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Call for EAA 2016

4 Jan 16

The call for papers and posters for EAA 2016 is open until 15th February 2016.  The 22nd annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists will be held in Vilnius from 31st August to 4th September.

CHNT 21 – Calls

14 Dec 15

Urban Archaeology and Archaeological Data: Preservation, Re-use and Repurposing

The 21th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies will take place at the City Hall of Vienna, Austria from November 16 to 18, 2016.

CHNT participants come from a diverse range of disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, art and architectural history, computer science, geography, geomatics, historic preservation, museum studies, and urban history.

Landscape Reconstruction

24 Nov 15

CNR-ITABC ran a Landscape School (8-11 September) where students used the ARIADNE landscape services to produce and work with a few datasets. Places were limited to 21 students who were selected from 33 applicants.

ARIADNE at Digital Heritage 2015

10 Nov 15

The ARIADNE Infrastructure featured prominently at the recent Digital Heritage Conference in Granada, Spain, with a workshop on 3D-HOP and two project-related papers.

SAHC Erasmus Mundus Masters Course

7 Nov 15

Applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, approved and financially sponsored by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, are opened up to January 15, 2016.

Interview with Roberta Zeni on Mapping EpiDoc to CIDOC CRM

30 Oct 15

Roberta Zeni is studying for a Masters in Digital Humanites at Kings College, London. She is spending a week at PIN in Prato on the Trans-national access programme, looking at mapping EpiDoc to CIDOC CRM. Roberta took a 10 minute break to talk to Sheena Bassett about her work and experience of the ARIADNE TNA.

The latest CIPA newsletter is out

30 Oct 15

Issue 7 of the International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA) newsletter is now available. This edition pays tribute to Maurice Carbonnell, CIPA founder and its first President, who has sadly passed away.

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CAA 2016 – Call for papers

7 Oct 15Supporting researchers in the use and re-use of archaeological data: continuing the ARIADNE thread

The call for papers for CAA 2016 is now open!  The conference will explore a multitude of topics, amongst which is the session proposed by ARIADNE “Supporting researchers in the use and reuse of archaeological data”.  We would like to invite paper proposals for this session.

The 44th Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference (CAA 2016 Oslo) will be held from 29 March to 2 April, 2016) and has been given the theme “Exploring Oceans of Data”, in reference to Norway’s maritime heritage. Topics in the conference include data acquisition and recording, conceptual modelling, semantic technologies, data analysis, data management, digital 3D object reconstruction, image visualisation in archaeology, geophysics and GIS.

Workshop on data sharing in Italy

24 Sep 15PIN is organizing a workshop in Lecce (Italy) on 1-2 October with the title “L’integrazione dei dati archaeologici digitali. Esperienze e prospettive in Italia”. The aim of the workshop is to share and compare Italian experiences on online archaeological data sharing.

Archaeological Conservation Service

23 Sep 15Fasti Online, which provides access to over 12,000 excavation reports, has launched a new service for reports on archaeological conservation.