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In conjunction with a collaboration with the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Naples for an updating of previous surveys with advanced and integrated methodologies and techniques, we would like to present the first results of the study on the "Agrippina Sepulchre" in Bacoli inside the Archaeological Park of Baia Terme.
This paper aims to show a case of process innovation, based on the design and development of an ICT platform named "DiCeT Archeo", based on the Rudiae Archaeological Site located in Lecce (Italy). The main purpose of the study is to bring process innovation within the Cultural Heritage Lifecycle, focusing on cultural resources with a significant economic value, as for example in terms of tourist spending. The methodological approach includes the modelling of the processes involved in the data collection, from the phase of survey to the valorisation, to provide a new method for the...
The Building Information Modeling is an innovative approach based on two main pillars: new technologies and a collaborative work environment. It includes the creation of a digital container where all the information about the building and its lifecycle are dynamically allocated. Whilst the use of BIM in the management phase represents a unexpressed potentiality, the exploitation of the 3D virtual model could give a multiplicity of benefits, above all as regards big and historical buildings that are complex to manage. This paper wants to give a contribution to clarify what happens after...
The ancient city of Tripolis is located within the town of Yenicekent in Buldan district of Denizli Province in southwest Anatolia [1]. In this study, we shall demonstrate the different dimensions of archaeological landscapes using the case of Tripolis, based on both mythological and biological features of some selected plants widely used for domestication and agricultural trades. For these purposes, some seed remains found at Tripolis and some plant motifs depicted in wall paintings are studied from the agricultural perspective. Additionally, olive and grape production in Tripolis and its...
The aim of this study is to obtain 3D digital models of small and opaque ceramic fragments with 3D acquisition techniques. One of these fragments used for the experiment was retrieved during an excavation campaign at Muro Leccese, Italy. That ceramic fragment is characterised by a relatively small size (3.5 cm x 4 cm x 0.4 cm), with a slight curvature and specular paintings. We investigated the use of two well-established 3D data acquisition techniques available at the university’s 3D laboratory, i.e., high resolution laser scanning and multi-view dense stereo based on polarised light. The...
In 2015, National Maritime Museum in Gdansk (NMM) have launched the "Virtual Open-Air Museum of Wrecks in the Gulf of Gdansk". This website presents photogrammetric 3D models of wrecks from the Gulf of Gdansk created in the NMM since 2013. Museum have developed an effective system aimed at compilation of records of underwater objects which has made it possible to create the 3D models featured on the website. Apart from their aesthetic qualities, the featured 3D models of wrecks constitute careful copies of the objects and make it possible to create sections, projections and animation of any...
When a multi layered object such as a gilded material is analyzed by means of energy-dispersive Xray fluorescence (EDXRF), then one of the most serious problems consists in identifying for each element the correct layer, and in determining the thickness of the various layers, and particularly of the gilding. These questions can be solved, in many cases, by measuring the internal ratio of each element,i.e. the Kα/Kβ or Lα/Lβ–ratios of the various elements below the gilding (Cu, Ag, Pb) and of gold. In facto Kα/Kβ or Lα/Lβ – ratios are tabulated for infinitely thin samples; anomalous values...
On August 24, 2016, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck central Myanmar, seriously damaging and partially destroying more than 300 structures in Bagan Archaeological Zone. Department of Archaeology, UNESCO Bangkok Office and Japan International Cooperation Agency collected information about the damage to the cultural heritage caused by the earthquake. In February and July 2017, a scientific survey concerning XIII centuries wall paintings of temple Me-taw-ya, located in the south of Myinkaba village in Bagan site, carried out. It was supported by Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural...
In this work, a novel Raman scanner capable of performing point-to-point mapping of relatively large surface of paintings is presented. This device employs an excitation wavelength of 1064 nm and it is equipped with a high efficiency probe in order to collect the back-scattered light from each point of analysis. The use of long depth-of-field optics as well as an auto focus system allowed maintaining the best conditions for the Raman signal acquisition during the scanning, regardless of the surface irregularities. The small dimension of the optical components and the reasonable size of...
Flat jack testing method is one of the most commonly used techniques for the structural assessment of existing masonry structures. Single and double flat jack are commonly adopted to evaluate the acting normal stress, or the compressive behaviour of masonry material. Test procedures are codified by international standards (e.g. A.S.T.M D4729-87; C1196-04; C1197-04, R.I.L.E.M TC 177–MDT D.4; R.I.L.E.M. TC 177–MDT D.5), which provide the preliminary calibration of an experimental coefficient (km), which determination influences significantly the reliability of the test. This paper presents the...