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QuarryScapes guide to ancient stone quarry landscapes

QuarryScapes Atlas

Quarry landscape
of the month

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Contacts

QuarryScapes	Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) N-7491 Trondheim Norway Phone: +47 73904000 Fax: +47 73921620 www.ngu.no Coordinator: Tom Heldal ( tom.heldal@ngu.no ) Administrative officer: Cyprien Habimana ( cyprien.habimana@ngu.no ) Web-master: Rolf Lynum ( rolf.lynum@ngu.no )
WP 1	Jordan inventory and provenance Leader: Prof. Nizar Abu-Jaber, Yarmouk University (YU) abujaber@yu.edu.jo
WP2	Turkey inventory Leader: Prof. Emine N. Caner-Saltik, Middle East Technical University (METU), canersal@arch.metu.edu.tr
WP3	Sagalassos quarry landscape Leader: Dr. Patrick Degryse, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL ), patrick.degryse@geo.kuleuven.ac.be
WP4	Aswan quarry landscape Leader: Dr. Elizabeth Bloxam, University College London (UCL) e.bloxam@ucl.ac.uk
WP5	Egypt risk and monitoring Leader: Dr. Per Storemyr, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) per.storemyr@bluewin.ch
WP6	Egypt conservation concept Leader: Hagar Rahka, North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE) hagar@nsce-inter.com
WP7	Quarry landscape GIS Leader: Dr. Naguib Amin, Egyptian Antiquities Information System (EAIS) Nlouli@compuserve.com
WP8	Integrated scientific analysis Leader: Dr. Per Storemyr, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) per.storemyr@bluewin.ch
WP9	Workshops and dissemination Leader: Tom Heldal, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) tom.heldal@ngu.no
WP10	Project management Leader: Tom Heldal, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) tom.heldal@ngu.no

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NEWS

December 2009
New book: a special volume with papers from the QuarryScapes project soon printed.

November 2008
Final workshop: the third QuarryScapes workshop was held in Aswan 12. - 15. October

June 2008
Final Reports: available for download

June 2008
More Palaeolithic quarries in Aswan Recent visits to the Aswan West Bank in Egypt have added new discoveries...

April 2008
QuarryScapes third workshop Aswan, October 12-15 2008

April 2008
Rescue of an obelisk top in Egypt Aswan, March 2008

December 2007
Second QuarryScapes Workshop 18-21 October 2007, Petra, Jordan

December 2007
Final Reports: Aswan West Bank Ancient Quarry Landscape

March 2007
New Aswan City: Rescue survey in progress

March 2007
QuarryScapes fieldwork in Egypt: The final season of survey at the Aswan silicified sandstone quarries revealed previously undocumented ancient paved roads

December 2006
Second Aswan field season The second QuarryScapes fieldwork season in Aswan took place through November 2006.

November 2006
First symposium The first QuarryScapes symposium took place at Divan Talya hotel in Antalya (Turkey) 15-17 October 2006.

More news

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Contacts

QuarryScapes

Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

N-7491 Trondheim

Norway

Phone: +47 73904000

Fax: +47 73921620

Coordinator: Tom Heldal ( tom.heldal@ngu.no )

Administrative officer: Cyprien Habimana ( cyprien.habimana@ngu.no )

Web-master: Rolf Lynum ( rolf.lynum@ngu.no )

WP 1

Jordan inventory and provenance

Leader: Prof. Nizar Abu-Jaber, Yarmouk University (YU)

WP2

Turkey inventory

Leader: Prof. Emine N. Caner-Saltik, Middle East Technical University (METU),

WP3

Sagalassos quarry landscape

Leader: Dr. Patrick Degryse, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL ),

WP4

Aswan quarry landscape

Leader: Dr. Elizabeth Bloxam, University College London (UCL)

WP5

Egypt risk and monitoring

Leader: Dr. Per Storemyr, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

WP6

Egypt conservation concept

Leader: Hagar Rahka, North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE)

WP7

Quarry landscape GIS

Leader: Dr. Naguib Amin, Egyptian Antiquities Information System (EAIS)

WP8

Integrated scientific analysis

Leader: Dr. Per Storemyr, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

WP9

Workshops and dissemination

Leader: Tom Heldal, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

WP10

Project management

Leader: Tom Heldal, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

Coordinator: NGU - Geological survey of Norway, Tom Heldal. Tlf: +47 73 90 40 00 . Partners. Layout: Lisa Løseth, NGU.