ArchaeoLandscapes of Europe
Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning (NIKU) er norsk partnere i dette flerårige prosjektet som ledes fra Tyskland.
The project represents the culmination of a growing European cooperation from the mid-1990s onwards. Now federating 34 prestigious institutions in the field of archaeology and heritage protection (27 Coordinator/Co-organizers and 7 Associated Partners) from 26 separate countries, it will bring that process to a sustainable and self-supporting future as the long-term legacy of this and earlier EU-assisted initiatives.
The central theme of concerted action and cooperation will be stressed through annual meetings of the whole of the membership and the project's Management Board, to agree policy, review progress and plan new initiatives. Much of the project's work, however, will be undertaken through specialist ‘focus-groups' and carefully structured ‘work-packs' setting out operational programmes and timetables for each of the project's eight key objectives or ‘Actions'.
Dialogue with target groups in the community will focus on multilingual and interactive web-based presentation. Use will also be made of leaflets, booklets and more substantial publications to engage both with ordinary citizens and with specialists in various aspects of heritage exploration, management and presentation.
The project's long-term legacy will be better appreciation of the landscape and archaeological heritage of Europe, closer contact between heritage professionals and the general public, more effective conservation of the shared cultural heritage, the international sharing of skills and employment opportunities, better public and professional education, the wider use of archive resources and modern survey techniques, and higher professional standards in landscape exploration and conservation.
Project actions
Public awareness and dissemination of challenging skills in aerial and remote sensing techniques, at a very European scale, will be achieved by the ArchaeoLandscapes project through eight following key Actions:
- By creating an ultimately self-supporting ArchaeoLandscapes Network, with a small central secretariat, to provide leadership, coordination and advice on the use for heritage purposes of aerial photography, remote sensing and landscape studies.
- By using traditional and innovative methods to publicize the value of aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape studies amongst the general public, students, teachers and all those who explore, enjoy or care for cultural landscapes and heritage sites across Europe.
- By promoting the pan-European exchange of people, skills and understanding through meetings, workshops, exchange visits, placements and opportunities for specialist training and employment.
- By enhancing the teaching of remote sensing and landscape studies through courses for students and teachers, and in the longer term through a European Masters degree in remote sensing and heritage management.
- By securing the better exploitation of existing air-photo archives across Europe by researching, assessing and publicizing their potential for heritage interpretation and landscape conservation.
- By providing support for aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape exploration in countries relatively new to their use, especially in northern, eastern and southern Europe.
- By further exploring the uses of laser, satellite and other forms of remote sensing and web-based geographical system in archaeological and landscape research, conservation and public education.
- By providing technical guidance and advice on best practice in aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape studies, with a particular emphasis conservation and heritage management.
Europeiske partnere:
Roman-Germanic Commission, German Archaeological Institute, Germany (DE)
In Flanders Fields Museum, Belgium (BE)
Cyprus Research and Education Foundation (STARC), Cyprus (CY)
Holstebro Museum, Denmark (DK)
State Heritage Service Baden-Württemberg, Germany (DE)
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (FORTH), Greece (GR)
Baranya County Museum Authority, Hungary (HU)
Fornleifastofnun Íslands – Institute of Archaeology, Iceland (IS)
Discovery Programme, Ireland (IE)
University College Dublin, Ireland (IE)
University of Foggia, Italy (IT)
University of Salento (LabTAF), Lecce, Italy (IT)
University of Siena (LAP&T), Italy (IT)
University of Klaipeda, Lithuania (LT)
University of Leiden, Netherlands (NL)
Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU), Norway (NO)
Adam Mickiewicz University (Institute of Archaeology), Pozna?, Poland (PL)
Institute for Cultural Memory (CIMEC), Romania (RO)
Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia (RS)
Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia (SK)
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Slovenia (SI)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (SI)
Heritage Laboratory (LaPa), Instituto de Estudos Galeos Padre Sarmiento, Spain (ES)
English Heritage, United Kingdom (UK)
University of Exeter, United Kingdom (UK)
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK)
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (UK)
Varighet: 2010 - 2015
Tilskudd fra EUs kulturprogram: Euro 2 500 000 (Ca. 20 mill kr)