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Vajk Szeverényi
“Size matters”: computer applications and quantitative methods in large-scale excavations

In Central and Eastern Europe, 90% of all archaeology is concentrated on large-scale excavations that usually precede infrastructural investments and construction works. The infrastructural backwardness of EU accession countries has induced large-scale road constructions, railroad reconstructions and greenfield investments. For archaeology, these have resulted in the full excavation of large areas not connected to any particular period with huge amounts of finds and data. The processing and evaluation of the archaeological remains from such excavations provide new opportunities for archaeology not only in terms of quantity, but also quality. We construct new roads, and while doing so we have to use the latest methods to ensure that we create the most detailed documentation before a site is destroyed. Computer applications and various quantitative methods can be of immense help during such projects.
The aim of this session is to investigate how archaeologists are coping with the problems of large-scale excavations with the help of digital technologies. We invite papers that explore the possibilities offered by such technologies during survey and prospecting, excavation, documentation and analysis.

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