Sara Capriotti, Alessio Devoto, Donatella Genovese, Silvano Mignardi, Simone Scardapane, Laura Medeghini
The archaeological context of the Levantine region is both rich and complex, particularly during the transition from the Late Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age, a period marked by urban development, craft specialization, and interregional trade. This study explores the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques to classify Levantine ceramic thin sections based on their petrographic fabrics. Deep learning models, including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Vision Transformers (ViTs), were applied to a large dataset of thin section images from ceramics dating to the Uruk period,...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.045
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Adi Sela Wiener, Laura Medeghini, Gabriele Favero
The Jerusalem cityscape is characterized by stone, the dominant building material that comprises the entire urban fabric, from buildings to street furniture, pavement to walls. Consequently, this material - stone - is identified as one of Jerusalem’s attributes, and materiality as one of the city’s values. As the city undergoes urban renewal processes including the demolition of historic structures, conservation challenges threaten Jerusalem’s urban materiality. Responding to a recently published policy paper on the reuse of dressed stones, an issue not previously addressed, this paper...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.044
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George Papatheodorou, Dimitrios Christodoulou, Xenophon Dimas, George Karelas, Maria Geraga
A very interesting historical shipwreck has been discovered close to the entrance of the old (north) harbour of Patras during a systematic remote sensing survey of the wider area. Multibeam echo sounder (MBES), side-scan sonar (SSS) and subbottom profiling system (SBP) were used for the study of the shipwreck and the seabed around the wreck site. The shipwreck has been identified as “SS Egypte” based on historical archive research. The ship was a Belgian cargo ship which sank in 1909 after a collision with Greek steamer “Andreas”. The marine remote sensing survey located and identified the...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.043
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Nicodemo Abate, Alessia Frisetti, Gabriele Ciccone, Antonio Minervino Amodio, Maria Sileo, Rosa Lasaponara, Nicola Masini
This study presents an open-source methodological workflow for processing Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) LiDAR data using a probabilistic machine learning algorithm to enhance the visibility and detection of archaeological features under vegetation. The proposed framework combines the 3DMASC plugin for CloudCompare with the Relief Visualization Toolbox (RVT) and QGIS to deliver an accessible, non-programmer-friendly solution for point cloud classification and derivative model enhancement. The methodology is validated through two case studies: the Kastrì-Pandosia site in Epirus, Greece, and...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.042
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Davide Tanasi, Rosa Lanteri, Vincenzo di Fiore, Michele Punzo, Daniela Tarallo, Dora Francesca Barbolla, Lara De Giorgi, Ivan Ferrari, Francesco Giuri, Giovanni Leucci
Results related to GPR survey at the archaeological site of the ancient Greek city of Heloros, located on the southeastern coast of Sicily near modern-day Noto. Data analysis demonstrates the abandonment of a remarkable settlement by highlighting the presence of various wall structures.
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.041
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Maurizio Lazzari, Davide Palma, Pierpaolo Moretti, Valentina Leopizzi
This contribution focuses on a multidisciplinary study approach in a cultural context of excellence, protected by UNESCO, in which there are many hypogea of anthropic origin, unexplored and sometimes unknown, which should be studied and valorized. Among these, the case of a historical hypogeum is reported, located under a trullo (a typical historical rural structure of the Itria Valley) that could be repurposed and valorized. The problem was addressed with a preliminary geophysical (seismic refraction, MASW and georadar), geotechnical, geological and geomorphological investigation on site,...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.040
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Salvatore Piro
The ERC Rome Transformed Project, launched for the study of the Eastern Caelin in Rome, aimed to detect and map the archaeological structures under this portion of the town without performing excavations. In the present paper, the new results from surveys conducted using the GPR method to investigate different sites in the surrounding area of the Basilica at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, as part of the ERC-funded Rome Transformed project (2019–2025), are presented and discussed. In particular, the results obtained in the area of the Castrense amphitheatre and the carceres near Circus Varianus...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.039
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Stefania Porcu, Michela Podda, Giovanni Brodu, Stefano Columbu, Daniele Chiriu
This study promotes 3D Fluorescence Mapping as an effective, non-invasive technique for analyzing pigments. By exciting pigments with different wavelengths, the method highlights characteristic fluorescence emissions that reveal chemical composition and detect degradation processes such as oxidation, fading, and molecular rearrangement. Despite conventional techniques like XRD and FTIR, which often require physical sampling, 3D Fluorescence Mapping allows real-time, surface-level analysis with no damage to the object.
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.038
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Irene Ferrara, Paola Benedetta Castellino, Salvatore Gallo, Anna Maria Gueli, Giuseppe Politi, Giuseppe Stella
In archaeological and conservation contexts, rapid and reliable access to information on painting materials is essential. To address this requirement, a completely automated system has been developed, combining data from Raman spectroscopy, spectrophotometry, and colorimetry, acquired on a set of 100 historical pigments from the ©Kremer Pigmente collection. After collecting the spectral data, which included a preliminary study to find the best settings and conditions for each measurement, the analysis workflow involved signal smoothing, baseline correction, identifying key features of each...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.037
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Martina Bernabale, Anna Candida Felici, Pierfrancesco Atanasio, Luca Buccini, Daniele Passeri, Marco Rossi, Paolo Binaco, Danilo Dini
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of a blue pigment lump discovered near Volsinii (modern Bolsena, Italy), employing ED-XRF, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and XRPD techniques. The pigment was conclusively identified as natural lazurite, the primary component of lapis lazuli. ED-XRF analyses, supported by principal component analysis, revealed elemental compositions aligning closely with synthetic ultramarine pigments, yet distinct from Egyptian and Herculaneum blues. Micro-Raman spectroscopy detected characteristic S3⁻ radical peaks at 548 cm⁻¹, with additional shoulders at 585 cm⁻¹...
TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025
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· 2025
· 10.21014/tc26-2025.036
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