XVII International Summer School in Archaeology

EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES
Rocca San Silvestro, 27 November-2 December 2006

History & Aims of the International Summer Schools in Archaeology (University of Siena)
The immediacy of the discussions, the international breadth of the participants and the direct relationship between teachers and students have been particular characteristics of the International Summer Schools in Archaeology at the University of Siena. After nearly twenty years of meetings the Schools still present one of the most important opportunities for fostering and advancing working relationships between archaeology and related disciplines. Since 1987 the Summer Schools have dealt with themes which have created important initiatives and international debate aimed at advancing archaeological work in Italy and beyond. In general the Schools involve teaching concerned with archaeology in practice and with the use of interdisciplinary techniques. The public success of the meetings, and particularly the resulting publications, demonstrate the active role played over the past twenty years by the International Summer Schools at Siena. Until 2000 the events were promoted and directly funded by the National Research Council. In the light of the established importance of the Schools the Department of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Siena is seeking, in the absence of this former funding, to find new ways of continuing this longstanding series of meetings. Basic funding for the Schools in 2001 and 2005 was provided by public bodies, by the Culture 2000 Programme of the European Community and by commercial concerns, including Leica Geosystems, Geosoft, Foerster Group, IRIS, GEM systems, GSSI, Geonics, ESRI software, Terranova and others.

General objectives of the Summer Schools
- To encourage the integration of theoretical, methodological and analytical aspects of archaeological research
- To develop interdisciplinary research bringing together, especially, research in the natural sciences using the most advanced information processing techniques, in collaboration with work in the laboratory
- To promote a dialog between workers in different fields, particularly between those concerned with research and those more concerned with matters of conservation

List of Summer School Publications
- Every Summer School in Archaeology has resulted in, or will result in, a publication, as can be seen from the following list. The books have been constructed in ways specifically related to teaching functions
I - Archeologia e restauro dei monumenti, 1987, eds. R.Francovich, R.Parenti
II - Scienze in archeologia, 1988, eds. T.Mannoni, M.Molinari
III - Lo scavo archeologico dalla diagnosi all'edizione, 1989, eds. R.Francovich, D.Manacorda
IV - Archeologia del Paesaggio,1991, ed. M.Bernardi
V - Archeologia delle attività estrattive e metallurgiche, 1991, ed. R.Francovich
VI - Acculturazione e mutamenti. Prospettive nell'archeologia medievale del Mediterraneo, eds. E.Boldrini, R.Francovich
VII - Sistemi informativi e reti geografiche in archeologia: GIS-Internet, 1995, ed. A.Gottarelli
VIII - Archeologia subacquea, 1996, ed. G.Volpe
IX - Musei e parchi archeologici, eds. R.Francovich, A.Zifferero
X - Archeologia Teorica, 1999, ed. N.Terrenato
XI - Remote Sensing in Archaeology, 1999, eds. S.Campana-M.Forte
XII - Archeologia e Urbanistica, 2000, ed. A.Ricci
XIII - Aerial Archaeology Research School, 2001, C.Musson, R.Palmer, S.Campana
XIV - Ricognizione Aerea, fotografia digitale e interpretazione GIS based, 2005, S.Campana, R.Francovich, in press (2006).
XV- Geophysics for Landscapes Archaeology, S.Campana, R.Francovich, S.Piro, forthcoming 2006
XVI- Artificial Intelligence for Archaeology, G.Macchi, forthcoming 2006