Applied Field Geophysics Workshop - GPR Applications

Castrul Roman Micia Pe malul stâng al Mureşului, în faţa defileului Dobra, s-au dezvoltat în Antichitate unul dintre cele mai mari castre auxiliare din Dacia, precum şi...

Extraordinary site - we spent several seasons doing ground-penetrating radar exploration on it! Amazing!!!

Castrul Roman Micia Pe malul stâng al Mureşului, în faţa defileului Dobra, s-au dezvoltat în Antichitate unul dintre cele mai mari castre auxiliare din Dacia, precum şi...

Good news:

EU Countries to Permit Entry for Vaccinated Americans in Summer 2021 - SchengenVisaInfo.com The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has revealed that fully vaccinated US travellers will be able to visit the European Union this summer after more than one year of the ban on non-essential travel. Travel between the United States and Europe has been banned since March 2020,....

A little good news for our projects: the US has been removed from the Romanian high risk countries list in terms of Covid-19.

Even though travel for nonessential reasons is still not permitted at the present time, the infection rate in the US is now considered low risk according to Romania's standards. In practical terms, this means that if the infection rate in the US continues to drop (as expected), when Romania lifts its state of alert, US residents can enter Romania without quarantine (although vaccination seems to be the surer - all things considered - way in). Even though the US infection rate has not dropped yet to a point where it is considered safe by EU standards, since Romania is not part of Schengen, it has active borders, therefore has more latitude in implementing EU restrictions.
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FYI - Covid-19 Vaccine: For residents in eligible states, you can also book an appointment (based on your own state’s eligibility requirements) through https://www.kroger.com/i/coronavirus-update/vaccine

It’s easiest to go to that link at midnight and then type quickly to get the appointment. Kroger has been approved as a site for vaccination distribution in many/most states.

Kroger - Covid-19 Vaccine Availability by State & FAQS Find out where the Covid-19 vaccine will be available and schedule your appointment. Get answers to frequently asked questions about Covid-19 vaccines, testing and more.

FYI: For those of you who are not currently eligible Covid-19 vaccine, you can call your local Walmart, CVS, and pharmacies and ask to be placed on their Waste Protocol lists. Once the vaccines come out of frozen storage, they need to be used that day or else they will be thrown away. If more vaccine is available than appointments for eligible patients, distribution locations will call their lists to ensure the vaccine does not go to waste.

UPDATE: Because of the continuing high demand for our Geophysics (GPR) Exploration and Roman Excavation program, we are setting up an additional August session for the project, running from August 1-28, 2021.

It also allows more time to get the Covid-19 vaccine and ensures to a greater extent that the EU borders will be open for international travel.

GEOPHYSICS EXPLORATION AND EXCAVATION | archaeotek      Our Geophysics (GPR) Exploration and Roman Excavation program provides a unique opportunity for participants who strive for a career in field work/research to acquire two sets of skills of paramount importance. The field school integrates 3 weeks of excavation theory, method and practice on...

GPR on Mars!!!

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RIMFAX - Looking for Water on Mars The Mars 2020 mission will land on Mars on 2/18/2021. The Radar Imager for Mars subsurFAce eXperiment (RIMFAX) will use ground penetrating radar to locate wa...

SUMMER 2021: WILL IT HAPPEN? SHORT ANSWER: YES!
OUR PROJECTS ARE STILL UP AND RUNNING

As we are approaching the summer, it appears that there is some light at the end of the... trowel!!!

The new recommendations from the European Council to lift international travel restrictions are official (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/02/02/covid-19-council-updates-recommendation-on-travel-restrictions-from-third-countries-into-the-eu/ ) and, if the trend continues, both Canada and the US will meet those standards by the end of May (maybe sooner as the vaccination campaign progresses).

Furthermore, Dr. Fauci has indicated that all Americans who want the Covid-19 vaccine will have access to it by April (https://people.com/health/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-april-open-season-logistics-several-more-months/ ). If that is the case, both June and July participants could get vaccinated in time for the summer sessions. I strongly recommend you find out what is the procedure in your state and place yourself on the vaccine list as soon as possible.

Although Canada is significantly behind in the vaccination game, it will pick up the pace within the next month or so. It looks like it might be available for participants for the June session. However, it is almost certain participants to the July session will have access to it.

At the present time, a negative PCR test taken 72-48h (depending on destination) is required to board any international flight, it also appears more and more that Covid-19 vaccination will become a condition for unrestricted international travel (https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-55718553 ). At least one airline has made vaccination mandatory to access their planes - I suspect more will follow. Although it seems that coming from a country with a very low infection rate and having a negative PCR test might be enough for the EU in general, there would be additional restrictions on arrival for specific destinations for individuals who are not vaccinated.

COVID-19: Council updates recommendation on travel restrictions from third countries into the EU The amendments are a coordinated response to the rise of infections and the risks posed by the more transmissible new variants of the virus.

COVID-19 caught us (and the world) by surprise in 2020. We have adapted and we are fully prepared for the new realities. ALL our 2021 Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) intensive research and professional training programs in Transylvania (Romania) are up and running, and applications are open.

GEOPHYSICS | archaeotek The outstanding success of our 2018 and 2019 GPR projects, the Applied Field Geophysics Workshop - GPR Applications, prompted us to buy a second GPR unit with a different central frequency and a different configuration. As a result, our participants will have the unique opportunity to get fully prof...

And, of course, the second to last day of our 2020 crippled field season on our Roman Villa... a medieval cemetery. Possibly 10-12 century... Because of the intensive plowing, the graves are rather shallow, bottoming out just below the surface interference of our GPR radargrams. Now that we know they are there, we will be reviewing (intensively) our GPR surveys!!! The 2021 field season is going to be incredible!!!