In north east corner of the University garden there will be a conference pub in the old building called “Frokostkjelleren” (Eng: breakfast cellar). During the day this will be the help center as well as point for serving coffee and lunsj, and in the evening it becomes the conference pub, arranged in cooperation with the law students at the campus. Here you will be able to by some drinks at the same prices offered to students. The pub will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Closing a gap with simple toy. How using a tablet affected documentation workflow on the Rozprza ring-fort excavation.
Jerzy Sikora, Piotr Kittel
Abstract
The use of digital documentation, including image-based 3D techniques allows to reduce the role of traditional and time-consuming manual drawings. However it significantly shortens the process of obtaining data in the field, it also need long time for digital processing of images. In fact, this situation is nothing new. Older researchers probably still remember that similar challenges were connected with a traditional archaeological photography of pre-digital era.
During the excavation on the medieval ring-fort and motte in Rozprza 2D and 3D photogrammetric documentation and integration of the results in GIS was widely used, eliminating traditional forms of field documentation. It was particularly important in extreme wet conditions of work in the bottom of Luciąża river valley. Popular Agisoft PhotoScan software and QGIS georepherence module as well as a set of open source graphical raster and vector applications were used.
The key role was the appropriate organization of the field work involving the parallel excavation of several sections by limited team. As a result, it was possible to flip explorers and equipment in situations where it was necessary to suspend work in the section, until the end of documentation process.
An important facilitation was to support the process by using popular tablet on Android OS. It allowed the application of interpretation layers directly onto earlier prepared orthophotos, with direct contact with documented structures. At the same time descriptive documentation and registration of stratigraphic relationships were performed, using a custom Strati5 app, based on a spreadsheet. This way the field documentation based on 3D techniques became a series of actions implemented routinely at the completion of the exploration of the another layer or preparation of the another cross-section. Simple and cheap tablet helped to close the gap between gathering of field data and later processing and interpretations.
The research project has been financed by grants from The National Science Centre based on the decision No. "DEC-2013/11/B/HS3/03785".
In north east corner of the University garden there will be a conference pub in the old building called “Frokostkjelleren” (Eng: breakfast cellar). During the day this will be the help center as well as point for serving coffee and lunsj, and in the evening it becomes the conference pub, arranged in cooperation with the law students at the campus. Here you will be able to by some drinks at the same prices offered to students. The pub will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
On Wednesday 30th March, the CAA Oslo will take you to the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy. As Norway’s most visited tourist attraction, it offers the chance to see the fantastically preserved Viking ships and the other beautifully conserved artefacts from the burials in a unique, purpose built architectural setting. Travel is by bus, the pickup will be at the University Square (Karl Johansgate) for the short journey to the museum.
In the museum there will be guides giving talks about the famous Viking age finds of Oseberg and Gokstad. A small exhibition on the documentation from the Oseberg excavation in 1904, including the detailed diaries written by the archaeologist Gustafson, will be open in the CAAs honour. The excursion will take about two hours. Time of departure will be 18:00 and 18:30 from the University square. Time at your name tab indicates your departure time (18:00 or 18:30).
In north east corner of the University garden there will be a conference pub in the old building called “Frokostkjelleren” (Eng: breakfast cellar). During the day this will be the help center as well as point for serving coffee and lunsj, and in the evening it becomes the conference pub, arranged in cooperation with the law students at the campus. Here you will be able to by some drinks at the same prices offered to students. The pub will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
In north east corner of the University garden there will be a conference pub in the old building called “Frokostkjelleren” (Eng: breakfast cellar). During the day this will be the help center as well as point for serving coffee and lunsj, and in the evening it becomes the conference pub, arranged in cooperation with the law students at the campus. Here you will be able to by some drinks at the same prices offered to students. The pub will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The excursion will start at Universitetsplassen at 09:00 Saturday 2 April.
The first stop will be at the great burial mound at Gokstad in Vestfold, some 120 km south of Oslo along the Oslo fjord, where the large Gokstad ship was excavated in 1880. Sensational archaeological discoveries in the surrounding landscape have been made in recent years, which will be presented by Professor Jan Bill, curator of the Viking Ship Collection in Oslo and leader of the interdisciplinary project Gokstad Revitalized. The excursion then continues northwards to the Oseberg burial mound, where the magnificent Oseberg ship was excavated by Professor Gabriel Gustafson in 1904. The trip continues north to the Borre National Park, with burial mounds dating from the Merovingian and Viking Age. A Viking lunch will be served at Gildehallen, a reconstructed Viking age great hall next to the burial mounds at Borre. Dr Terje Gansum, head of the Cultural Heritage department of Vestfold Municipal County, will present the Borre burial mounds and the exhibition at the Midgard Historical Center, before the bus returns to Oslo.
The arrival in Oslo is estimated to be 17:00.
The excursion fee: NOK 600.- per person (lunch included). The excursion is limited to minimum of 25 and a maximum of 45 participants. Please note that it is a whole day excursion and partly outdoors.
The excursion will start at Oslo torg in the Old Town of Oslo (Gamlebyen) at 10:00, Saturday 2 April.
Within Medieval Oslo, the stone and brick ruins of the Old Town are still visible in parts. This was the city area from 1048 till the great fire of 1624. The city was then rebuilt and renamed Christiania, relocated close to Akershus Fortress, in what is today called Kvadraturen. The Old Town was left and almost forgotten until excavations for railway construction in the 1860s brought it to light again.
The tour begins at Ruinparken at Oslo torg, which is the medieval marketplace. This is situated next to Oslo Ladegård, built upon the ruins of the Old Bishop’s Palace from 1210. The ground plans of townhouses in Oslo gate was revealed and reconstructed during excavations in the 1970s. We will continue on to Middelalderparken and visit church ruins, finally what was the royal chapel―St. Mary’s Church, originally from 11th century. We will then go north along Vannspeilet, the reconstructed 14th century shoreline, and end the tour beside the ongoing excavations related to the new Follo railway line project. The area is inaccessible to the public, but highlights from the excavations will be presented.
The entire tour will take two to three hours and is on foot.
The excursion will be organized by archaeologist Egil Lindhart Bauer from Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU). Bauer leads the excavations for the Follo Line Project.