In parallel with the excavation, a group of researchers and students, called the GIS mapping team, work in the lab. This team is dealing with all the drawn documentation and data which has geographic or topographic information.
Firstly the plans which correspond to the individual archaeological contexts of the excavation are scanned and rectified based on the grid coordinates. Every drawing is digitised and the data is stored in the form of vector layers. We use different layers depending on the type of the information, for example: contexts line, elevation data or find spots of small finds.
With the help of a geographic information system our research has an up-to-date background to analyze, display and understand different aspects of the excavation.
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