Derek Pitman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Pitman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitman |
| SIGNATURE | PITMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bournemouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6201-7081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Palamas Archaeological Project 2024
Over the course of the 2024 season of the Palamas Archaeological Project, a number of archaeological sites in the vicinity of modern Palamas were excavated and surveyed. Excavations at the multiperiod urban settlement at Vlochos yielded evidence of the Hellenistic and Late Roman periods, including that of a probable stoa and of extensive metalworking industry. The fieldwalking survey on the nearby hill of Kourtikiano Vouno was concluded, followed…
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere
Digital technologies have become a core component of archaeological and cultural heritage research and “born digital” data sets are now commonplace within the discipline. Yet, despite significant efforts within the digital community, there exists an increasing dichotomy between approaches that make information and data accessible to wide audience and user groups and those that require a significant depth of specialism to access. Broadly speaking,…
The Palamas Archaeological Project 2023
The 2023 fieldwork in the area of Palamas, Thessaly, was severely hampered by catastrophic weather events affecting the area. In spite of this, the project managed to conduct excavations, surface and architectural surveys, as well as geophysical prospection at a number of sites in the region. The work continues to highlight the chronological breadth of archaeological remains in the area, as well as further details regarding little-known periods o…
The Palamas Archaeological Project
This paper presents the preliminary results from the 2022 fieldwork of the Palamas Archaeological Project, an ongoing Greek–Swedish collaboration in the region of Karditsa, Thessaly. Working over the course of two separate field seasons, the project team conducted aerial, architectural, fieldwalking, and geophysical surveys at a number of sites within the survey area, including at the important multi-phase fortified settlements at Metamorfosi and…
Roman and Early Byzantine evidence from the area of Palamas
This paper presents preliminary results of the Palamas Archaeological Project relating to the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods in the study area in western Thessaly, Greece. These periods are comparatively understudied in Thessaly, and the aim of this work is to highlight the extent of the material and the potential of investigating the archaeology of Late Antiquity in the region. The work was centred on excavations and survey at the site a…
Some preliminary notes on the limited 2020 campaign of the Palamas Archaeological Project (PAP)
This paper presents a short summary of archaeological operations carried out in 2020 in the area of the modern village of Vlochos on the western Thessalian plain, Greece, as part of the Palamas Archaeological Project (PAP). Initially, the project aimed to conduct a significant campaign of fieldwork during the 2020 season, but operations were severely scaled back by limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, only a small-scale campai…
The 2016–2018 Greek-Swedish archaeological project at Thessalian Vlochos, Greece
The Vlochos Archaeological Project (2016–2018) was a Greek-Swedish archaeological investigation of the remains of the ancient urban site at Vlochos in western Thessaly, Greece. Employing a wide array of non-invasive methods, the project succeeded in completely mapping the visible remains, which had previously not been systematically investigated. The extensive remains of multi-period urban fortifications, a Classical-Hellenistic city, a Roman tow…
Think global, act local
Trade and connectivity are generally considered at a high level and large scale, where as the productive industries which often fed exchange networks, have tended to be examined at a more intimate scale. The two milieus cannot exist in isolation from each other, but the articulation between the two has generally evaded consideration. This examination of Poole Harbour, Dorset during the Late Iron Age provides an example of a cluster of productive …
An evaluation of the visualisation and interpretive potential of applying GIS data processing techniques to 3D rock art data
Rock art provides a tangible visual link to past communities and has significant value in building our under-standing of prehistoric societies. Its recording and interpretation has long provided a window to intangibleaspects of society, such as belief systems and folk narratives. Petroglyphic rock art has traditionally been re-corded through simple rubbing, or frottage, and the majority of interpretations and narratives to date have beenbased on …
Resource procurement and inter‐regional connections in pre‐contact Taranaki, New Zealand
Early Polynesian colonists in New Zealand were quick to identify key economic resources. One such resource – obsidian – was transported widely during the early settlement phase of New Zealand. Here, we present the results of portable X‐ray fluorescence analysis of obsidian artefacts from five early settlement sites and two later sites in Taranaki on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Our research suggests obsidian from six source areas…
Pointing OUT’ and ‘Pointing At
(1991). ‘POINTING OUT’ and ‘POINTING AT’: SECTION 218 of the CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT REVISITED. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 70-84
An evaluation of the visualisation and interpretive potential of applying GIS data processing techniques to 3D rock art data
Rock art provides a tangible visual link to past communities and has significant value in building our under-standing of prehistoric societies. Its recording and interpretation has long provided a window to intangibleaspects of society, such as belief systems and folk narratives. Petroglyphic rock art has traditionally been re-corded through simple rubbing, or frottage, and the majority of interpretations and narratives to date have beenbased on …
