Overview

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The Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) is devoted to the development, introduction and use of advanced science and technologies in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Its research activities have a strong multi-disciplinary approach, through collaboration agreements and joint activities with leading institutions in the region and synergies with other Centers of the Cyprus Institute (CyI), towards the enhancement of knowledge regarding the Cultural Heritage (CH) of the region, through new ways of reasoning with information technologies, natural and material sciences.

Research topics derive from a use-inspired basic research approach. They include:

  • Natural and Material Sciences applied to Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (CH);
  • Digital Heritage (DH); Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), digital documentation and semantics, scientific visualization and virtual reality methods;
  • Diagnostics for CH conservation, such as chemical and physical analyses for the preservation of heritage items;
  • Underwater and maritime archaeology technology.