Decade of aerial archaeological research launched online
Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 20 October 2004 Page Views: 1950
ResourcesThe Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG) has just launched its first decade of bi-annual newsletters on the Internet, making freely available 20 issues of worldwide news and research, comments and discussion from 1990-2000. Each newsletter is fully available online to view or download, revolutionising access to papers dealing with archaeology, aerial photography, remote sensing and landscape archaeology covering the United Kingdom and Europe, and worldwide countries including New Zealand. For students, archaeologists and practitioners especially, this will represent a vital resource for European archaeological research.The period covered by the newly launched newsletters, 1990-2000, has been a period of revolutionary change in the field of aerial archaeology, particularly in Europe. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the continual demise of historic legislation forbidding free aerial survey and photography across many European countries, this decade has seen more advances in our knowledge about the extent and types of plough-levelled prehistoric landscapes across the European continent than at any other time since the start of the Second World War.
At the same time, pioneering aerial archaeology training schools and workshops in Hungary, Poland, Italy and Finland have begun to equip local archaeologists and students with the tools to conduct their own aerial reconnaissance and mapping programmes, leading to great changes in the way archaeological landscapes and site survival are perceived in those countries. The growing pan-European exchange of expertise and ideas will gather further momentum over the next 3 years through a Culture 2000 project of the European Commission, involving 15 countries in research, exploration and conservation of the European landscape heritage.
The Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG) provides an international forum for the exchange of ideas and information for all those actively involved in aerial photography, photo interpretation, field archaeology and landscape history. AARG keeps in touch with its members through its biannual newsletter, regularly updated homepage and annual meeting.
Formed in 1980, AARG has become increasingly active in projects designed to reach a wider audience of archaeologists and those engaged in the management of cultural and heritage resources. With membership world-wide, and recent involvement in European aerial archaeology training courses, AARG actively provides opportunities for the establishment of new networks for the exchange of skills and ideas.
More information: AARG website
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