Conferences

Location:
Hotel Surya Palace, Baroda Opp. Parsi Agiari - Sayajigunj

Dates:
Opening Dinner Reception: March 16th
Conference Dates: March 17th-20th, 2007
Organizing bodies: Global Heritage Fund and MS Baroda
Conference language: English

The conference ‘INDUS Archaeological Technical Training Workshop’ aims to increase understanding of technology applications used for archaeological site management in the Indus Saraswati region of India and Pakistan. Specific attention will be given to the use of web and software applications that can be used for modeling sites in 3-dimension and disseminating information over the web. Other themes of the conference are “how to work together to develop a regional plan for the Indus/Saraswati Region” while implementing principles of: sustainable development, conflict resolution, and the economic needs of contemporary Indian society

These themes will be explored through presenting current work being done that can be shared with the audience who will in turn, receive hands-on technical training through short excercises.  It is highly recommended that participants bring their laptop and install application prior to attending this conference.
This conference will provide the participants a forum for learning from a large cadre of archaeology experts and to further develop technical skills that can be applied to the developmnent of a regional plan.

GHF promotes sustainable development and poverty relief within the discipline of archaeology.

Sessions will be organised by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda with staff and research students from MS Baroda, including Kuldeep Bhan (Director MS Baroda Archaeology Department), Mark Kenoyer , Ms. Josephine Thomspon and Ms. Kalpana Desai.

Speakers
The conference aims to bring together archaeologists, conservators, heritage managers, developing agencies, and funding bodies, PHD Students, journalists, economists, NGOs and GOs.  Special focus will be given to academic scholars, experts and government representatives from Gujarat and Indus Saraswati Region.

Dissemination
It is proposed to publish edited proceedings from the conference. Some participants have already agreed to produce their papers. The edited volume will be a significant contribution to the study and practice of site management in the INDUS/Saraswati region.

These websites will be used to circulate a second call for papers, and will be used to disseminate further information about the conference in due course. The website will also be developed as a research tool for MA and PhD candidates, detailing abstracts, discussions, proceedings and useful links, in collaboration with Global Heritage Fund and MS Baroda.

Session: Regional GIS Datasets & Metadata and ArcGIS 9.2 & Google Earth
Organisation: Josephine Thompson & Randall Law
This session has two purposes. In fthe first place it will introduce that latest regional GIS datasets developed by NASA and other remote sensing efforts.  The session will also give attention to the development of metadata and how view and analyze data using ArcGIS. The ultimate aim is to give the audience access to the these datasets with a rudimentary knowledge of how to display and analyze.

Session:Database and Archival Techniques
Organisation: Eric C. Kansa, Katie Lindstrom & MSU PHD Students
The past year, MS Baroda has put a large amount of effort to creating digital archives. An overview of this project along with new techniques for displaying this data over the web will be explored. Audience will be given hands on experience with web database archival techniques.

Session: 3D Modeling over the Web and displaying GPS datasets in Google Earth and Sketchup
Organisation: Dr. Rabi Mohanty, Dr. S. P. Gupta

Day 4 March 20th Field Trip to Lothal
Organisation: Dr. Vinod Nautiyal & Kuldeep Bhan Department of History, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology

Reception Dinner March 16th
Time: 8:00 pm
Hotel Surya Palace
Opp. Parsi Agiari - Sayajigunj

Welcome Note & Introductory Remarks
Host Chancellor Mrunalini Devi Puar
Vice Chancellor Dr. Manoj Soni
Introduction and Recent Developments of the Indus Centre

Eminent Indus Scholars
Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Department of Anthropology U. Wisconsin

Dr. Kuldeep Bhan
Department Chair of Archaeology and Ancient History
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Presenters

Day 1 March 17th
8:30 — Opening Remarks
                      Prof. Kuldeep K. Bhan
                      Chair Faculty of Arts
                      The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
                      Dr. Ababinda Mitra,Executive DirectorINDO-US S&T Forum

9:00 — Prof. J. M. Kenoyer, Department of   Anthropology, University  of   Wisconsin
                      Presentation Title:  Mapping and Recording Systems at Harappa: A 
                      multifaceted approach
 
