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The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture announces the completion of the archaeological surveys conducted during two training seminars organised by the Cyprus Regional Development Project (CRDP) of the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF). The CRDP is directed by Professor Lucy Blue (University of Southampton). The project coordinator is Dr Maria Michael.
The CRDP aims to explore Cyprus' in situ cultural resources and develop an integrated approach to archaeological mapping. It is a collaboration between the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the MarEA research project (University of Ulster and University of Southampton). There is also collaboration with other researchers in Cyprus and with partners from the wider HFF region (Egypt and Lebanon). All partners are involved in delivering training seminars and organising fieldwork to achieve regional capacity building for researchers in the Eastern Mediterranean. The participants in these seminars are mainly field archaeologists, photographers, geologists and field biologists from Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Lebanon.
In November 2023, two training seminars were conducted: an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Remote Sensing seminar and a Geoarchaeology seminar, in the area of Ayia Napa (Famagusta) and Akrotiri (Limassol), respectively. The seminar on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Remote Sensing was held from 6 to 10 November 2023 by Dr Dimitrios Skarlatos, Dr Athos Agapiou and Marinos Vlachos (Department of Civil and Geoinformatics Engineering): Laboratory of Photogrammetric Vision and Laboratory of Earth Observation for Cultural Heritage of TEPAK), with the support of the MarEA project. This seminar aimed to provide an introduction to the basics of aerial photogrammetry, the use of drones for imaging, flight preparation, aerial triangulation and the importance of remote sensing in archaeology.
During this seminar, an aerial (UAV) survey was conducted using two drones, an Autel evo II Pro RTK for RGB imagery and a DJI P4 Multispectral for multispectral data acquisition. This survey was carried out at the archaeological site of Makronisos, in Ayia Napa. The purpose of this aerial survey (UAV drone) was to provide participants with a hands-on experience of flight preparation, data acquisition and processing. The result of this survey was the creation of a detailed orthophotographic map and a multi-spectral orthophotography of the archaeological site of Makronissos.
The second seminar of Geoarchaeology was held from 11 to 12 November 2023 by Professor Apostolos Sarris and Dr Miltiadis Polydorou (Laboratory of Digital Humanities and Geoinformatics of the Archaeology Research Unit of the University of Cyprus).
The second seminar of Geoarchaeology was held from 11 to 12 November 2023 by Professor Apostolos Sarris and Dr Miltiadis Polydorou (Laboratory of Digital Humanities and Geoinformatics of the Archaeology Research Unit of the University of Cyprus). Through this seminar, participants had the opportunity to learn about geophysical processes, specifically the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and the basic geomorphological principles that indicate landscape changes, such as wind processes, geomorphological indicators of sea level change, coastal erosion, erosional geomorphs and sea levels. This knowledge will help them prepare for geoarchaeological surveys.
To achieve this aim, a small-scale geophysical survey using GPR was carried out at two sites on the Cape Peninsula, the Medieval Channel (Lady's Mile Beach), and the site of the Roman shipwreck excavation (north of St George's Chapel). During this survey, shallow cores were taken using hand tools to study stratigraphy, microfauna and sediment grain size.
Figure 1: Geoarchaeology seminar. Geophysical survey in the area of Akrotiri, Limassol
Figure 2: Geoarchaeology seminar. Geotechnical geoarchaeology seminar in Limassol, Limassol, Greece
Figure 3: UAV survey at the archaeological site of Makronisos, Ayia Napa
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