THE TWENTY-EIGHT-day summer camp on “Future of the Past: Use of Modern Technology for the Studies of the Past” ended at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K) here on Friday with the conclusion that a scientific approach should be applied to archaeology to make it a more perfect source of knowledge.
Addressing the valedictory session, director of PDMP IIIT (design and manufacturing) Jabalpur, Dr Sanjiv Bhargava said in view of rapid changes in science and technology, it had become necessary that all branches of knowledge be associated with definite laws of physical sciences to get confirmatory results.
He also stressed upon the need to use tools of information technology (IT) for research so that the difficulties faced by researchers could be eliminated. He said the application of IT tools could ensure safer and permanent data generation and analysis avenues.
Dr GK Rai from Allahabad University said the summer camp was an attempt towards rediscovery of archaeology in the country. He said scientific application in archeology could help to identify the exact date of an old building, material used in its construction and detailed information about the surface under the old building.
He urged the young archaeologists to make studies in modular forms to reach definite results. The future of archaeology rested in frequent use of new technology, he said.
{{/usCountry}}He urged the young archaeologists to make studies in modular forms to reach definite results. The future of archaeology rested in frequent use of new technology, he said.
{{/usCountry}}Dr Onkar Dixit, the coordinator of the camp, stressed on the need for laboratory-based field exercise. He advised the archaeologists that they should give due importance to laboratory analysis of old artifacts and materials.
Several other participants expressed their satisfaction over the knowledge imparted to them by eminent professors during this course. Madhulika Sawant urged the organisers that special sessions be held on geo information system (GIS) and ground probing radar (GPR) system which was highly complicated and was difficult to understand.Dr Sanjiv Bhargava gave certificates to all the 25 participants. The camp was jointly organised by IIT-K , Allahabad University and PDMP-IIIT (DM) Jabalpur.