About this module:

This module was created for the The Tundzha Regional Archaeological Project, based at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. The module has been designed for intensive and systematic field survey (in a grid). This module can be used not only in Bulgaria, but anywhere around the world where the same methodology of intensive survey is applied.

Authorship:

This module was co-developed by Adela Sobotkova at Macquarie University and Petra Hermankova and Christian Nassif-Haynes at the FAIMS Project, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University & Aarhus University.

Cite us:

Nassif-Haynes, Christian, Adela Sobotkova, Petra Heřmánková, Terry H. Bui, and Brian Ballsun-Stanton. 2020. Tundzha Regional Archaeological Project Gridded Survey Module (version aecfee9). Github. https://github.com/FAIMS/trap-gridded-survey/releases/tag/perachora-2020. (Perachora 2020 implementation)

Funding:

Development of this module was funded by the Macquarie University Strategic Infrastructure -Scheme (MQSIS) 20110091, aimed to support FAIMS infrastructure development in 2017 and by the Research Attraction and Acceleration Program (RAAP) NSW Department of Industry 16805/00, aimed to support innovation and investment in the New South Wales in 2016 and 2017.

Date of release:

Feb 2018

Date of deployment in the field:

Jan 2020 (Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project, Greece)

FAIMS Mobile version:

FAIMS v2.6 (Android 9+)

Licence:

This module is licensed under an international Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Access:

The module can be downloaded from this GitHub repository.

This module contains the following FAIMS features:

• survey data recording in a grid
• dynamic design based on number of walkers and the size of the surveyed area
• tracklog and coordinates from internal GPS
• attribute-level timestamps
• photo capture from device camera
• validated fields with user observations
• controlled vocabularies

This module can be used with no or minor modification for:

• intensive surface field survey in a grid - Mediterranean style
• mapping the exact location of archaeological remains
• ground-truthing of archaeological remains

Contact info:

For more details about the The Tundzha Regional Archaeological Project please visit www.tundzha.org. If you have any questions about the The Tundzha Regional Archaeological Project, contact Adela Sobotkova at adela@fedarch.org. If you have any questions about the The Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project, contact Shawn Ross at shawn@fedarch.org.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact the FAIMS team at enquiries@fedarch.org.

Screenshots:

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Fieldwork screenshots (Perachora 2020):

Fieldshots (Perachora 2020):

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Automated performance testing: