AARG Conference 2018 - Venice

Looking forward to in , wishes you Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, full of... pictures from the sky! 🎅🛩🛰

Are you looking for a place where to publish your research?
Please consider submitting your paper for the Remote Sensing MDPI Special Issue: "Archaeological Remote Sensing in the 21st-Century: (Re)Defining Practice and Theory"
Dr. A. Traviglia, organiser, is among the guest editors.
Deadline has been recently postponed to 28th February 2019, so you have plenty of time to submit your work!

More info: http://www.mdpi.com/si/12890

Are you using technologies in projects aim in contrasting looting and trafficking of cultural heritage?

CAA Kraków 2019 will be a great occasion to share your work with scietific community!

organizer, dr. A. Traviglia is the organizer, with Dr. Riccardo Giovanelli of session 27: "Chasing heritage thieves: digital methods and approaches to contrasting trafficking and looting of cultural property", devoted to the topic.

There is still time till Wednesday 10th October, 11.59 PM, to submitt your abstract for paper and poster.

We are waiting for you in !

More info at: https://2019.caaconference.org/call-for-papers/

Some other pictures of taken by conference delegates.
Here some impressions by Air Photo Services, during, before and after their interesting presentation.

Waiting for in Costanza, please feel free to share your own picture from .
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It would be easier for us to collect all your impressions and thoughts about these wonderful days in Venice!

Some pictures of from Aerial Archaeology Research Group page.

Our wonderful post-conference tour exploring lagoon. The best way to end an interesting conference!

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Did you enjoy ?
Here you can find some pictures shot during the conference, moving through beautiful venues in .
If you have other pictures, feel free to share them with us, via our page and Twitter account, using the official hashtag .
It would be great for us sharing these memories, and hearing your impressions and thoughts.

Photo credits: Dr. Thorsten Kahlert

37th Aerial Arcaheology Research Group annual meeting

37th Aerial Arcaheology Research Group annual meeting

We have been very lucky till the end! After a couple of hours the fog faded and we enjoyed a beautiful post-conference tour visiting four island in the lagoon.
Our first stop was in San Francesco del Deserto, where the monks welcomed us telling the long history of their abbey, founded by San Francesco himself.
Then we moved to where we visited the Università Ca' Foscari Venezia excavations Torcello Abitata, Archeologia, Ecologia e Patrimonio Culturale. Students and Pr. D. Calaon guided us through late roman and medieval layers and among the beauties of the Basilica.
Also the place for the lunch break was an historical one: the little Marzorbetto islands, with the military fortress hidden by the vegetation.
Before coming back to Venice,following the steps of ancient sailors and merchants, we spent some times on Lazzaretto Nuovo, where people spent their quarantine to prevent the plague contagion.
And with the sunset shining over the lagoon, ended in the best way possible!

delegates are... on boat! It's time for the post conference tour.
It's very foggy today in , but we are exploring the lagoon from the sea 🌊🚢

At the end of , the venue of next annual meeting of Aerial Archaeology Research Group is announced: will be hosted in .

After an applause for all the interesting presentations we listen to today, it's time to move to final discussion: "Can we stop flying now?"

. day 2
It's early morning but conference delegates are already involved in several interesting speaches about the use of aerial images to monitoring changes.
How to use new technologies to face current issues, such as contrasting looting in archaeological sites in danger or managing and preserving archaeological landscapes.