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The 3rd GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) Capacity Building Program for six technical officers from the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology and the Department of Water, Forestry and Infrastructure Management for four days from 13-16 March 2023, completed on the afternoon of 16 March 2023.
This training course on archeological research with GPR machines focused on the use of GPR machines to study the underground archeology in the Angkor area by studying the theory and practice at the archeological site which the APSARA National Authority cooperated with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (KCHF).
Mr. Rom Vichet, Technical Officer of the Department of Water, Forestry and Infrastructure Management of the APSARA National Authority, said that the training focused on the use of GPR machines and data analysis. In addition to learning the theory in the classroom, I also practiced with the GPR machine at the archeological site and analyzed the data obtained in the class with a trainer as a Korean Archaeological Geophysicist at the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. Mr. Vichet added that this machine can see objects in the soil and the change of soil layers as well as it could detect that the location was a canal or something that has been buried in the ground for many years.
The technical staff from the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology , Ms. Boeut Sopak, also said that the use of GPR machines in the field of archeology received specific data to be used as a reference before excavating something. We could save time and labor. Although not 100% clear, it was a way for us to choose the research location more accurately.
Mr. Rom Vichet and Ms. Boeut Sopak stated that although the training was short, it was understandable to gain a lot of knowledge on the use of GPR machines and lessons that the trainers paid attention to all participants. They asked, tried to explain, encouraged, and motivated tirelessly so that the participants could move forward together.
Participants thanked APSARA National Authority and the Korea International Cooperation Agency for setting up this training course and providing opportunities to learn and gain new knowledge to carry out daily work more effectively. In particular, the request to the two institutions to continue to cooperate in training officials and staff of the APSARA National Authority in the future.
Source: apsaraauthority.gov.kh
