Session: #647

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
Archaeology and the future of cities and urban landscapes
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each

Title & Content

Title:
New tools and practices used to improve the understanding of archaeological heritage in urban context
Content:
The session we propose aims to be a reflection of the challenge of presenting the different archaeological spaces found in an urban context through a structuring discourse that helps to interpret them as a single site. This problem arises because of urban archaeology where archaeological actions are not programmed according to the need for archaeological or informative knowledge, but rather of the urban dynamics of a city, revealing archaeological remains without spatial continuity, often hidden in the middle of the urban fabric of modern cities. This fact causes a great variability of spaces where archaeological remains are located, and pose a huge range of problems that must be dealt with individually but within a unified management system.
Faced with this problem, archaeologists, restorers and museologists, as well as other professionals involved in the process of excavation, interpretation and enhancement of archaeological sites, will adopt as allies a multitude of disciplines, having a relevant role the new technologies, such as reality virtual, augmented reality or mobile devices, which often make interpretation of these large archaeological sites easier.
Keywords:
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, URBAN CONTEXT, INTERPRETATION
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no

Organisers

Main organiser:
CLARA FORN PERRAMON (Spain) 1
Co-organisers:
Ms. Pepita Padrós (Spain) 2
Ms. ESTHER GURRI COSTA (Spain) 2
Mr. Zoltán Havas (Hungary) 3
Ms. Zsanett Abonyi (Hungary) 4
Affiliations:
1. Museu de Badalona
2. Archeology department, Museu de Badalona
3. Head of Department of Antiquity, BHM Aquincum Museum
4. Cultural Manager, Department of Antiquity, BHM Aquincum Museum