Execution phases

PHASE I

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October-December 2007

Press conference at the IGR headquarters, for the project's official opening (October 2007); IGR, MNIR organization;
The identification of the amber samples with a controlled origin, filling in the object card and the samples' assay (IGR);
The realization of the Technological Chain (TCA) for this category of pieces (MNIR, INCCR, INSB, IFIN-HH);
The opening of the Archaeometry Students's Association (UBFGG); November 2007;
Establishing the inventory of the amber archaeological pieces from Romania, of Roman and post-Roman epoch, and their classification as available/ unavailable for laboratory expertise (MNIR); preparing for phase 2;
Registration of the material types encountered in the archaeological discoveries of Roman and post-Roman age; their primary classification (photographed, weighted, described) in the database (MNIR, UBFGG); preparing for phase 2;
Launching the consortium's web-site (project and partnership presentation) and of the operational databases (online; MNIR)

PHASE II

January-December 2008

Establishing the physicochemical properties of Roman and post-Roman amber artefacts with controlled origin (MNIR, INCCR, INSB, IFIN-HH) and the realization of a preliminary historical study;
Realization of the inventory with amber archaeological pieces from Romania, of prehistoric age, and their classification as available/ unavailable for laboratory expertise (MNIR); preparing for phase 3;
Registration of the material types encountered in the archaeological discoveries of prehistoric age; their primary classification (photographed, weighed, described) in the database (MNIR, UBFGG); preparing for phase 3;
The realization of a map with the distribution of the mineral resources in the territory, having an archaeological relevance, according to the IGR inventory (IGR; MNIR);
Establishing of a study of the distribution of the main mineral resources from Romania, having an archaeological relevance, according to the specialized literature (UBFGG);
Organizing the second students' meeting in the field of archaeometry (UBFGG, MNIR);
The up-date of the consortium's site with preliminary conclusions regarding the measurements on amber with a controlled origin (MNIR);

PHASE III

January-October 2009

Establishing the physicochemical properties of the prehistoric amber artefacts with an archaeological origin (MNIR, INCCR, INSB, IFIN-HH) and the realization of a preliminary historical study;
Preparing the Romanit International Symposium; launching the announcements (March 2009), organization;
Realization of a study with the distribution of the main mineral resources from Central Europe, having an archaeological relevance, according to the specialized literature, with regard to rare or absent minerals from Romania (UBFGG, MNIR);
Conclusions regarding the frequency and nature of the raw materials used for manufacturing the prehistoric, Roman and post-Roman adornments; preparing for publishing (Internet);
Designing the exhibition Geology and Archaeology (planned to be opened during the next phase; MNIR, IGR);
Organizing the third students' meeting in the field of archaeometry (October 2009;UBFGG, MNIR);
The up-date of the consortium's site with preliminary conclusions regarding the measurements on archaeological amber; organizing the materials and source-areas web-pages (MNIR)

PHASE IV

November 2009-September 2010

Intern evaluation of the results from the first three phases and necessary corrections in order to obtain relevant and correctly balanced results (rectifying "to do list" ); the entire consortium;
TCA execution for the rectifying objective list (see supra) (MNIR, INCCR, INSB, IFIN-HH);
Organization and sustaining the Romanit International Symposium (March 2010), MNIR;
Publishing the papers of the Romanit International Symposium (September 2010);
Final evaluation of the project and of the international collaboration perspectives (August 2010);
Finalization of the e-manual for raw materials of archaeological incidence (August 2010).

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