9:45 — Group Exercise

10:45 — Tea

11:00 — Randall Law, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin
                        Presentation Title:  Building a South Asian Archaeological site and rock &
                        mineral resource “Gazetteer" in Google Earth
 
11:45 —  Group Exercise

12:30 —  Lunch

1:30 —  Josephine Thompson, Global Heritage Fund
                      Presentation Title:  Country-wide, Regional and Local GIS datasets:  How
                      they help us with Regional Planning Efforts.
2:15 — Group Exercise
                      Using ArcGIS to show and analyze regional GIS datasets and how these
                      can be imported into Google Earth for collaborative efforts.

3:00 — Leonardo Quiles
                      Presentation Title: Moving Complex 3D Models into GoogleEarth: tales from
                      an experiment and prospects for future successes

3:45 — Group Exercise
                      Simple 3D Model Building using Sketchup and importation of models into Google
                      Earth for Sharing and collaboration.
 
4:30 — Group Discussion

5:00 — End

7:00 — Dinner

Day 2 March 18th Field Trip to Lothal

7:30 — Departure in Bus to Lothal

9:45 — Dr. BR Mani
                      Presentation Title: Lothal Overview of Past/Present/Future Excavations

11:00 — Group   Exercise
                        Locating oneself with GPS and ArcGIS

12:30 — Lunch in Lothal

5:00 — Return to Baroda

7:00 — Dinner

Day 3 March 19th

9:00 — Dr. Vinod Nautiyal
                      Presentation Title: Hands on Training on 3 D Visualization and Geometrical
                      modeling of Archaeological Potteries

9:45 — Group Exercise

10:45 — Tea

11:00 — Dr. S. P. Gupta
                        Presentation Title: Making Maps for Archaeological Atlas (ii) Findings coordinates
                        of Archaeological Sites and plotting them on maps (iii) Landscape Detail

11:45 — Group Exercise

12:30 — Lunch

1:30 — Prof. Robin Coningham
                      Presentation Title: The state of theocracy: reconstructing Anuradhapura’s hinterland

2:15 — Group Exercise
                      Anuradhapura: from field to theory
                      Software:PowerPoint, Excel, Access and ArcGIS.

3:00 — Miss Neha Gupta
                      Presentation Title: Towards a chrono-spatial approach: an example from Archaeology

3:45 — Group Exercise
                    Explore a spatial and chronologically inclusive dataset in ArcGIS.
                    Conduct preliminary data analysis:
                    Querying attribute data
                    Density
                    Neighborhood   statistics

4:30 — Group Discussion

5:00 — End

7:00 — Dinner

Day 4 March 20th

9:00 — Miss Katie Lindstorm
                      Presentation Title:  Computerized Collections Management Systems:
                      Features and Utility of MSU’s Digital   Archive

9:45 — Group Exercise
                      Dr. Ambika Patel, museum curator and professor in the Department of Archaeology
                      and Ancient History, MSU will be presenting the workshop portion of the presentation
                      along with Katie Lindstrom.

10:45 — Tea

11:00 — Eric Kansa
                        Presentation Title:  Cultural Heritage in an Open Context: Methods for Publishing
                        Field Research Online

11:45 — Group Exercise

12:30 — Lunch

1:30 — Dr. Ravi Korisettar
                      Presentation Title: Computerized Collections Management Systems:
                      Features and Utility of MSU’s Digital Archive

2:15 — Group Exercise

3:00 — Rabi Mohanty
                      Presentation Title: Geophysical Survey at the Early Historic site of Sisupalgarh,
                      Orissa, 2006-2007

3:45 — Group Exercise

4:30 — Group Discussion

5:00 — End

7:00 — Closing Dinner & Wrap Up Discussion
 

Prof. J. M. Kenoyer
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin
5105, Social Science Building.
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI-53706, USA
Telephone: (608) 262 5696
Email: Jkenoyer@facstaff.wisc.edu

Eric C. Kansa
Executive Director
The Alexandria Archive Institute
Open Context: Community Data-sharing & Tagging
www.alexandriaarchive.org www.opencontext.org
Office: (510) 528-5392
Mobile: (415) 425-7380
Email:  ekansa@alexandriaarchive.org

