"The research project starts from my M.A. research in “Quaternary and Prehistory” (University of ... more "The research project starts from my M.A. research in “Quaternary and Prehistory” (University of Ferrara) on the application of spatial technologies to the Paleolithic site of Pirro Nord (P13) and specifically on the development with Free and Open Source Software of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the management of the data and for spatial analysis. It now includes a detailed documentation Wiki site of the research project's phases involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources. It also provides a Web-based recording system designed to be able to manage excavation data. The new step in the research provide for a
3D reconstruction of the site."
"ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is a way to cross the road between conservation a... more "ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is a way to cross the road between conservation and dissemination of archaeological information. Particularly, Open approach, extract from Free and Open Source Software Moviment, offers a new point of view for the treatment of the digital data which crowded the modern archaeological research.
In effect, if the conservation of information is easily realizable with modern storage system; the Open approach respond to a real world-wide access to archaeological information, increasing the research and the archaeological knowledge.
Following the 3 open concept express in the title, it's possible to step from the lower level of the software used, to the upper level of the commons knowledge, with a suggestion of what is “ethic” in archaeological research.
The focus key that allow the development of an Open approach is the copyleft concept. Sharing can help to go beyond the traditional ways of disseminating information as such as journal, articles, books, ecc... Open access to commons knowledge is possible only passing through the copyright concept that usually cover the public access to cultural heritage."
Two new vertebrate fossiliferous localities from the Pleistocene of the Mygdonia Basin (Macedonia... more Two new vertebrate fossiliferous localities from the Pleistocene of the Mygdonia Basin (Macedonia, Greece), Tsiotra Vryssi (TSR) and Platanochori-1 (PLN), are presented in this article. TSR belongs to the Gerakarou Formation and its preliminary faunal list includes the corvid Corvus pliocaenus, the hyaenid Pachycrocuta brevirostris, the canid Canis etruscus, the rhinoceros Stephanorhinus sp., two species of Equus, the bovid Bison sp., the cervid Metacervocerus rhenanus and the giraffid Palaeotragus sp. PLN belongs to the Platanochori Formation (overlying Gerakarou Formation) and its fauna includes the following taxa: Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Equus apolloniensis, Bison sp. and Pontoceros ambiguus. The preliminary comparison of these faunal assemblages with the already known localities from the Mygdonia Basin and the wider region, combined with the geological data, suggest a Late Villafranchian age for TSR, chronologically intermediate between the localities Gerakarou-1 and Apollonia-1, while the fauna from PLN is indicative of a Latest Villafranchian age, similar to that of Apollonia-1. These new localities will enhance our understanding of the crucial time period of the earliest dispersal of hominins into Europe.
"The research project starts from my M.A. research in “Quaternary and Prehistory” (University of ... more "The research project starts from my M.A. research in “Quaternary and Prehistory” (University of Ferrara) on the application of spatial technologies to the Paleolithic site of Pirro Nord (P13) and specifically on the development with Free and Open Source Software of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the management of the data and for spatial analysis. It now includes a detailed documentation Wiki site of the research project's phases involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources. It also provides a Web-based recording system designed to be able to manage excavation data. The new step in the research provide for a
3D reconstruction of the site."
"ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is a way to cross the road between conservation a... more "ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is a way to cross the road between conservation and dissemination of archaeological information. Particularly, Open approach, extract from Free and Open Source Software Moviment, offers a new point of view for the treatment of the digital data which crowded the modern archaeological research.
In effect, if the conservation of information is easily realizable with modern storage system; the Open approach respond to a real world-wide access to archaeological information, increasing the research and the archaeological knowledge.
Following the 3 open concept express in the title, it's possible to step from the lower level of the software used, to the upper level of the commons knowledge, with a suggestion of what is “ethic” in archaeological research.
The focus key that allow the development of an Open approach is the copyleft concept. Sharing can help to go beyond the traditional ways of disseminating information as such as journal, articles, books, ecc... Open access to commons knowledge is possible only passing through the copyright concept that usually cover the public access to cultural heritage."
Two new vertebrate fossiliferous localities from the Pleistocene of the Mygdonia Basin (Macedonia... more Two new vertebrate fossiliferous localities from the Pleistocene of the Mygdonia Basin (Macedonia, Greece), Tsiotra Vryssi (TSR) and Platanochori-1 (PLN), are presented in this article. TSR belongs to the Gerakarou Formation and its preliminary faunal list includes the corvid Corvus pliocaenus, the hyaenid Pachycrocuta brevirostris, the canid Canis etruscus, the rhinoceros Stephanorhinus sp., two species of Equus, the bovid Bison sp., the cervid Metacervocerus rhenanus and the giraffid Palaeotragus sp. PLN belongs to the Platanochori Formation (overlying Gerakarou Formation) and its fauna includes the following taxa: Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis, Equus apolloniensis, Bison sp. and Pontoceros ambiguus. The preliminary comparison of these faunal assemblages with the already known localities from the Mygdonia Basin and the wider region, combined with the geological data, suggest a Late Villafranchian age for TSR, chronologically intermediate between the localities Gerakarou-1 and Apollonia-1, while the fauna from PLN is indicative of a Latest Villafranchian age, similar to that of Apollonia-1. These new localities will enhance our understanding of the crucial time period of the earliest dispersal of hominins into Europe.
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3D reconstruction of the site."
In effect, if the conservation of information is easily realizable with modern storage system; the Open approach respond to a real world-wide access to archaeological information, increasing the research and the archaeological knowledge.
Following the 3 open concept express in the title, it's possible to step from the lower level of the software used, to the upper level of the commons knowledge, with a suggestion of what is “ethic” in archaeological research.
The focus key that allow the development of an Open approach is the copyleft concept. Sharing can help to go beyond the traditional ways of disseminating information as such as journal, articles, books, ecc... Open access to commons knowledge is possible only passing through the copyright concept that usually cover the public access to cultural heritage."
3D reconstruction of the site."
In effect, if the conservation of information is easily realizable with modern storage system; the Open approach respond to a real world-wide access to archaeological information, increasing the research and the archaeological knowledge.
Following the 3 open concept express in the title, it's possible to step from the lower level of the software used, to the upper level of the commons knowledge, with a suggestion of what is “ethic” in archaeological research.
The focus key that allow the development of an Open approach is the copyleft concept. Sharing can help to go beyond the traditional ways of disseminating information as such as journal, articles, books, ecc... Open access to commons knowledge is possible only passing through the copyright concept that usually cover the public access to cultural heritage."