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Draft Schedule

DAY 1 (10.07.06)
15:00 - 15:15
Official Opening
PRO-RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA - MAJOR OF GROSSETO
15:15 - 15.30
Introduction to the School
R.FRANCOVICH - S.PIRO - S. CAMPANA
15.30 - 17.00
The process of archaeological mapping: some thoughts on the relationship between Remote Sensing and Geophysical Prospection applied to Archaeology
S. CAMPANA (LAP&T - UNIVERSITY OF SIENA)
17.00 - 17.30
Break
17:30 - 19.00
Introduction to Geophysical Prospection applied to Archaeology
S. PIRO (ITABC-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY)
DAY 2 (11.07.06)
9:00 - 11:00
Earth Resistance, Magnetic and Susceptibility in Archaeological Prospection
A.SCHMIDT (UNIVERSITY OF Bradford)
11:00 - 11:30
break
11:30 - 13:30
Short history, strategies and practical aspects of electromagnetic detection based on the description of field experiments
A. HESSE (Unitè Mixte de Recherche-Sisyphe)
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 - 17:00
Theory and practice of the new fast electrical imaging system: ARP, application to different archaeological sites and their Hinterlands
M. DABAS (Universitè Paris VI)
17:00 - 17:30
Break
17:30 - 19:30
The complementary nature of magnetic and resistivity methods
M. WATTERS (University of Birmingham)
20:30
Opening dinner
DAY 3 (12.07.06)
9:00 - 11:00
Electrical Resistivity Tomography ERT, large scale exploration using ERT, simple system to perform ERT along with resistence mapping, use of flat base electrodes to investigate the walls and floors of standing monuments
G. TSOKAS (University of Thessaloniki)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
11:30 - 13:30
Caesium-magnetometry for large scale archaeological prospection
H. BEKER (University of Munich) DELETED
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 - 17:00
Ground Penetrating Radar, theory, acquisition, elaboration and representation techniques. Examples from international case histories.
D. GOODMAN (GAL-Los Angeles USA)
17:00 - 17:30
Break
17:30 - 19:30
Ground penetrating radar case histories: successes and potential pitfalls
L. CONYERS (University of Denver)
DAY 4 (13.07.06)
9:00 - 11:00
Comparative Geophysical Survey results in Japan
Y. NISHIMURA (ACCU-UNESCO)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
11:30 - 13:30
Why bother? Large scale geomagnetic survey and the quest for "Real Archaeology"
D. POWLESLAND (WEST HESLERTON RESEARCH CENTRE)
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 - 17:00
Electromagnetic methods
A. TABBAGH (Unitè Mixte de Recherche-Sisyphe)
17:00 - 17:30
Break
17:30 - 19:30
Large scale archaeological investigations using geophysical methods
C. GAFFNEY (GSB Prospection-Bradford)

DAY 5-6-7-8 (14/17.07.06)

FIELD DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA PROCESSING
35 students attending the course will be divided into four groups (G1-G2-G3-G4). In the morning two groups will operate in the field while the other two will work in the laboratory. In the afternoon the groups will be switched.

DAY
GROUPS
AM 9:00-13:00
PM 15:00-19:00
5 (14.07.06)
 G1 & G2 ERT & MAG Data processing in the Lab
G3 & G4 Data processing in the Lab ERT & MAG
6 (15.07.06)
 G1 & G2 MAG & ERT Data processing in the Lab
G3 & G4 Data processing in the Lab MAG & ERT
7 (16.07.06)
 G1 & G2 GPR & ERT Data processing in the Lab
G3 & G4 Data processing in the Lab GPR & EM
8 (17.07.06)
 G1 & G2 EM & GPR Data processing in the Lab
G3 & G4 Data processing in the Lab ERT & GPR

DAY 8 (17.07.06)

20:30 Social dinner

DAY 9 (18.07.06)

10:30 Presentation of certificate and closing session of XVth International Summer School in Archaeology




Università di Siena a Grosseto - Area di Archeologia Medievale
Dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle arti - Università di Siena