Search results for "archaeological"

From the Museum to the site and backwards

2021

Digital archaeological reconstructions usually at documenting the original position of blocks and architectural elements of the building, both the ones on site and those exhibited in museums. Digital survey and representation provide the opportunity to place the fragments into the reconstruction model of the building, thus making the understanding of their shape and function much easier. A relevant difference between past and present reconstructions is the representation of the context and the landscape. The context is a relevant feature of watercolor ‘Restorations’ of the Grand Tour; on the other hand, in digital reconstructions the landscape is often neglected or reduced to a ‘background’…

Ecclesia carinensis. Una sede episcopale alle origini del cristianesimo fra Palermo e Lilibeo; La catacomba paleocristiana di Villagrazia di Carini

2020

The Early Christian cemetery discovered by chance in Villagrazia di Carini in 1899, then forgotten and negletted, has been brought to light from the year 2000 to today thanks to the systematic teamwork of the University of Palermo and the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra (PCAS). The unexpected dimension of the site, the largest underground cemetery of Early Christianity so far known in western Sicily, has finally allowed the historiographical debate to find a meeting point on the age-old problem of the existence of ecclesia carinensis, an Early Byzantine diocese attested by the written sources up to the eighth century and disappeared after the centuries of the Islamic domination …

Ricerche nella catacomba di Villagrazia di Carini

2018

The Quaderno Digitale 9 is dedicated to the archaeological researches conducted in the Early Christian catacomb of Villagrazia di Carini until year 2015. The essay of G. Schirò presents the results of the excavations carried out from 2008 to 2011 in the Gallery IX and the structural analysis of 36 burials. Marco Correra, in the second essay, presents the analysis of the types of closure of the tombs so far excavated, in comparison with other funerary contexts in Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa. Finally, Francesco Scirè and Marta Marescalchi illustrate the project drawn up for the enjoyment of the most representative sectors of the monument, whose visit was inaugurated in May 2015.

Study and dating of medieval ceramic tiles by analysis of enamels with atomic absorption spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence and electron probe microana…

2002

Abstract This paper reports an analytical study of enamel on fragments of medieval tiles using atomic spectroscopy techniques — AAS, XRF and SEM/EDX. The samples came from a hermitage in the region of Valencia (Spain) and have different motifs, mainly floral ones in a wide variety of colors. A study of the soluble salts in the biscuits and mortar was carried out using AAS to determine their present capacity to produce efflorescence and the type of efflorescence. XRF was used to identify the oxides responsible for the different colors and the pigments used over large areas of the tiles (white and green). SEM/EDX was used to characterize the white and green and smaller areas of other colors. …

Surveying, Analysis and 3D Modeling in Archaeological Virtual Reconstruction. The inner colonnade of the naos of Temple G of Selinunte.

2012

This paper is focused on the virtual reconstruction of a portion of the naos of Temple G of Selinunte, as a case study for the definition of a method of virtual anastylosis and reconstruction of collapsed colonnades in archaeological contexts. Reconstruction is based on the combination of historical research, archaeological analysis, digital surveying, image-based modeling and laser scanning methods. The complexity of the ruins of the temple suggested a thorough archaeological analysis of the fragments of the inner colonnade of the naos. This analysis made it possible to identify reference surfaces and protective or sacrificial surfaces. The study of these surfaces, together with the dimens…

Les activités de formation APER / Le attività di formazione APER

2014

APER Project activities included training activities set up for ten young professionals, five Sicilian and five Tunisians. The training seminars – held in November 2012 and December 2013 in Tunis and in May 2013 and March 2014 in Agrigento – were intense moments of productive debate and exchange among the participants, who were asked to be proactive. Over the second year, the topics chosen to summarise and bring into focus the APER Project’s work (conservation and protection; planned maintenance and administration; use and access; communication and museography; integrated cultural tourism) were examined in depth by five couples, each one made up of a young Tunisian and a young Sicilian who …

Response to “C. Tsiantos, M. Tsampodimou, G.H. Kacandes, M. Sánchez del Río, V. Gionis, G.D. Chryssikos. Comment to the paper: Identification of indi…

2014

Study and 3D survey of the Roman baths in the archaeological site of Lylibaeum (Marsala, Italy)

2020

Abstract Archaeological documentation is a fundamental step for research and conservation planning phases. Nowadays traditional recording is always supported by geomatics technologies which offer important support to the growth of archaeological study. The integration of sensors and methodologies seems to give the best results, in terms of time, costs and accuracy of products. In particular, the combination of Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can help the documentation of complex sites and the production of 3D and 2D products for different purposes. The paper focuses on the integration of TLS and UAV methodologies to record the thermal baths of the Roman Dom…

Geoelectrical study of archaeological structures in the Himera plane (North-western Sicily)

1996

This paper presents the results obtained from a geoelectrical study carried out on the Himera plane for archaeological research. Both the tripotential method and the dipole-dipole profile method have been used on a 40 m ´ 40 m investigation area in order to obtain several resistivity maps. The latter show different geoelectrical anomalies, the shape of which allows us to interpret simple archaeological structures, consistent with current knowledge of ancient Himera sites. Furthermore, the study of the whole set of data in the resistivity domain has allowed us to infer some other characteristics from the subsequent geological process of alluvial covering of the site.

New archaeological discoveries through magnetic gradiometry: The early Celtic settlement on Mont Lassois, France

2006

The burial complex of the “Lady of Vix” was discovered and excavated in the 1950s at the foot of Mont Lassois (Figure 1), a mountain situated close to the town of Chatillion-sur-Seine in the Bourgogne region of France. The assemblage of the burial goods was rather extraordinary, including such items as an artfully crafted golden necklace with winged horses and a voluminous wine-mixing vessel, probably made in a Greek workshop, capable of holding 1100 liters. According to archaeological research, this member of the aristocracy must have lived during the period between 550 and 500 BCE. Several large-scale geophysical research projects were undertaken in the vicinity of the burial complex duri…