Professional profile
Archaeologist | Ancient Topography | Remote Sensing Specialist | Digital Heritage Specialist
Landscape archaeologist and photo interpreter. His studies began with the archaeology of the Roman Provinces (Master's Degree – University of Pisa) and continued with the archaeology of the mountainous landscapes of Crete (PhD – University of Foggia). He is an active member of international remote sensing communities and organises workshops and summer schools for young researchers, teaching in the classroom and tutoring in flight. His interests range from historical aerial photography to the documentation, study and reconstruction of landscapes, monuments and ancient artefacts using laser and photogrammetry technologies (terrestrial and aerial).
Author of the free georeferencing software AutoGR-Toolkit, downloaded and used by individuals, companies, universities and research institutions around the world.
He lived for many years in Greece working at the FORTH’s Institute of Mediterranean Studies (Laboratory of Geophysical, Satellite Remote Sensing and ArchaeoEnvironment).
He recently held the position of scientific director of the ICCD-National Aerial Photographic Archive and has a strong ongoing collaborative relationship with the same institution. He collaborates with Italian and foreign universities on courses in remote sensing, photo interpretation and digital documentation of cultural heritage. He is currently involved as PI, research unit manager or promoter in various projects in Italy and abroad (Greece, Morocco, Lebanon, Slovenia).
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH6_1 Archaeological methods and theory, history of archaeology
- SH6_3 Archaeology of early literate societies and early civilizations
- SH6_6 Digital, computational, virtual and geospatial archaeologies
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Archaeological Mapping Lab →
Archaeology and Environment Research Group →
Publications
Highlight
G. Cantoro (2020). Colorizing the dark: AI, Machine/Deep Learning and Visual Tricks to Give (New) Life to Panchromatic Images A new dimension for historical aerial photographs, Archeologia Aerea 14–2020: 93–101.
G. Cantoro, (2020). The Third Dimension in Cultural Heritage: A New Trend for Final Documentation or a Research Tool as a Starting Point? Applications at Multiple Scales in Different Cretan Contexts, in Archaeological Work of Crete, A. Rethymno, Crete (Greece).
N. Papadopoulos, D. Oikonomou, G. Cantoro, K. Simyrdanis, J. Beck (2021). Archaeological Prospection in Ultra‐shallow Aquatic Environments: The Case of the Prehistoric Submerged Site of Lambayanna, Greece, Near Surface Geophysics 19 (6): 677–97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12174
