Lara De Giorgi, Dora Francesca Barbolla, Chiara Torre, Giovanni Leucci
The instability of the hypogean archaeological site named Grotta della Poesia, was studied by combing geological and geophysical methods. The inside geometry of fractures and the physical parameters of the surrounding and underground materials were the primary objectives of the geophysical survey. 2D seismic tomography and 2D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) were combined to make a first diagnosis. First seismic data were acquired along one horizontal profile delimited by the line of the sources inside the cave and the receiver lying on the ground surface. ERT profile was overlapped...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.192
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Salvatore Piro, Nicola M. Camerlenghi, Daniela Mondini, Giorgia Pollio, Daniela Zamuner
This paper shows the results of a new archaeogeophysics investigation at the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura (Roma) carried out thanks to a collaboration between Dartmouth College (USA), the Institute of History and Theory of Art and Architecture of the Università della Svizzera Italiana, the Institute of Heritage Sciences of the CNR of Rome and the Governatorato of Vatican City. The new research includes high-resolution Ground Penetrating Radar surveys and bibliographic and archival analyses, still in progress, concerning the history of the development of building and its liturgical...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.191
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Francesco Giuri, Angela Calia, Ivan Ferrari, Antonio Monte, Giovanni Quarta, Emilia Vasanelli
The tobacco industry in Puglia has been for about a century the main economic resource for the farmers and the dealers. The first processing with Levantine tobacco began in Terra d Otranto (the current provinces of Lecce, Brindisi and Taranto) between the late XIX and early XX centuries and were linked to the Agricultural Consortium of the Capo di Leuca territory (from 1938 Acait - Società Cooperativa Agricola Industriale del Capo di Leuca). Acait was the first cooperative agricultural consortium of the Terra d Otranto born in Tricase (Lecce, Italy) in December 1902. The Consortium began...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.190
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Lara De Giorgi, Ivan Ferrari, Francesco Giuri, Dora Francesca Barbolla, Chiara Torre, Giovanni Leucci
The Messapian necropolis of Monte D Elia is related to one of the most important ancient settlements in the Salento Peninsula (in south Italy). In order to understand the extension and layout of this necropolis in the various periods of its use, an electromagnetic prospection was undertaken in an area adjacent to the necropolis. The analysis of the electromagnetic data revealed many anomalies that could be ascribed to archaeological structures (tombs).
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.189
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Lara De Giorgi, Dora Francesca Barbolla, Ivan Ferrari, Francesco Giuri, Ilaria Miccoli, Giuseppe Scardozzi, Chiara Torre, Giovanni Leucci
The Appian Way - Rome s gateway to the East - was Europe s first super highway and the wonder of its day. Built in 312 BC, it connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), running in a straight line for much of the way. Eventually, it stretched 644 km to Brindisi, from where Roman ships sailed to Greece and Egypt. With the aim of highlighting its route, geophysical surveys were carried out in some areas of southern Puglia. This paper deals with the results of an archaeogeophysical approach based on the comparative use of gradiometric and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) measurements. The results of...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.188
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Daniel Lassak, Anna Novikova, Athanasios Argyriou, Nikos Papadopoulos
The study presents a semi-authomated model of bathymetry derivation from various satellite imageries (Pleiades, PlanetScope, and Sentinel 2-A) with different spatial resolutions, for two islands of the south-eastern Crete coast (Chrisi and Koufonisi). The workflow of the model is based on the empirical, band ratio approach and carried out within ESRI s ArcMap application. The highest accuracy that was achieved was an RMSE of 1.1 m for the bathymetry model from the PlanetScope image for Chrisi island. A low level of turbidity (low NDTI), high amount and reliability of depth training points,...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.187
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P. Bilio Markasioti, George Kritikakis, Antonios Vafidis, Nikos Papadopoulos
In archaeology, applied geophysics helps to discover new findings of our hiden cultural heritage. However, these methods have been particularly developed in terrestrial environments, leaving the shallow marine ones almost unexplored. This paper examines the effectiveness of Multichannel Analysis Surface Waves (MASW) and Seismic Refraction Tomography (SRT) οn imaging submerged and buried antiquities in a very shallow marine environment. For this purpose, synthetic seismic data sets were created to examine the optimum parameters for the most efficient visualization and interpretation of...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.186
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Tanzil Ahmmed, Cristina Galacho, José Quaresma, Patrícia Moita, A. R. Silva
The Roman villa of Frielas is an archaeological site from 3rd – 6th century AD located in Loures, Portugal. The villa is on excavation since 1997. A total of eighteen mortar samples were collected from the different structures of the villa with different functional uses (render, filler, and floor) and analyzed by a multi-analytical approach. The results revealed a similar composition of binder, while differences in aggregates allowed to establish several groups. Raw materials and production technologies were significant. Results were discussed as evidence of manufacturing techniques,...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.185
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Chiara Tuccio, Francesco Armetta, Maria Luisa Saladino
A preliminary study on the protective effect of nanostructured materials developed for the conservation of fresco paintings sited in high humidity environments is here reported. The study has been performed on mock-up samples prepared on the base of a non-invasive investigation performed on the frescos of the complex St. Mary of the Cave in Marsala (Trapani, Italy). The mock-up samples simulate both the stone support and the mortar preparation as well as the fresco painted with the same kind of pigments found in two of fresco paintings. Some nanostructured materials such as nano-sized...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.184
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Marica Liano, Tiziana E. De Lillo, Annarosa Mangone, Alessandro Monno, Rocco Laviano, Stefano Roascio, Gioacchino Tempesta, Giacomo Eramo
This paper reports the results of the diagnostic investigation conducted on the "boiserie" of the Rococo Hall at Palazzo Fizzarotti (1850-1908) in Bari. The boiserie is an artifact made of faux marble with included seminato elements and characterized by the presence of assembly plastering. The study aimed to identify its constituent materials, reconstruct the production technique, and understand its conservation state to carry out a critical restoration work which respected the boiserie from a material, historical and aesthetic point of view. Non-invasive analysis took place in situ...
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· 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.183
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