University of Siena

Faculty Member, Archaeology and History of the Arts

About

Stefano Campana is Lecturer of Ancient Topography at the University of Siena. He born in Switzerland but working for the past fourteen years at the University of Siena; although he is at an earlier stage in his career he has been already recognised as a leader in Landscape Archaeology. He is specialized in remote sensing, aerial photography, geophisical prospection and fieldwork for purposes of research, recording and archaeological impact assessment. He is active in the international sphere for many years and has established a large record of books and papers publication.
Since 2007 he is member of the National Commission of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage charged with implementing the National Archaeological GIS of Italy. He focuses on the understanding of past landscapes, from prehistory to the present day with particular regard on late antiquity and early middle age.
He is specialized in the application of new technologies (GIS, GPS, mobile systems, remote sensing, geophysics, 3D, virtual reality) to the detection and reconstruction of archaeological features, contexts and landscapes.
He lead a reserach team the Landscape Archaeology and Remote Sensing Laboratory and he directs several research projects and archaeological excavations all around the world.

Honors and Awards
2011 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA)
2011 Member representing Italy of the UISPP (International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, CHISP, UNESCO) commission on archaeological prospection.
2011 Delegate of the Rector of the University of Siena  for technology transfer to companies in the area of humanities.
2007-present Member of the National Commission of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage charged with implementing the National Archaeological GIS for Italy.
2006-present Member of the Board of the Ph.D. School in Archaeology, Archives and Medieval History “Riccardo Francovich” of the University of Siena.

External Research Assessment
I am regularly asked to assess papers for a range of international refereed journals and research grants for councils in Italy and EC. Specific research committee experience includes:
•Archaeological Prospection, Journal of Archaeological Sciences, International Journal of Remote Sensing, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
•Member of the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Review College.
•Independent expert for the European Union’s 7th Framework Program 2007-2013 for evaluating and monitoring research projects.
•Independent expert for the National Research Project and FIRB (Ministry for Universities-Italy)

Major presentations
2011 University of Stanford (USA), lecture on archaeological impact assessment
2011 University of Berkeley (USA), lecture on landscape archaeology and Remote Sensing.
2011 Merida (Spain), Merida Institute of Archaeology, talk: Archaeological Impact Assessment: BREBEMI project (Italy).
2011 University of  Beijing (China) - 39th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, opening congress key-note talk: Remote sensing technologies in cultural heritage recording. An Explicitly European Perspective.
2010 Reykjavik Iceland – EAC Symposium. Talk: Total Archaeology and the Challenge of Rescue Archaeology: BREBEMI Project.
2008 University of Castilla (Spain), talk: Baptisterium Sancti Petri in Pava: indagini archeologiche su una pieve scomparsa e sul suo territorio.
2007 University of Hull (UK), invited speaker:  Filling the Void: unrealistic dream or achievable reality?
2006 National Research Council, Rome (I), 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing Archaeology. Talk: From Space to Place: the Aiali project (Tuscany-Italy).
2005 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (CH), Talk: Seeing the Unseen. Buried archaeological landscapes in Tuscany.
2004 University of Berkeley (USA), talk: Bridging Remote GIS Environment and Fieldwork: coherence, efficiency and new perspectives through the use of mobile GIS technology.
2002 Heraklion (GR), International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, talk: The use of Ikonos multispectral satellite imagery in the study of the landscape: a multi-methodological approach.
2001 University of Boston (USA), International Conference on The Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes through Digital Technologies. Talk: Landscape archaeological prospection in Tuscany: research methods, settlement patterns and cultural resource management.

Organising and Scientific direction of conferences, workshops and summer schools
2011 University of Siena, 5th International Summer School on "3D Modeling in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage"
2010 Palazzo Massimo, Museo Nazionale Romano, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, MiBAC, Geographic Information System of Roma.
2009 University of Siena, Annual Meeting of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group.
2009 Third International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, India.
2008 International Summer School in Archeology (Ascona-Switzerland), in collaboration with Campana, A. Gruen, M. Forte and F. Remondino.
2006 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing Archaeology (Rome) – in collaboration with R. Francovich and M. Forte.
2006 International Summer School in Archaeology (Grosseto) Integrated Geophysical Prospection in Archaeology - in collaboration with R. Francovich and S. Piro (ITABC-CNR).
2005 International Summer School in Archaeology on Aerial Archaeology: oblique photography and GIS based interpretation (University of Siena)
2001 Aerial Archaeology Workshop. From Traditional Air Photography and its uses to New Techniques using Satellite Data (University of Siena)
1999 International Summer School in Archaeology on Remote Sensing in Archaeology (University of Siena).

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