Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Sixth Meeting of the UK chapter Bristol University, February 24-25 2001

Programme

Saturday 24th

09.30-10.15  Registration and Coffee

10.15-10.30  Welcome and Introduction

10.30-12.30 Session I

• Geostatistics and Archaeology: a review
  Chris Lloyd
  School of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN
  c.lloyd@qub.ac.uk
  
  
• Perception of Pompeii frescoes under realistic illumination simulations
  (Abstract and presentation slides)
  Kate Devlin
  Department of Computer Science
  University of Bristol, Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1UB
  devlin@cs.bris.ac.uk
  
  
• The Presentation of Landscape: the Blaenavon World Heritage Site
  David Thomas
  RCAHMW, Crown Buildings, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ, UK
  david.thomas@rcahmw.org.uk
  
  
• A Three-dimensional, Landscape Model of an Ancient Egyptian Tomb Site
  Narushige Shiode and Wolfram Grajetzki
  Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London
  CASA, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT
  {n.shiode; w.grajetzki}@ucl.ac.uk
  
  

14.00-15.00  Session II - Panel Discussion

• Misrepresenting the Past: Virtual Reality and Archaeology
  (Notes on the panel discussion)
  Chair: Alan Chalmers
  Panellists: Andrew Millard, Chris Lloyd, Caitlin Buck, Majid Mermehdi

15.30-17.00 Session III

• Applications of photogrammetry and image analysis in rapid archaeological data collection: assessing rates of decay in excavated stone circles
  (Abstract and presentation slides)
  Paul Carey
  School of Geosciences, Queen's University, Belfast
  
  
• Acoustic Reconstruction of Ancient Structures Using Three-Dimensional Digital Waveguide Mesh Models
  Guilherme Campos and David M. Howard
  Department of Electronics
  University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD
  agrc101@york.ac.uk
  
  
• Data, formulae or compututation: what limits radiocarbon calibrations?
  Dr. Andrew Millard
  Department of Archaeology
  University of Durham, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
  A.R.Millard@durham.ac.uk
  http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/
  
  
• Surface mapping of earthworks in Northern Ireland: Ballyhenry Rath case study
  (Abstract and presentation slides)
  Conor Graham
  Spatial Data Analysis Group
  School of Geography, Queens University of Belfast, BT7 1NN
  conor.graham@qub.ac.uk
  
  

Sunday 25th

09.30-10.30 Session IV

• Hypertext: a Practical Application
  (Abstract and Full Paper)
  Martin Roe
  University of Bradford
  
  
• Gloucester Urban Archaeological Database (the UAD): A Demonstration
  Phil Greatorex and Richard Sermon
  Gloucester Archaeology Unit
  {PhilipAG, RichardS}@glos-city.gov.uk
  
  

11.00-12.30 Session V

• EuroPreArt - Past Signs and Present Memories. European Prehistoric Art : inventory, contextualisation, preservation and accessibility.
  Mila Sim�es de Abreu and Ludwig Jaffe
  Unidade de Arqueologia. Dep. Geologia,
  Universidade de Tr�s-os-Montes e Alto Douro,
  Apartado n.202., 5001-911 Vila Real
  Portugal
  msabreu@utad.pt, ludwig@is-it-art.net
  http://www.utad.pt/actividades/IRAC
  http://www.utad.pt/~origins
  
  
• Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Fourth Century Roman Coins in Central Europe
  Chris Lloyd
  School of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN
  c.lloyd@qub.ac.uk
  
  
• Reaching out: Digital archaeology catalogues at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales
  Dr Steve Burrow
  Curator of Early Prehistory
  Dept of Archaeology & Numismatics, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF11 3NP, WALES, UK.
  steve.burrow@ntlworld.com
  
  

13.30-14.30 Session VI

• To be announced...

• Measuring Degradation of Colour Pigments on Cave Walls
  M. Mirmehdi, A. Chalmers, L. Barham, and L. Griffiths.
  Department of Computer Science and Department of Archaeology
  University of Bristol, Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1UB
  {majid,alan}@cs.bris.ac.uk