[23/11/2006]
The UOC's Òliba research group has taken part in the creation of a portal on archaeology in south-eastern Europe together with other European institutions and universities. This website represents the final phase of the SEEArchWeb (South-Eastern Europe Archaeology Web) project, which aims to create a series of technological tools for training in and publicising of the prehistoric archaeological heritage of south-eastern Europe (Greece-Bulgaria-Cyprus). This project is financed by the European Commission.
The UOC takes part in the creation of a website on archaeology in south-eastern Europe
The website (http://www.seearchweb.net/) brings together all sorts of content on the archaeology of south-eastern Europe. Highlights among this content include two multilingual online courses: the Olympic Games Course and an Introduction to Archaeology, which are basic learning resources for students, secondary school teachers and university archaeology professors. This portal also includes interesting applications such as Arion, a program that reproduces ancient Greek music (Dionysian dithyrambs) using the ancient instruments and notation system; a reproduction of an archaeologist's reasoning when interpreting the finds at an excavation, and learning objects, generated from objects coming from museum collections. As well as this portal, the SEEArchWeb project has also created a standardised digital database for the introduction of data coming from any excavation, which is to form part of the educational materials for the courses and be used as a tool for consultation by archaeologists and researchers. This database is combined with an application, ARCGis, which makes the information accessible and allows it to be viewed via maps (geographic information systems). The main results from this project are compiled in a book that is to be published by the American publishing house Ideas. Likewise, reports from the various workshops carried out during the research project are also to be published. SEEArchWeb is a project to create new online learning environments to publicise Balkan and Hellenic culture from the first half of the first millennium BC. As a pilot study, emphasis has been placed on prehistoric archaeology in south-eastern Europe. It was started up in 2003 and involved participation from the UOC, Aristotle University of Thessalonica, American University in Bulgaria, Manchester Metropolitan University, Hellenic World Foundation, University of Cyprus, University of Paris and University of Saarland.
Òliba
Òliba is a research group at the UOC that began in 1999 with the aim of identifying and
assessing the potential for information and communication technology in the conservation and
dissemination of heritage in cultural institutions.Some of its projects include the creation of
portals for the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (2006), the Museum of Immigration (2004)
and the Museum of Lleida (2003).
Information Society