Programme
10.00 – 10.30 am
Sascha Piffko
The Archaeological Excavation Skills Passport – Making practical skills visible
11.00 – 11.30 am
Sophie Hiesmair
Citizen Science at University – Experiences from the Chair of Medieval and Modern Archaeology at the University of Bamberg
BREAK
12:00 – 12:30
Marcus Müller
The CYBERGLOBE – Fully Automated 3D Digitisation of Museum and Archaeological Artefacts
2.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Jonas Radtke
PAST IDENTITIES
Interactive eyewitnesses – New forms of knowledge transfer in museums
3.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Filippos Karipidis
Geophysics in archaeology
Abstracts
The Archaeological Excavation Skills Passport – Making practical skills visible
Sascha Piffko M.A. MCIfA (CIfA Germany)
How can practical excavation skills be documented, made comparable and verified? The Archaeological Excavation Skills Passport, developed by ArchaeoPublica in collaboration with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) and other international partners, offers a simple, internationally applicable tool for this purpose. As the German adaptation of the British ‘Archaeology Skills Passport’, it records the skills learnt on excavations, confirms the level of competence achieved and, through international comparability, also promotes the mobility of archaeological professionals. This talk will present the concept, structure and application of the passport and demonstrate its benefits for students, those starting their careers and interested members of the public; how excavation directors and heritage authorities benefit from it; and the role it plays in quality assurance and continuing professional development in archaeological fieldwork.
Citizen Science at University – Experiences from the Chair of Medieval and Modern Archaeology at Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg
Sophie Hiesmair B.A.
This talk provides an insight into various citizen science projects run by the Chair of Medieval and Modern Archaeology at the University of Bamberg. The focus is on the projects ‘Archaeology in Schools’, ‘KeramBa!’ and the Archaeology Workshop. Whilst ‘Archaeology in Schools’ makes archaeological content accessible to a wide public, the ‘KeramBa!’ project brings together volunteers from the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, academics from the Chair, and students of archaeology within the framework of archaeological research projects. The Archaeology Workshop is aimed at those interested in volunteering and offers them a hands-on insight into archaeological working methods. These examples illustrate how citizen science fosters collaboration between the university and the voluntary sector and contributes to the communication of archaeological research.
The CYBERGLOBE – Fully automated 3D digitisation of museum and archaeological artefacts
Marcus Müller (Microbox)
The seamless, distortion-free 3D capture of museum and archaeological artefacts – from top to bottom, without having to reposition the delicate object multiple times – poses challenges for many digitisation projects. The CYBERGLOBE offers a fully automated, comprehensive solution for this, which is particularly well-suited to the careful handling of historical and archaeological objects. This presentation focuses on the CYBERGLOBE’s hardware – its design, camera movement, lighting concept and object holders – as well as its suitability for museum and archaeological practice, for example when digitising small finds, ceramics or sculptures.
PAST IDENTITIES
Interactive Eyewitnesses – New Forms of Knowledge Transfer in Museums
Jonas Radke
Museums face the challenge of conveying historical content in a way that is accessible, emotionally engaging and appeals across generations. Digital technologies open up new possibilities in this regard – not as an end in themselves, but as a tool for a more immersive encounter with history. This talk presents the PAST IDENTITIES project and demonstrates an approach whereby scientifically sound and historically accurate interactive avatars can enrich museum education. The digital characters, embodied by real-life actors and actresses, combine in-depth historical research – including the accurate depiction of people, clothing, everyday objects and material culture from past eras – with digital technology and narrative-based communication. This creates new opportunities to engage visitors in an interactive dialogue with historical figures and the worlds in which they lived, in a personal way.
Geophysics in Archaeology
Filippos Karipidis (EASTERN ATLAS GmbH)
For decades now, the non-destructive prospecting methods of geophysics have been making a valuable contribution to the exploration of potential archaeological sites and to the protection and preservation of archaeological monuments. Geophysics has firmly established itself as a versatile auxiliary science in archaeology and has become an indispensable part of the methodological repertoire of numerous research projects and heritage conservation measures. Using specific case studies, this lecture offers a specialist audience with no prior knowledge of geophysics an insight into the three common survey methods – ground-penetrating radar, magnetic and electrical surveys – and examines their application from an archaeological perspective. In addition to the possibilities and limitations of the individual methods, the lecture will address the handling of the measurement data obtained and the challenges involved in their archaeological interpretation.
