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Integrated full 3D geoelectrical and GPR tomographies in the Ambulatory of the roman “Villa del Casale”(Piazza Armerina)

2008

The “Villa del Casale” is a wonderful Roman Villa excavated in the archaeological site of Piazza Armerina (Sicily) in 1929. Its interest is mainly to be referred to the floor mosaics, among the largest and most beautiful ones of Roman times, of superlative quality. The floor of the Corridor is covered by a wonderful mosaic depicting the hunt and capture of wild animals, so that it is called the “Corridor of the Great Hunting Scene”. The Villa is now under restoration, and during the planning of the restoration a 3D electrical resistivity tomography was performed on the corridor by using an acquisition grid composed by 704 electrodes. Furthermore 25 GPR profiles with 400 MHz antenna were acq…