Experiences gained from the Erasmus intensive programme HERICT 2013

The Erasmus Intensive Programme (HERICT2013) has mobilized students and teaching staff from nine different European Universities, from seven different countries and of three different specializations. The opportunity was offered to students from different countries to meet each other, exchange scientific and cultural experiences and thus plant the seed for getting to know European Culture. The fact that nine different Higher Education Institutions participated has ensured multidisciplinarity, combination of different scientific approaches and a very high standard for the provided educational material. This is enhanced by the fact that the scientific areas and disciplines represented are quite different and cover Archaeology, Architecture, Building Archaeology and Geomatics in general. Hence each participant had a different volume of knowledge to contribute to the IP. It is common knowledge that across Europe, there is a lack of communication and understanding among these disciplines, hence activities like the proposed one, which bring them to cooperation are a pressing necessity. This also ensured that the necessary scientific ingredients were there for developing innovative solutions for confronting the documentation of archaeological excavations based on ICT implementation (Geomatics) and dictated by the supporting knowledge. This definitely resulted to a unique course of very high standard. The practical application and implementation was carried out in “real life” situation, i.e. in a live excavation.