Petrographic analysis of ceramic thin sections involves taking slices of a ceramic vessel and looking at it through a light microscope. Production technologies such as ceramic manufacture are highly resistant to change, and different clay preparation techniques and particles can be identified in the walls of a sherd. These differences vary over regions and potting traditions, and and changes in production technologies are thus a good indicator of migration.
Photogrammetry is the use of photography to derive the geometric properties of objects. Individual graves are photographed between 40 and 100 times from different angles and photographs are then dropped into a photogrammetry program. The software creates a 3D model of the object photographed, and this object is then tied into the excavation grid using survey points shot in with the on-site electronic theodolite. Download a 3D rendering of a burial here: HB_09 (pdf). A blank page will come up – choose to “Save As.” You must have a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat to manipulate the object. The model was made by Giles Morrow at the University of Toronto, and was…
Bringing together specialists and students from around the world, the BAKOTA team draws upon an array of methods as we collect and analyze our data. Learn more about some of these methods… Surface Collection Shovel Testing Magnetometry, EM & Resistivity Osteology Ancient DNA Geochemistry Computed Tomography Microexcavation Petrography Photogrammetry
The BAKOTA team during the June 2013 excavations. Gábor Bácsmegi is an Archaeologist at the Munkácsy Mihály Museum in Békéscsaba. He specializes in the reconstruction of ancient environments and the Neolithic of southeastern Europe. Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea is a Toronto-based digital media and animation instructor at OCAD and Brock University. He specializes in computer animation, installation, and drawing. His work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Webpage:www.gustavocerquera.com Paul R. Duffy is Canadian Co-Director, and founder of the BAKOTA project. He is a Research Associate at the Field Museum in Chicago and lectures at the University of Toronto. He specializes in the European Bronze Age, spatial analysis, and sociocultural change in middle-range societies….
The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeological (BAKOTA) Field School: Undergraduate Training in Fieldwork and Independent Research Reporting in European Archaeology is a summer program sponsored by Quinnipiac University and the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program (Award N0. 1460820). We are not currently offering a field school Please check out the NSF-REU website for other summer research opportunities. BAKOTA mentor Dr. Jaime Ullinger (with Dr. Lesley Gregoricka) just announced a new bioarchaeology themed NSF-REU! You can find out more info here! Questions? Feel free to contact one of the BAKOTA project directors: Paul Duffy, Ph.D., American co-director (paul.duffy@utoronto.ca) Julia Giblin, Ph.D., American co-director (Julia.Giblin@quinnipiac.edu) Györgyi Parditka, M.A.,…
This newspaper article describes research at the Jégvermi-kert site during an interview with BAKOTA Hungarian co-director Györgyi Parditka and Lászlo Paja.
An article about Quinnipiac students Justine Tynan and Lauren Tosti and their work on the BAKOTA project.
