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H2020Staff exchange2019–2023

BE-ARCHAEO · BEyond ARCHAEOlogy: an advanced approach linking East to West through science, field archaeology, interactive museum experiences

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-02-01 → 2023-07-31
EU contribution
€708,400
Participants
8
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

BEyond ARCHAEOlogy: an advanced approach linking East to West through science, field archaeology, interactive museum experiences

Approaches combining archaeology and archaeometry for the investigation of past records are established, but recent technological advances, especially new IT tools, push for a general update of the consolidated procedures. BE-ARCHAEO launches a trans-disciplinary approach in the investigation of past registered at archaeological sites, with the involvement of IT experts within an on-the-field interplay between archaeologists and archaeometry experts, in a truly interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral environment. Besides improving the career perspectives of researchers, the project is developing new tools for strengthening the links between archaeology and hard sciences, with the building of a shared knowledge database with interlinked archaeological and archaeometric informations. Research theme has been provided by the Japanese partners through a new archaeological site, the Tobiotsuka mounded tomb (Soja City, Okayama Prefecture), and their archaeological collections, to investigate the evolution from chieftain power to central government, by investigating the connections between Kibi and Izumo areas. This intersectoral and trans-disciplinary approach will contribute to further growth of archaeology and archaeometry, but also to the cultivation of cultural-property specialists with interdisciplinary vision, the enhanced fusion of archaeology and science, and the development of new IT technology that contributes to the storage and utilization of interdisciplinary data for communicating our new knowledge to the public. The main achievements of the BE-ARCHAEO project are: - An OA integrated archeological database,employable in additional research projects. - new research collaborations that will be implemented with the submission of new European research projects. - complete scientific investigations on all planned materials. - More visibility for SMEs. - The Partner IRIAE has started two new research projects in collaboration with Japanese institutions. - BE-ARCHAEO allowed new connections among researchers engaged in the study of Eastern archeology and revitalized the interest in the subject. - Additional BE-ARCHAEO summer schools, workshops, and events will be held in the upcoming years.

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Project objective

Although approaches combining archaeology and archaeometry in the investigation of past records are presently well established, recent technological advances, especially the new IT tools, push for a general update of the consolidated procedures. Researchers and professionals need to develop expertise and skills under new perspectives, to enable a new trans-disciplinary storytelling from the archaeological site to the museum display. BE-ARCHAEO launches a trans-disciplinary approach in the investigation of past social experience registered at archaeological sites, where the involvement of IT experts within an on-the-field interplay between archaeologists and an exhaustive set of interlinked archaeometry experts will enable R&I and will expose the involved individuals to a truly interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral environment, thus improving their career perspectives significantly. The participants, belonging to various domains of archaeology, archaeometry, museology and IT, will commit skills and instruments to the project for performing cutting-edge scientific investigations and for developing the most capturing interactive museum experiences. The Japanese partners will give the opportunity of developing the BE-ARCHAEO approach in a new area of archaeological excavation and will give access to their archaeological collections for investigations and analysis. Bidirectional knowledge transfer among the participants - set up on the tailored Japanese case–study - will lead to the development of cultural heritage professionals with a trans-disciplinary vision of the archaeological records; new procedures for integrated archaeology and archaeometry; new IT tools for storing/retrieving interdisciplinary data and for communicating to the general public the new knowledge stemming by combining archaeology and science. Intersectoral interactions and connections with the stakeholders will keep the research tightly linked to the needs of the final users.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO · TorinoCoordinatorItaly
  • BOARD OF EDUCATION, SHIMANE PREFECTURE · Shimane Prefecture Matsue CityCountry levelJapan
  • Faculdade de letras da Universidade de Lisboa · LisboaPortugal
  • INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY · NapoliItaly
  • KOKURITSU DAIGAKU HOJIN OKAYAMA DAIGAKU · OkayamaJapan
  • P. SOTIROPOULOS-SP. MAROULAKIS G.P. · NEOS KOSMOSGreece
  • TECNART SRL · TorinoItaly
  • Visual Dimension bvba · MaarkedalBelgium

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union