Despite a similar situation as last year, the Ostia Graduiertenkolleg was again allowed to travel to Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica. The difference between last year and now is that we know more about the pandemic and most people are vaccinated and can thus present a Green Pass. This entailed that we once again were able to conduct some important and vital work. Access to some deposits and other areas of the archaeological park was limited, but the Parco Archeologico di Ostia had prepared some work spaces for us in the ex Caffeteria rooms. Here we were able to do both material studies, photography and computer work. This was defining for our work this campaign, where everybody was able to work even more intensively on the subject.
We were able to work both inside in our new working spaces as well in the TFR, where the stone deposit is located. Here we could conduct measurements, 3D photography and drawings of the objects.
Our group consisted of the six ph.d. candidates, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering and assistance from the institute in Berlin, where a couple of them are working on the individual master theses.
One of our main aims with the project - both the Ostia-Forum-Project and the Ostia Graduiertenkolleg - is to visualise the different building phases in a 3D room. This concerns both individual structures with its phases, but also the overall Forum phases. In this regard, we have partnered up with Jakob Korbel who will help us visualise this in virtual reality, and he visited us in Ostia, where we already began the initial tests.
As always, the Ostia Graduiertenkolleg is more than satisfied with the corporation with the Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, since they yet again showed great character and were very helpful and guided us through the process of working inside the park during this pandemic and furthermore had prepared some very important working spaces.
Despite the pandemic, the Ostia Graduiertenkolleg was allowed to travel to Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, where we were able to conduct some important and vital work. Indeed, due to the situation, access to the deposits and other areas of the archaeological park was very limited. Nevertheless, all of us had the opportunity to conduct work on our individual projects.
This campaign differed from the other campaigns conducted by the Ostia Forum Project, since no excavations were conducted, and due to the fact that this campaign was purely documental. Our group therefore also only consisted of the six ph.d. candidates and Prof. Dr. Axel Gering.
All six projects had a fruitful three-week campaign, where important measurements and photographs were taken and important discussions were held.
The Ostia Graduiertenkolleg is more than satisfied with the corporation with the Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, since they showed great character and were very helpful and guided us through the process of working inside the park during this pandemic.