Randall Law
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin
5105, Social Science Building.
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI-53706, USA
Telephone: (608) 262 5696
Email: rwlaw@wisc.edu

Josephine Thompson
Global Heritage Fund
625 Emerson St, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
Telephone: (650) 325-7520
Email: josie@globalheritagefund.org

Kalpana Desai
Global Heritage Fund
625 Emerson St, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
Telephone: (650) 325-7520
Email: kalpanadesai@hotmail.com

Leonardo Quiles
leonardo quiles studios
G10 Federico Drive
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Telephone: (413).441.1043
Email: leo@leonardoquiles.com
INDIAN PARTICIPANTS

Mr. Nauriyal, ASI Dholavira Director

Mr. Yadubirsingh Rawat
Director
Department of Archaeology
Govt. of Gujarat
Old Assembly Buildig, 2nd Floor
Near Town Hall, Sector – 17
Gandhinagar – 382017, Gujarat
Telephone: (079) 23256740
Email: ryadubir@rediffmail.com

Prof. Vasant Shinde
Department of Archaeology
Deccan College
Pune – 411 006
Cell: 09371014443
Email: shindevs@rediffmail.com

Dr. Rabi Mohanty
Department of Archaeology
Deccan College
Pune – 411 006
Cell: 09890689477
Email: rabikm@rediffmail.com

Dr. Pramod Joglekar
Department of Archaeology
Deccan College
Pune – 411 006
Telephone: (020) 26693794
Email: pramjog@yahoo.co.in

Dr. Ravi Korisettar
Dept. of History & Archaeology
Karnataka University,
Dharwad – 580003
Karnataka
Cell: 09448111300
Email: korisettar@yahoo.com

Dr. Jivan Kharakwal
Dept of Archaeology
Institute of Rajasthan Studies
JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth
Udipur – 313001
Rajasthan
Cell: 09352507227
Email: kharakwal@rediffmail.com

Dr. Vinod Nautiyal
Department of History, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
HNB Garhwal University
Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttaranchal
Email: v_nauti@yahoo.com

Dr. B. R. Mani
Director Publications
Archaeological Survey of India
Janpath, New Delhi – 11
Cell: 9810528069
Email: brmani@hotmail.com

Dr. S. P. Gupta
Chair
Indian Archaeology Society
B-17, Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi – 110016
Telephone (011) 268522635
Email: iasnewdelhi@rediffmail.com

Dr. L. S. Rao
Superintending Archaeologist
Archaeological Survey of India
Excavation Branch
Old High Court Building
Nagpur – 440001
Telephone (071) 22562650
Email: saasiexbrngp@dataone.in

Dr. R. S. Fonia
Director Excavations / Exploration
Archaeological Survey of India
Janpath, New Delhi – 110011
Cell: 09868536944

Dr. R. S. Bisht
Joint Director – General ASI (Retd.)
9/19 Rajendranagar - 3
Sahibabad – 201005
Gaziabad
Cell: 09891347124
Email: prabuasi@gmail.com

Dr. Alok Tripathi
Superintending Archaeologist
Underwater Archaeological Wing
Archaeological Survey of India
Red Fort, Delhi – 110006
Cell: 09868143646
Email: alok.asi@gmail.com

PARTICIPANTS FROM OUTSIDE OF INDIA/USA

Prof. Robin Coningham
Department of Archaeology
Durham University
South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
UK
Telephone 44 (191) 334 1101
Email: r.a.e.coningham@durham.ac.uk

Miss Neha Gupta
Archeological Computing Laboratory
Department of Anthropology
McGill University
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3 A2T7
Telephone: 1.514.398.4299
Email: neha.gupta@mail.mcgill.ca

Toshiki Osada
Kyoto Research Institute

PHD STUDENTS

Miss Anjana Reddy
Department of Archaeology
Deccan College
Pune – 411 006
Cell 09890541404
Email: anjanareddi@hotmail.com

Miss Amrita Sarkar
Department of Archaeology
Deccan College
Pune – 411 006
Cell: 09890068975
Email: amritjoy@rediffmail.com

