Di Benedetto C., Germinario C., Graziano S. F., Guarino V. , Izzo F., Rispoli C.
Geomaterials from Campanian region have been widely used since ancient times in the local architecture both for their high availability in the area and good petrophysical features. An outstanding example is the archeological site of "Porta Mediana" Necropolis of Cuma, consisting of about 70 mausoleums ranging from 4th B.C. and 6th century A.D. and revealed by the Centre Jean Berard, from 2001 till present. This study, carried out on geomaterials from all the funerary monuments of the site, was performed by using consolidated experimental methods, such as optical microscopy in polarized light...
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O.A. Cuzman, R. Manganelli del Fà, B. Salvadori, L. Chiarantini, B. De Nigris, C. Riminesi
In this study, a prototypal hyper-spectral imaging device was used in combination with ASD FieldSpec spectrometer for evaluating the efficacy and durability of a biocide treatment applied on selected areas covered mainly by lichens of a wall of Macellum, in Pompeii. These techniques were used for monitor the phototrophs health for a period of 7 months. The results were compared to bioluminescence measurements of the ATP, used as reference. The spectra showed significant characteristic signals of photosynthetic pigments and fresh organic matter (lignin, starch, cellulose, pectin).
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Maria Letizia Amadori, Paola Fermo, Valentina Raspugli, Valeria Comite, Francesco Maria Mini, Yoshifumi Maekawa, KoKi Lin
On August 24, 2016, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck central Myanmar. Bagan Archaeological Zone suffered extensive damage and more than 300 structures were partially destroyed. After the earthquake, information about the damage to cultural heritage was collected from the Department of Archaeology, Japan International Cooperation Agency and the UNESCO Bangkok Office. In addition, a post-earthquake damage assessment survey from Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TNRICP) was dispatched to Bagan from September 2016 in order to collect information on the structural damage...
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Antonino D'Alessando, Luca Greco, Salvatore Scudero, Giovanni Vitale, Carla Bottari, Patrizia Capizzi, Francesco Croce, Raffaele Martorana, Antonino Pisciotta
In this paper we present a device for magnetic survey devoted in particular for archaeological purposes. The device is able to perform accurate measurements of the total magnetic field, it is a flexible device, programmable by the users to be suitable for any specific need. The device relies upon microcontroller, a digital three axes Fluxgate magnetometer, a GPS, and a Real Time Clock (RTC) module. The device is compact and lightweight to be assembled on aerial and marine drones. Recently, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) gained great potential for...
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Panpan Tang, Fulong Chen, Aihui Jiang, Wei Zhou, Hongchao Wang, Xin Lu, Giovanni Leucci, Lara de Giorgi, Maria Sileo, Lupeng Luod, Nicola Masini
Among geophysical techniques applied to archaeological sites , the multi-frequency EMI method is capable of identifying shallow subsurface relics by simultaneously measuring the apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) and apparent magnetic susceptibility (MSa).In this study, multi-frequency EMI technologies were performed in two heritage sites with different geological conditions. In the site of Han Hangu Pass, high ECa values were measured due to the cinnamon soil. Variations of ECa from the surface to shallow subsurface with different depths indicate a correlation with archaeological...
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Carla Bottari, Patrizia Capizzi, Danilo Cavallaro, Mauro Coltelli, Antonino D'Alessandro, Luigi Lodato, Raffaele Martorana, Antonino Pisciotta, Salvatore Scudero
We present the first results of a preliminary geological and geophysical survey carried out in the archaeological site of Santa Venera al Pozzo (Catania, Italy). The site dates back to the Roman Age, (1st century BC). Geological surveys highlighted a set of remarkable fractures affecting some archeological remains, suggesting the occurrence of a capable fault zone through the area. Multidisciplinary geophysical surveys (seismic refraction and electrical resistivity tomographies, together with aerial photographic and thermographic survey) identified a main tectonic discontinuity ascribable to...
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G. Di Giacomo, L. De Giorgi, I. Ditaranto, G. Leucci, I. Miccoli, G. Scardozzi
Within the project for the restoration of the northern section of the sixteenth-century city walls of Lecce, a team of researchers of CNR-IBAM carried out in 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys aimed at the study and the reconstruction of the moat outside the fortifications. The use of GPR method allowed to detect anomalies related to the main ditch outside the city walls and to characterize the rocky bank in which it was excavated; at the time of the surveys, this ditch was still buried and the results of the geophysical measurements directed the works for its excavation. As well as...
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F. Perciante, E. Rizzo, G. De Martino, L. Capozzoli, C. B. De Vita, D. Musmeci, A. Santoriello
Since 2011, the Ancient Appia Landscapes project has improved the knowledge of the territory east of Benevento by reconstructing settlement dynamics and ancient landscapes in a large chronological range. It also has studied cyclical elements and human activities influenced by landscape shapes and vocation. The project aims the use of a multidisciplinary approach. Different archeogeophysical methodologies was carried out in order to detect anomalies potentially correlated with buried archaeological evidences. This integrated approach has allowed to identify the site of Nuceriola, located at...
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Paola Guacci, Rosanna Montanaro
This paper focuses on the lack of detailed coordinate references that consider also the altitude (z) as a recurrent limit of the historical aerial photography. Within the study presented in this paper, we show the "draping" process, using a merged, georeferenced triple stereoscopy image, and a high resolution LiDAR DTM with the aim to obtain a running association of the factor z to a historical airborne photographs. The territory chosen for this study is the area occupied by the roman vicus of Aequum Tuticum, on the oriental side of Campania region (Italy), where several aero-topographical...
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C. De Stefano, F. Fontanella, M. Maniaci, A. Scotto di Freca
Palaeography is the study of ancient handwriting, aiming not only at deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, but also at reconstructing and interpreting the history of writing techniques and styles from the Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Palaeographers are therefore engaged in discovering when a manuscript was written, where it was written and how the writing was technically executed; they are also interested in characterizing features and habits of individual scribes and in distinguishing them from one another. We present a pattern recognition system which tries...
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