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Results related to ERT surveys at the archaeological site of Sagalassos (Turkey) were presented. Data analysis demonstrate the conservation state of the Roman Bath and suggest the restoration intervenes.
The Santa Caterina tower in Nardò (Lecce, Italy) represents one of the many types of coastal towers of the ancient Terra dʼOtranto province. It was part of the defensive system of the Ionian coast of Salento against the Turkish threat. The integrated geophysical prospections are part of the analysis of the tower about constructive elements, wall discontinuities, functional modification in order to understand the phases and the change of the structure over the centuries. The information collected will be useful for a restoration project finalized to recover a building abandoned for years.
Syracuse and its countryside played a crucial role in the economy of ancient Sicily. Despite its historical and economic importance in the Roman and Medieval periods, our knowledge about the organization of its agricultural production, and economic circuit between the rural settlements and the city are limited. From 2009 the researches of the “Institute of Heritage Sciences – CNR” attempt to remedy this omission by outlining a preliminary picture of the rich historical and archaeological heritage of Priolo Gargallo, which will be analysed using a multidisciplinary approach (archaeological...
The research landscape of international studies on the use of infrared thermography (IRT) as a non-destructive diagnosis tool for architectural heritage is analysed through a bibliometric study. The article examines various facets like the temporal trend of publications, the most prominent research fields engaged in the work, the scientific output by institution and country as well as the hot topics. Some preliminary deductions are subsequently drawn. The paper can be of interest for researchers and practitioners who work on non-destructive testing (NDT) for architectural heritage. It can...
This article aims to illustrate a methodological approach for identifying damage scars and reconstruction interventions on monuments affected by past earthquakes. The approach draws on the combined and cross-referenced use of historical-technical sources alongside infrared thermographic surveys, allowing to piece together the chronology and extent of structural interventions over time. To try out and validate the methodology, we focus on two case studies involving churches located in two towns in the Basilicata region (Southern Italy). These sites were struck by two major seismic events in...
The church of San Francesco della Scarpa is a church in the historic center of Lecce (south Italy) located inside at the Convitto Palmieri. The church has had static stability problems in recent years. in order to understand the causes, a series of findings have been undertaken with the use of integrated non destructive methodologies. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), seismic tomography (ST), were used. Results reveals the structural problems of the church.
In the present study, a self-portrait by the painter Giuseppe Sabatelli (1813–1843) and an inscription written by Natale Longoni (1851–1930), respectively placed on the back and front side of a shawing bowl lid, were analyzed. Longoni received the object as a gift from Luigi Maria Sabatelli (1818–1899), also a painter and brother of Giuseppe, who is not to be confused with their father, Luigi Sabatelli (1772–1850), a professor at the Brera Academy. In particular, a non-invasive multi-analytical approach was carried out using the following techniques: Digital microscope, Ultraviolet...
This work presents a vibroacoustic metrology approach to investigate the tuning systems of historical church bells as expressions of intangible cultural heritage. Focusing on eight bells from Salerno Cathedral, dated between the 13th and 19th centuries, we performed spectral analysis to identify partial frequencies and compared them against reference scales derived from five historical temperaments. Results indicate, prior to the 19th century, when the well-tempered system gradually became the standard tuning reference in Western music, a clear and repeated alignment with the 1/4 comma...
This paper presents a method for generating synthetic bell sounds from in situ recordings of historical church bells, aimed at heritage-oriented metrological analysis and immersive applications. Starting from a real recording of a 13th century bell, still operating in Salerno Cathedral (Campania Region, Italy), the signal is denoised using spectral subtraction with adaptive control. Bell strikes are detected through RMS envelope analysis, and the tonal structure is extracted via FFT-based peak detection. A synthetic signal is generated by preserving both the amplitude proportions and phase...
Archaeological excavations at the Etruscan site of Spina in Ostellato (FE), performed during 2023, have revealed numerous metal finds. Using X-ray Fluorescence Microspectroscopy (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy with an EDS microprobe (SEM-EDS), the samples were divided into two main macro-categories: artefacts and scoriae. These were further classified according to their chemical composition (iron, bronze, lead). This study in focuses on the artefacts, examining their chemical composition, to potentially trace the production techniques used and to better understand the socio-economic...