Program

MedArchNet 2008
First International Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure for the Mediterranean Archaeology Network
November 16-18, 2008
Calit2, Atkinson Hall, University of California, San Diego

Monday, November 17
08:00-09:00 Breakfast and Registration

09:00-10:30 Welcome and Introductions (Synthesis Center)

1. Ramesh Rao (Director, Calit2)

2. Maurizio Seracini (Director, CISA3)

3. Tim Harrison (Director, American Schools of Oriental Research)

4. Tom Levy (Associate Director, CISA3) - Introduction to MedArchNet and DAAHL

5. Steve Savage - Introduction to DAAHL Website, Data Requirements, Harvesting Data
10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 Technology Talks (Synthesis Center)

1. Portal Science Today - Building a Web Portal System for Archaeology - Chaitan Baru (SDSC, Calit2) (20 minutes)

2. New Approaches to GIS and Atlas Production - Ilya Zaslavsky (SDSC) (20 minutes)
12:15-01:30 Lunch

01:30-03:00 Demonstrations (Calit2 Auditorium and Immersive Visualization Lab)

1. 4K Projection for Cultural Heritage - Alexandra Hubenko and Doug Ramsey (CISA3-Calit2)

2. Multi-spectral Analyses for Art and Archaeology (Walk into a Leonardo) - Maurizio Seracini (CISA3-Calit2)

3. 3D Virtual Reality Environments for Archaeology: The StarCAVE - Jurgen Schultz and Kyle Knabb (Calit2)
03:00-03:30 Break

03:30-05:30 Jordan and DAAHL (Synthesis Center)

1. 'Discover Islamic Art' Museum with no Frontiers' Project (www.museumwnf.org) and MedArchNet - DAAHL - Mohammad Najjar (FOA, Jordan)

2. Ground Truth and DAAHL: A GPS Framework for the Atlas Project in Jordan - Fawwaz Ishakat (Hashemite University)

3. Tracing Empires in the Southern Levant with DAAHL: A Jordan Perspective- Oystein
LaBianca (Andrews University)

4. Bronze Age and Iron Age Settlement Patterns in Moab, Jordan - Tim Harrison (University of Toronto)

5. Regional Settlement Patterns and GIS for Edom, Jordan - Tom Levy (UC San Diego)

6. Overview of Israeli input for project - Aren Maeir (Bar Ilan University)
05:30-06:30 Dinner at Calit2

 

Tuesday, November 18
08:00-09:00 Breakfast

09:00-11:00 Israel and DAAHL (Synthesis Center)
1. Combining digital and analog survey data and GIS: implications for a comprehensive database of the Levant - Moti Haiman (Bar Ilan University and Israel Antiquities Authority)

2. The Israeli Salvage excavations database and it contribution to the Atlas - Avi Faust (Bar Ilan University)

3. Overview of Historical geography sources for the Atlas - Yigal Levin (Bar Ilan University)

4. Intra- and Intersite GIS analysis: implications for the Atlas - Gal Avraham (Bar Ilan
University)

5. Remote Sensing, GIS, and Survey: "High resolution" archaeological coverage of large areas - Jessie Pincus (Bar Ilan University)

6. Coordinating of archaeological data input from Israel - Itzhaq Shai (Bar Ilan University)
11:00-11:15 Break


11:15-12:30 Demonstrations (2nd Floor and Synthesis Center)
1. Scientific Visualization - Highly Interactive Parallelized Display Space (HIPerSpace) - Falko Kuester (CISA3-Calit2)

2. Pottery Informatics and 3D NextEngine Scanning - Neil Smith (CISA3-Calit2) and Paul Noceti, NextEngine, Inc.
12:30-01:30 Lunch


01:30-03:30 Palestine Territories, the Mediterranean and DAAHL (Synthesis Center)
1. The archaeological site database for the West Bank - Rafi Greenberg and Adi Keinan (Tel Aviv University)

2. Settlement pattern in Jericho and the central hills of Palestine - Nils Anfinset (University of Bergen)

3. Mapping Mediterranean Human History from Space: Tells, Routes and Archaeogeography in the Near East - Susan Sherratt (University of Sheffield)

4. Database development for ArchAtlas, UK - Toby C. Wilkinson (University of Oxford)

5. Web development and interactive database development for ArchAtlas - Deborah K. Harlan (University of Sheffield)

6. Jewish, Christian and Muslim Communities on the Mediterranean Shores: Archaeological Evidence - Giuseppe Roma (University of Calabria)

03:30-03:45 Break
03:45-06:00 Visit "Masters of Fire" exhibition at the Geisel Library
06:00-07:00 Wrap-up/Next Steps
08:30 Reconvene for Dinner at Piatti's Restaurant in La Jolla