AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP

Annual Meeting, 5-7 September 2000.

Lecture Hall: New King's 1, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen.

Tuesday 5th September – AARG conference day.

9.00-10.00 Registration and coffee.

10.00-11.00 AARG Annual General Meeting 2000.

11.00 AARG 2000 – Welcome and announcements.

11.00-11.30 Dave Easton (RCAHMS)

RAF and Luftwaffe sources in Scotland.

11.30-12.00 Andrew Young (Cornwall Archaeology Unit)

The use of "historic" vertical air photography in Cornwall.

12.00-12.30 Mike Anderton (English Heritage)

Aerial photography and the First World War.

12.30-14.00 Lunch.

14.00-14.30 Dave Thompson (Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)

The role of aerial photography in the Historic Landscape Characterisation of Gwynedd.

14.30-15.00 Toby Driver and David Thomas (RCAHMW)

Blaenavon: mapping a nominated WHS with aerial photography and GIS.

15.00-15.30 Kevin Jones (Dept. of Conservation, New Zealand)

Low-level (1800') medium format verticals for site condition reporting.

15.30-16.00 Tea.

16.00-16.30 Moira Greig (Aberdeenshire Council)

Where is that sun - problems of flying in Aberdeenshire, Moray & Angus.

16.30-17.00 Dave Cowley and Kenny Brophy (RCAHMS)

Aerial Photography and the Archaeology of SW Scotland.

17.00-1730 Marilyn Brown (RCAHMS)

Aerial survey, GIS and pit-alignments in SE Scotland.

Wednesday 6th September – AARG conference day.

9.00-9.30 Otto Braasch

Continental Affairs.

9.30-10.00 Kenny Brophy (RCAHMS)

Thinking and doing aerial photography in some prehistoric landscapes.

10.00-10.30 Gordon Maxwell

Aerial Photography and Roman archaeology in Scotland.

10.30-11.00 Coffee.

11.00-11.30 Stuart Simmons (Simmons Aerofilms)

Aerofilms & UK Perspectives Mapping Britain through the years.

11.30-12.00 Helen Winton (English Heritage)

Prehistoric and Romano-British landscapes on the Lambourn Downs - a typical southern chalk downland?

12.00-12.30 Davy Strachan (Perth and Kinross Council)

The Stour River Valley, Essex: DTMs and aerial photography.

12.30-14.00 Lunch.

14.00-14.30 Anthony Crawshaw
The Trials and Tribulations of installing
a Vertical Camera.

14.30-15.00 Nick Holden (Environment Agency)

Digital airborne Remote Sensing: the Principals of LIDAR and CASI.

15.00-15.30 David Motkin

An assessment of LIDAR for archaeological use.

15.30-16.00 Tea.

16.00-16.30 Michael Doneus (Vienna University)

GIS and aerial photography.

16.30-17.00 Martin Fowler

Satellite imagery: review and preview.

17.00-17.30 Justin Thomas (ERMapper)

ERMapper software demonstration.

20.30-21.30 Informal evening session – bring some slides!