Mr. Sudhir Chandra Nautiyal
Department of History, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
HNB Garhwal University
Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttaranchal

Mr. Lakhan Trivedi
Indian Archeological Society
B-17 Qutab Institutional Area
New – Delhi – 110016

Mr. Vijay Kumar
Indian Archeological society
B-17 Qutab Institutional Area
New – Delhi – 110016

LOCAL BARODA PARTICIPANTS

Prof. Kuldeep K. Bhan
Chair
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone: (0265) 2314960
Email: bhankuldeep@hotmail.com

Dr. V. Shivananda
Superintending Archaeologist
Archaeological Survey of India
Vadodara Circle
Puratattva Bhavan
Mandvi, Baroda – 390 006
Telephone: (0265) 2429387
Email; asivcvdr@hotmail.com

D. K. Krishnan
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone: (0265) 2781775
Email: Krishnan_msu@yahoo.com

Dr. P. Ajithprasad
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone: (0265) 2713522
Email: ajitkarolil@rediffmail.com

Dr. (Mrs.) Sushmita Sen
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09825576098
Email: shusmita_sp@hotmail.com

Mr. S. Prathapchandran
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09825784447
Email: prataps1@rediffmail.com

Dr. (Mrs.) Ambika Patel
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09426049741
Email: ambica_msu@yahoo.com

Prof. V. H. Sonawane
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone (0265) 2335690
Email: vhsonawane@rediffmail.com

Prof. V. S. Parekh
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone (0265) 5507493

Dr. (Mrs.) Preeti A. Panjwani
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone (0265) 27944432

Mrs. Shubhra Pramanik
Superintending Archaeologist
Archaeological Survey of India
Excavation Branch
Puratattva Bhavan
Mandvi, Vadodara – 390006
Telephone: (0265) 2433854
Email: asib@icenet.net

LOCAL PHD STUDENTS

Mr. Rajesh V.S
Department of Archaeology and ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09425636305
Email: rajeshkeraliyan@yahoo.co.in

Miss Bratati Sen
Department of Archaeology and ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09427076242
Email: brati-242@yahoo.com

Miss Eesha Thaker
Department of Archaeology and ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell 09824768189
Email: eesha10@rediffmail.com

Mr. Bhanu Prakash Sharma
Department of Archaeology and ancient History
Faculty of Arts
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Cell: 09426548163
Email: bhanu_arc@yahoo.com

Miss Katie Lindstrom
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Anthropology
5240 William H. Sewell Social Science Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
office phone: (608)262-2131

Organizers

For any questions regarding this conference, please contact:

USA
Josephine Thompson
Global Heritage Fund
626 Emerson St, Suite 200
Palo Alto

India
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002
Telephone: (0265) 2314960
Email: bhankuldeep@hotmail.com

This Conference is based on the following list of software and it is recommended that in order to particpate in the excercises, the participants download and look into the following software and write a request to: GHF

Google Earth
Download Google Earth Pro 7-day free T and Register by submitting email to GHF with 1 - Description of Project; 2 - How your project is going to help the Indus Regional Plan.
 

Google Sketchup
Download Free Trial of Sketchup and Register by submitting email to GHF with 1 - Description of Project; 2 - How your project is going to help the Indus Regional Plan.
 

ESRI ARCGIS 9.2- ARCGIS 9.2
This software is not downloadable but is acquired by reviewing this website: learn more about ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 and determining if you need this for your project. If you do, write a email to GHF indicating how you are going to use this software and how it is going to help regional planning efforts in the Indus. Both Spatial Analysit and 3D Analyst Extensions are available.
 

Autodesk - AUTOCAD MAP 2006
This software is not downloadable but is acquired by reviewing this website: learn more about AutoCAD map 2006 and determining if you need this for your project. If you do, write a email to GHF indicating how you are going to use this software and how it is going to help regional planning efforts in the Indus.

Cultural Heritage, Site Management and Technical Training in Indus and Saraswati Region of India and Pakistan is sponsored by Global Heritage Fund. INDO-US Science &  Technology Forum, Google Earth, ESRI, Sketchup and AutoDesk.