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12 February 2010
New Technology for Digitization of Ancient Objects and Documents
Joint project of ACRG, ECS, CSAD, CDLI and ETCSL.
01 February 2010
ACRG part of £1.7m project for Multi-disciplinary Design of Effective Research Spaces
University of Southampton researchers from the Archaeological Computing Research Group and the School of Electronics and Computer Science form part of a multi-disciplinary team from six institutions awarded a grant of £1.7m.
18 October 2009
Portus Project technology in the Media
The Portus Project's use of archaeological computing has received significant media attention on tv, in the print media, radio and online.
21 April 2009
AHRC CDA Success
The Archaeological Computing Research Group has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Award.
06 March 2009
Virtual Cocoon
The Archaeological Computing Research Group have been involved in an EPSRC project to produce truly immersive archaeological and other environments.
31 January 2009
ACRG has upgraded its facilities to include Photomodeler Scanner.
We have just upgraded our facilities to include Photomodeler Scanner. We have been using this and our Konica Minolta Vivid 910 and Polynomial Texture Mapping rig on a range of research projects. Recent collaborators include Oxford University, English Heritage, Cambridge University, Fitzwilliam Museum, British Museum, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Musée du Louvre, Kings College London and Herculaneum Conservation Project.
15 January 2009
ACRG collaboration restores Herculaneum statue
A 2000-year-old painted Roman statue is being digitally restored to her original glory by scientists from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, the Herculaneum Conservation Project and the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick.
19 December 2008
Archaeology shines in the RAE
Archaeology has yet again demonstrated its research excellence. Following on from considerable recent success in grant funding and development of international research collaborations, the discipline has scored a GPA of 2.8 in the RAE.
15-17 Dec 2008
TAG 30
The 30th Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meeting will be held at the University of Southampton between Monday December 15th and Wednesday December 17th 2008.
24 November 2008
Kington Camp - launch of Virtual Ward
The project exhibition was on display, including its new installation, as were laptops where users could browse the new virtual ward produced by members of the Archaeological Computing Research Group, the audio documentary and other audio visual outputs
15 October 2008
Society of Antiquaries of London Exhibition in Salisbury
A new exhibition has opened at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum.
05 July 2008
eMob at WAC6
The eMob project was presented at the World Archaeological Congress in Dublin.
01 May 2008
AHRC CDA awarded to examine the Portable Antiquities Scheme Database
The Archaeological Computing Research Group has been awarded a collaborative doctoral award by the AHRC.
11 April 2008
Archaeological computing in the press
Graduates of the MSc Archaeological Computing programmes at Southampton have written an article for the 100th issue of British Archaeology.
25 August 2007
Portus Project Website is Launched
A new bilingual (English/Italian) website funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Archaeological Computing Research Group offers animated views of the ancient port of Rome on the Southampton website.
17 October 2005
Stone in Archaeology: Towards a digital resource
Stone in Archaeology - towards a Digital Resource is a resource enhancement project which was awarded to Kathryn Knowles and Professor David Peacock with technical expertise provided by Fiona Lewis.