Session: #470

Regular session

Regional and microregional survey projects have a long history in the archaeological research, which aimed to gain a better understanding about a landscape’s settlement network in cultural, social and economic point of views. Field-walking, geophysical prospection, aerial photography, airborne laser-scanning and GIS modelling play a key role during the identification, monitoring and evaluating archaeological resources. Non-invasive survey methods became a crucial element of these integrated researches and also applied in development-led archaeological projects during the heritage assessment and management.
These projects often proved to be the starting point of novel approaches in major and minor methodological and scientific topics and created best-practices for successful fieldwork and interpretation. The recent theoretical and technical advances in non-invasive methods, which provided detailed sampling resolution and increasing daily coverage, are forcing regular check-ups on our integrated survey system.
Therefore, the aim of his session is to discuss the application and impact of different non-invasive methods in heritage management and regional survey strategies. We would like to focus on such topics as optimal distribution of limited resources, data integration and interpretation of large-scale datasets. We invite anyone who would be interested in sharing their thoughts on the connection between the decision-making process of the integrated survey scheme and also on their long-term impact development-led archaeological projects.

non-invasive survey, regional survey, large-scale datasets, field walking, geophysical prospection, aerial photography and ALS

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Gábor Mesterházy (Hungary) ¹

Piotr Wroniecki (Poland) ²
Melinda Koller (Hungary) ¹