New Technologies for Capturing the Dynamics of Cultural Landscapes
(2013) Γ΄ Παγκρήτια Επιστημονική Συνάντηση “Αρχαιολογικό ’Εργο στην Κρήτη — Location: Réthymnon (5.December.2013)
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Devolder, Maud 
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- The scientific and scholarly study concerned with the search for material traces of the past comprise a significant level towards the cultural heritage management and preservation. Ground based and satellite/aerial technologies can be utilized for capturing both the dynamics and the evolution of the cultural landscapes creating a digital archive for the management of cultural resources. The research directive that has been initiated by FORTH and is under the auspices of various cultural and research foundations aims towards the establishment of a best practice guide for the application of geo-information technologies for the study, management and preservation of cultural landscapes. In the archaeological site of “Malia”, conventional photogrammetric and laser scanning techniques have been carried out in collaboration with the French School of Athens, in order to provide a 3D model of the “Magasins Dessenne” area which have subsequently been backfilled for conservation reasons . The different approaches have provided a realistic orthorectified model that can be used for the further studies of the monuments of the particular section of the site. In “Eleftherna”, on the hill of “Pyrgi”, the focus has been to map the aqueduct of the ancient town through the application of electrical resistivity tomography. The continuation of the water tunnel which lies 8m below the surface towards the south where two large water reservoirs have been cut into the rock was examined through a high resolution three-dimensional (3-D) Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) method. Even though the data processing and interpretation with 3-D resistivity imaging/inversion algorithms reconstructed with significant detail the near surface features, it was unable to give further insight regarding the southern end of the water tunnel due to the limited resolution of the surface ERT and its inability to resolve the tunnel within the specific environmental regime. The particular controlled experiments set the foundation of a guide that will promote the optimal application of the particular techniques based on the current progress of the geo-information technologies and that will ultimately function as a road-guide for the archaeologists’ own usage.
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Sarris, A., Papadopoulos, N., Cantoro, G., Agapiou, A., Déderix, S., Tsigonaki, C., & Devolder, M. (2013). New Technologies for Capturing the Dynamics of Cultural Landscapes. In Paulina Karanastasi; Athanasia Tsigounaki; Christina Tsigonaki (ed.), Αρχαιολογικό ’Εργο Κρήτης 3 (p. p. 73-83). University of Crete; Ephorie des Antiquités de Réthymnon. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/226709