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere
Digital technologies have become a core component of archaeological and cultural heritage research and “born digital” data sets are now commonplace within the discipline. Yet, despite significant efforts within the digital community, there exists an increasing dichotomy between approaches that make information and data accessible to wide audience and user groups and those that require a significant depth of specialism to access. Broadly speaking,…
Pointing OUT’ and ‘Pointing At
(1991). ‘POINTING OUT’ and ‘POINTING AT’: SECTION 218 of the CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT REVISITED. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 70-84
An evaluation of the visualisation and interpretive potential of applying GIS data processing techniques to 3D rock art data
Rock art provides a tangible visual link to past communities and has significant value in building our under-standing of prehistoric societies. Its recording and interpretation has long provided a window to intangibleaspects of society, such as belief systems and folk narratives. Petroglyphic rock art has traditionally been re-corded through simple rubbing, or frottage, and the majority of interpretations and narratives to date have beenbased on …
Resource procurement and inter‐regional connections in pre‐contact Taranaki, New Zealand
Early Polynesian colonists in New Zealand were quick to identify key economic resources. One such resource – obsidian – was transported widely during the early settlement phase of New Zealand. Here, we present the results of portable X‐ray fluorescence analysis of obsidian artefacts from five early settlement sites and two later sites in Taranaki on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Our research suggests obsidian from six source areas…
The 2016–2018 Greek-Swedish archaeological project at Thessalian Vlochos, Greece
The Vlochos Archaeological Project (2016–2018) was a Greek-Swedish archaeological investigation of the remains of the ancient urban site at Vlochos in western Thessaly, Greece. Employing a wide array of non-invasive methods, the project succeeded in completely mapping the visible remains, which had previously not been systematically investigated. The extensive remains of multi-period urban fortifications, a Classical-Hellenistic city, a Roman tow…
Think global, act local
Trade and connectivity are generally considered at a high level and large scale, where as the productive industries which often fed exchange networks, have tended to be examined at a more intimate scale. The two milieus cannot exist in isolation from each other, but the articulation between the two has generally evaded consideration. This examination of Poole Harbour, Dorset during the Late Iron Age provides an example of a cluster of productive …
Some preliminary notes on the limited 2020 campaign of the Palamas Archaeological Project (PAP)
This paper presents a short summary of archaeological operations carried out in 2020 in the area of the modern village of Vlochos on the western Thessalian plain, Greece, as part of the Palamas Archaeological Project (PAP). Initially, the project aimed to conduct a significant campaign of fieldwork during the 2020 season, but operations were severely scaled back by limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, only a small-scale campai…
Roman and Early Byzantine evidence from the area of Palamas
This paper presents preliminary results of the Palamas Archaeological Project relating to the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods in the study area in western Thessaly, Greece. These periods are comparatively understudied in Thessaly, and the aim of this work is to highlight the extent of the material and the potential of investigating the archaeology of Late Antiquity in the region. The work was centred on excavations and survey at the site a…
The Palamas Archaeological Project
This paper presents the preliminary results from the 2022 fieldwork of the Palamas Archaeological Project, an ongoing Greek–Swedish collaboration in the region of Karditsa, Thessaly. Working over the course of two separate field seasons, the project team conducted aerial, architectural, fieldwalking, and geophysical surveys at a number of sites within the survey area, including at the important multi-phase fortified settlements at Metamorfosi and…
The Palamas Archaeological Project 2023
The 2023 fieldwork in the area of Palamas, Thessaly, was severely hampered by catastrophic weather events affecting the area. In spite of this, the project managed to conduct excavations, surface and architectural surveys, as well as geophysical prospection at a number of sites in the region. The work continues to highlight the chronological breadth of archaeological remains in the area, as well as further details regarding little-known periods o…
The Palamas Archaeological Project 2024
Over the course of the 2024 season of the Palamas Archaeological Project, a number of archaeological sites in the vicinity of modern Palamas were excavated and surveyed. Excavations at the multiperiod urban settlement at Vlochos yielded evidence of the Hellenistic and Late Roman periods, including that of a probable stoa and of extensive metalworking industry. The fieldwalking survey on the nearby hill of Kourtikiano Vouno was concluded, followed…
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere
Digital technologies have become a core component of archaeological and cultural heritage research and “born digital” data sets are now commonplace within the discipline. Yet, despite significant efforts within the digital community, there exists an increasing dichotomy between approaches that make information and data accessible to wide audience and user groups and those that require a significant depth of specialism to access. Broadly speaking,…
Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (7 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)