III International conference on remote sensing in Archaeology

III INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING IN ARCHAEOLOGY

17th - 21st August 2009

INDIA - Tamil Nadu - Tiruchirappalli

http://www.spacetimeplace2009.or



Dear friends and colleagues,



We are pleased to invite you to the III INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING IN ARCHAEOLOGY which will be held in Tiruchirappalli, India, on 17-21 August 2009 (
http://www.spacetimeplace2009.org).



In October 2004, the 1st International Conference on Remote Sensing Archaeology was organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and hosted by the Joint Laboratory of Remote Sensing Archaeology (JLSRA). In that context an international team of experts was created in order to promote multidisciplinary activities of remote sensing archaeology in the entire world. In December 2006 the second International Conference was held in Rome (Italy) at the National Research Council.



The IIIrd International Conference will be organized in India at Tiruchirappalli, jointly by Bharathidasan University, University of California, Merced and Berkeley, University of Siena (Italy) and by the REACH Foundation, Chennai.



The conference will discuss a wide range of perspectives, approaches and issues on the use of remote sensing and digital technologies in documenting, analyzing and interpreting archaeological and anthropological contexts.
Innovative contribution, case studies, research projects, posters are invited under the following themes and related topics:



* Aerial archaeology: satellite, aerial photography and airborne scanning

* 3D remote sensing: technologies and archaeological interpretation

* Close-range aerial photography: mast, balloon, kite, blimp, UAV, helikite…

* Ground-based sensing archaeology

* Integrated remote sensing technologies for the interpretation of landscape ecosystems: confronting scales of detail.

* Issue of archaeological interpretation of remote sensing data

* Cyber archaeology and 3D landscapes visualization through the time

* Issues of quality framework in archaeological remote sensing: defining high standards

* Experience of archaeological remote sensing from commercial sector



Special sessions will be addressed to archaeology in the digital age and heritage management:



* Digital Cultural Atlases (projects and prototypes) and cultural atlas components (gazetteers, time-periods, biography and social networks, thesauri, technical infrastructure, content sources and display models)

* National and Trans-National Historical GIS

* Conservation Issues: methods, environmental issues, causes/remedies, legal status, traditional and international norms, integration

* Cultural and natural sites resource management

* Sustainability, utility and management of Heritage sites





Important dates:

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Abstract (max 500 words): 28th, February, 2009

Send By E-Mail to: cliuzza@ucmerced.edu



Notification of acceptance 15th, April, 2009



Full Papers (Camera ready) 1st, June, 2009

Send By E-Mail to:
info@spacetimeplace2009.org





Registration Fee:

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Full registration:
400 US$ (till 31st June)

450 US$ (after 31st June)

*Accommodation

*Participation to conference program

*Conference Kit

*Copy of the Proceedings

*Coffee breaks, lunch and dinner

*Excursion to World Heritage Monuments





Student registration: 50 US$

*Participation to conference program

*Conference Kit

*Coffee breaks, lunch

*Excursion to World Heritage Monuments (subject to extra payment of 50 US $)

*Limited number of hostel accommodations are available for foreign

*students and booking will be made on first cum first basis.



FOR INDIAN DELEGATES Registration, contact: indian@spacetimeplace2009.org


FOR PRESS a JOURNALIST REGISTRATION is available at the registration desk.


Proceedings:

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All the accepted articles will be published by British Archaeological Report (deadline Full Papers 1st, June, 2009).





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D. Dayalan (Archaeological Survey of India)

Maurizio Forte (University of California, Merced, USA)

Stefano Campana (University of Siena, Landscape Archaeology and Remote
Sensing LAB, Italy)

Lewis Lancaster (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

M.Ponnavaiko (Bharatidasan University, India)

Mario Hernandez (UNESCO, Paris)

Franciscus Verellen (Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient)