CATCH meeting

12.00 – 13.00 uur     Reception with lunch

13.00 – 13.15 uur    Welcome by Prof. Dr. J. Bazelmans, director research, ROB

13.15 – 14.10 uur    Automated documentation of archaeological ceramics

              ;             < /SPAN>Dr. M. Kampel, Assistant Professor Vienna University of Technology

Motivated by the requirements of the present archaeology, an automated system for archaeological classification and reconstruction of ceramics is developed. The system uses the profile of an archaeological fragment to classify and reconstruct it virtually. In the talk, an overview of the major documentation steps 3D acquisition, 3D data processing, classification and reconstruction is given. Dr. Kampel is Assistant Professor at the Pattern Recognition and Image Recognition Group at the Vienna University of Technology, and participates in cultural heritage projects such as EPOCH and 3D MURALE.

14.10 – 14.25 uur    Knowledge Infrastructure Cultural History (KICH)

              ;             & nbsp;     Drs. J. van Kersen, Stadsarchief Dordrecht

KICH is a digital network that makes available and connects cultural-historical knowledge. The website aims at professional users such as plan designers and policy makers.

14.25 – 14.40 uur    National Reference Collection (NRc)

              ;             & nbsp;     Dr. A.G. Lange, Rijksdienst voor Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek

The National Reference Collection is a digital tool that aims at the collection, saving and distribution of knowledge on archaeological artifacts. The NRc aims at playing an important role in the collection of knowledge by starting archaeologists, and in the scientific analysis, classification and evaluation of archaeological finds.        

14.40 – 15.00 uur    Break

15.00 – 16.00 uur    Interactive session: Classification of stone tools

In the interactive session, the participants are asked to classify a number of stone tools by visual inspection. The classifications by the participants will be compared with classifications by two stone tool experts. This will show that classifications by non-experts and experts are not the same, but also that expert classifications are not consistent. The discussion will focus on how to deal with differences in expert classifications.

16.00 – 17.00 uur    Drinks