After graduating in 2009 at Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), my goal has been to get a specialization in digital and spatial techniques applied to the study of past civilizations. This motivated me to acquire an expertise in geotechnology applied to archaeology (GIS, GPS, remote sensing, geophysical survey techniques, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, landscape modelling, database) through a professional Master course at Università di Siena. Thanks to this experience, I got a first internship at ITABC CNR (2010), the top research institute in this field in Italy, and, subsequently, a Young Researcher Fellowship (2011-2012) that helped me increasing my skills and taking part in several international projects, all focused on the reconstruction and mapping of historical landscapes and features, that still remains one of the top interest in my research. The most important results obtained at ITABC, were published at international conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific journals between 2012 and 2014.
My PhD (2011-2014) was focused on a different side of the application of new technologies to the archaeological heritage: as part of a broader project of virtual reconstruction of the Villa dei Volusii Saturnini in Lucus Feroniae, I had to deal with the issue of communicating the uncertainty of the archaeological data. This concern about the reliability level of the data, together with the importance of the precise mapping of the archaeological remain and with my personal interest in the historical routes, was the basis for the development of the RecRoad project, funded with a MSCA Individual Fellowship at Université Bordeaux Montaigne (France) from 2016 to 2018. The project, focused on the reconstruction of the Roman itinerary from Aquileia (Italy) to Singidunum (Belgrade, Serbia), had as output a remarkable quantity of new data about the roads themselves and the historical landscape broadly speaking: part of the data have already been published and the rest is going to be published in the next months: a monography will be published in 2019 and several scientific articles are currently being prepared.
Supervisors: Prof. Francis Tassaux
My PhD (2011-2014) was focused on a different side of the application of new technologies to the archaeological heritage: as part of a broader project of virtual reconstruction of the Villa dei Volusii Saturnini in Lucus Feroniae, I had to deal with the issue of communicating the uncertainty of the archaeological data. This concern about the reliability level of the data, together with the importance of the precise mapping of the archaeological remain and with my personal interest in the historical routes, was the basis for the development of the RecRoad project, funded with a MSCA Individual Fellowship at Université Bordeaux Montaigne (France) from 2016 to 2018. The project, focused on the reconstruction of the Roman itinerary from Aquileia (Italy) to Singidunum (Belgrade, Serbia), had as output a remarkable quantity of new data about the roads themselves and the historical landscape broadly speaking: part of the data have already been published and the rest is going to be published in the next months: a monography will be published in 2019 and several scientific articles are currently being prepared.
Supervisors: Prof. Francis Tassaux
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site was identified through remote sensing analysis, while its chronological framing was determined thanks the surface surveys on the ground. The pottery fragments collected show a time-span going from proto-history to
the Roman period.
We will focus our attention on the results obtained through non-destructive methods of remote field detection (from satellite images, historical and other more recent maps to LiDAR images) and their verification in the field. The paper will include an overview of the site’s spatial distribution from a diachronic perspective in order to monitor the evolution of settlement
dynamics in the whole research area. Special attention will be dedicated to the analysis of materials from the archaeological site of Marina in Surduk.
site was identified through remote sensing analysis, while its chronological framing was determined thanks the surface surveys on the ground. The pottery fragments collected show a time-span going from proto-history to
the Roman period.
We will focus our attention on the results obtained through non-destructive methods of remote field detection (from satellite images, historical and other more recent maps to LiDAR images) and their verification in the field. The paper will include an overview of the site’s spatial distribution from a diachronic perspective in order to monitor the evolution of settlement
dynamics in the whole research area. Special attention will be dedicated to the analysis of materials from the archaeological site of Marina in Surduk.
This presentation will focus on four aspects of this concept of open and interactive approach: the use of geo-spatial systems where spatial analysis results can be visualised (and particularly updatable chains of spatial operations); the application of
procedural modelling techniques; the development of virtual reality applications; and the creation of editable cooperative 3D environments. These aspects will be analysed, underlining pro and cons for research and for dissemination purposes. In addition, examples of the reconstruction of the Roman Landscape for the Virtual Rome project and for the Genus Bononiae project will be described. Conclusions will regard the
future sustainability of VR projects, within a new Network of Excellence, dedicated to Virtual Museums (V-MUST.NET)
The main output of the project will be an interactive atlas available online, where it will be possible to visualize the reconstructed route in its geographical context, the reliability degree of the individual segments and the sources that were identified with reference to the single stretch of the road to which they pertain. In addition, new strategies and initiatives for the protection and knowledge dissemination will be developed. For the first time, all the sources today avalaible to archaeologists will be used to identify the original track of a Roman road and to study the importance of the consequences that its presence had on the territory and on the way ancient people conceived the landscape where they lived.
Cette table ronde, en s’insérant dans le projet «RecRoad - From Aquileia to Singidunum, reconstructing the paths of the Roman travelers», propose d’approfondir les trois thèmes suivants :
1. La confrontation des sources historiques (épigraphie, sources littéraires et itinéraires routiers) aux données de terrain.
2. Les nouvelles méthodologies d’étude et leur vérification sur le terrain : SIG, analyses spatiales, télédétection, photographies aériennes, LiDAR, prospections géophysiques, photogrammétrie.
3. Les nouvelles méthodes et outils de publication et valorisation des données : WebGIS et atlas en ligne, publications OpenAccess, divulgation et mise en valeur auprès du public.
Cet événement et la publication des actes s’inscrivent dans le programme d’innovation et recherche de l’Union Européenne Horizon 2020 - Bourse Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 660763
Dopo uno studio approfondito dell’itinerario originale, il progetto mira anche all’analisi delle conseguenze della sua costruzione sul paesaggio da diversi punti di vista (analisi delle dinamiche culturali, insediative, dei fenomeni religiosi, degli scambi commerciali, …), in modo da avere una migliore comprensione delle relazioni territoriali e culturali. Per raggiungere questi obiettivi, il progetto considera e utilizza tutte le fonti e le nuove tecnologie disponibili per gli archeologi, in un approccio multidisciplinare. Tutte le informazioni raccolte e generate, vengono geo-riferite e saranno pubblicate in un atlante online.
Il principale output del progetto sarà proprio un atlante interattivo disponibile online, dove sarà possibile visualizzare e scaricare i dati generati nel corso del progetto, ivi incluso il tracciato della via, ricostruito nel suo contesto, il grado di affidabilità della ricostruzione dei singoli segmenti e le fonti di informazione identificate per individuare il percorso sul terreno.
La presentazione si concentra sui risultati finora ottenuti nel corso della ricerca, grazie all’utilizzo di software open-source e dati liberi o gratuiti.