The 2020 Athens BSA will include the following topics:

 

  • Analytical techniques in cultural heritage materials
    • Ceramics, metals, glass, lithics, pigments, organic materials

 

  • Dating Methods & Palaeo-environment
    • Absolut Dating methods
    • Palaeo-environment Reconstruction
    • Geophysical prospection & GIS applications
    • Bioarchaeology

 

  • Conservation Science
    • Conservation of inorganic and organic materials
    • Art conservation
    • Degradation mechanisms

 

  • Open Session
    • Experimental archaeology
    • Computer Sciences in cultural heritage
    • Data manipulation and statistics
    • 3D scanning/printing in cultural heritage
    • Imaging techniques in arts and archaeology