systematic approach for the damage assessment of museum metals collections based on statistics and portable techniques: the case study of ancient Messene, Greece (M. Giannoulaki, V. Argyropoulos, T. Panou, G. Michalakakos, A.G. Karydas, V. Kantarelou, D. Anglos, A. Giakoumaki, V. Perdikatsis, C. Apostolaki, P. Themelis, S. Poulimenea); 14) Characterisation and documentation of material culture (particularly pottery) (Susanne Kerner); 15) Reconstructing hi story from material culture: the case of Etruscan Marzabotto (Elisabetta Govi)16) Material evidence as a vehicle for socio-cultural reconstruction (Alan Walmsley); 17) GIS archi ves for sites and their landscapes (Maurizio Cattani); 18) Semantic profiling to supp ort multi-view and multimodal interaction (Flavio De Paoli, Glauco Mantegari); 19) Computational intelligence in archaeology: the automatic production of knowledge (Juan A. Barceló); 20) Wireless networks in archaeology and Cultural Heritage (Massimo Ancona, Davide Conte, Donatella Pian, Sonia Pini, Gianluca Quercini, Antonella Traverso); 21) NADIR - The Archaeological Research Network of the Department of Archaeology, University of Bologna (Antonio Gottarelli); 22) An introduction to Bioarchaeology through a zooarchaeological perspective (Antonio Curci); 23) Bioarchaeology: the human skeleton as a hi storical source (Maria Giovanna Belcastro, Valentina Mariotti); 24) Faces from the past: the reconstruction of human physical appearance (Niels Lynnerup, Bjn Skaarup); 25) Palaeoenvironment and subsistence economy through the analysis of botanical macroremains (Marialetizia Carra); 26) The use of archaeobotanical assemblages in palaeoeconomic reconstructions (Mette Marie Hald); 27) An introduction to faunal remains and environmental studies: a mismatch or a match made in heaven? (Pernille Bangsgaard); 28) Conservation and presentation of historical European mining landscapes: the Rammelsberg and Goslar UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the North-Western Harz Mountains in Germany (Christoph Bartels); 29) Ten years of collaboration on cultural landscapes research (Almudena Orejas, María Ruiz del Árbol); 30) From archaeological parks to the enhancement of archaeological landscapes: new directions in Italian heritage management (Andrea Zifferero); 31) Environmental assessment of an archaeological site for the development of an archaeological park (Paola Rossi Pisa, Gabriele Bitelli, Marco Bittelli, Maria Speranza, Lucia Ferroni, Pietro Catizone, Marco Vignudelli); 32) Culture, context, communication: an essay on the museological depth of field (Tim Flohr Sensen); 33) Global climate change and archaeological heritage: prevision, impact and mapping (Cristina Sabbioni, Alessandra Bonazza, Palmira Messina); 34) The restoration and consolidation of archaeological sites and historical buildings. Science - research - technology (Pasquale Zaffaroni); 35) Modern approaches to archaeological conservation (Giovanna De Palma); 36) The policy for the conservation of the archaeological heritage in Turkey (Abdullah Kocapinar); 37) Low impact restoration techniques, coverings and fixed devices in an archaeological park: a case study at Tilmen Höyuek in Turkey (Stefano F. Musso); 38) Preservation and presentation of Neolithic sites: a case study at Shkarat Msaied, Southern Jordan (Moritz Kinzel); 39); Cultural Heritage management: the special case of the World Heritage Site of Petra (May Shaer); 40) The desert and the sown: Islamic cities as a paradigm for sites on the fringe? (Alan Walmsley); 41) The archaeological park and open-air museum at the Middle Bronze Age site of Montale (Modena, Italy) (Andrea Cardarelli, Ilaria Pulini); 42) Strategic management of enhancement projects on urban archaeological sites: the APEAR method (Anne Warnotte, Marianne Tinant, Pierre Hupet); 43) Understanding the historic urban fabric of towns: implications for archaeological research design and public archaeology (Ian Simpson); 44) Late antique mosaics and their archaeological context (Isabella Baldini); 45) Archaeology and its museums: from the excavation to multimedia dissemination (Maria Teresa Guaitoli); 46) The Croatian archaeological heritage: some introductory remarks (Nenad Cambi, Giuseppe Lepore); 47) The archaeological site of Burnum: research perspectives within a protected natural landscape (Igor Borzic); 48) Archaeological diagnostics experiences at Burnum (Federica Boschi, Alessandro Campedelli); 49) Critical approach to the exhibitions of the imperial cult in the Roman Illyricum with regard to its early stage of development (Miroslav Glavicic, eljko Miletic); 50) Archaeological heritage alongside the Krka River (Josko Zaninovic); 51) Roman epigraphical monuments from Asseria and Burnum: the role of epigraphy in reconstructing the history of sites (Miroslav Glavicic, eljko Miletic).

Nicolò Marchetti and Ingolf Thuesen