Paolo Rosati

ArcheoFOSS XIV 2020: Open software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archaeological research collects the proceedings of the fourteenth ArcheoFOSS international conference, held online due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book gathers seventeen papers on three principal topics, the main sessions of the conference: use and application of free/libre and open-source (FLOS) tools in archaeology; creation, use and promotion of open data and open formats in archaeology; and development and customization of FLOS software and hardware solutions for cultural heritage. Forty-one scholars of very diverse age, academic affiliation and geographic location, but all actively involved in the promotion of FLOS culture, open data and open science in digital archaeology and humanities, contribute. The volume is completed by a critical analysis of the contribution of these important annual meetings to the scientific and cultural activity of the ArcheoFOSS community. The opportunity offered by the pandemic-related difficulties to widen the geographical scope of the conference has been further boosted by the decision to adopt the English language for most of the papers, with the hope that this will extend the work of the ArcheoFOSS community far beyond the Italian national borders.

This paper reports the results of some excavation campaign carried out between 2015 and 2018 under the scientific direction of Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, in a lot of land located at Km 23,00 of the modern via Portuense, between the Episcopio and the fossa Traiana. The area has yielded an archaeological stratigraphy in a good state of preservation and of great interest. The complex sequence of building activities, is useful to better understand the abandonment and reuse dynamics of the Horrea in this sector of the Portus Romae between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the 15th edition of the international conference ArcheoFOSS Open Software, hardware, processes, data, and formats in archaeological research will be held online on November 23rd - 26th, 2021. The official conference languages are English and Italian.
The conference will address a range of important topics and themes relating to data sharing, open tools, processes and formats in the archaeological domain.
We invite scholars, independent researchers, institutions, freelance archaeologists, and professional companies involved in Cultural Heritage to submit original research or case studies by exposing the latest trends, theoretical or practical developments and challenges in the field. On behalf of the Scientific Committee 2021, the Organising Committee encourages abstract proposals focused on the following thematic areas.

La relazione si ripromette di indagare le strutture ed il contesto archeologico della chiesa ipogea di S. Nicola, sita nel suburbium romano, in quello che oggi è l’abitato di Marco Simone (Guidonia).
Basandosi sulla pianta, sulle caratteristiche architettoniche e sul contesto topografico, si tenterà di presentare la proposta secondo la quale, durante le prime fasi funzionali, l’ipogeo possa essere stato adibito a luogo di culto mitraico, nonché le possibili cause storiche del cambiamento religioso avvenuto al suo interno. Scopo del presente intervento sarà inoltre quello di proporre un’ipotesi ricostruttiva dei diversi passaggi di proprietà che hanno interessato il sito, culminati con l’incamerazione all’interno dei possedimenti dell’Ordine di San Benedetto e Scolastica a Subiaco, e successivamente di S.S. Ciriaco e Nicola in Via Lata. Determinanti nel comprendere le motivazioni di tali mutamenti saranno, secondo l’ipotesi presentata, i rapporti intessuti fra il sito di San nicola a Mar- co Simone ed un’area ben più centrale della Roma tardoantica e me- dievale, il Monte Celio, più precisamente l’area oggi occupata dal Padiglione Ospedaliero dell’Annunziata.

The project involves the setting up of a virtual tour for the Museum of the Origins, namely the Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory at the Sapienza University of Rome Mu- seum Pole. The virtual tour has been developed through open source technologies: a low-cost approach was pursued to provide a work-flow example for other museum sites wishing to acquire this promotion tool. The final product was designed both for museum use (in-site) and for a web spread (web-site).

This article offers an example for a quick and smart procedure for geo-referencing archaeological stratigraphy and managing it digitally in a GIS environment, through the open source software QGIS and PyArchInit. Specifically, the authors propose two ways of obtaining a geo-referenced survey of the archaeological features identified: 1) a handmade manual
survey carried out with triangulation measurements; 2) a digital survey through Structure from Motion algorithms.

MirrorLAB redefines the contours of cultural representation through the discerning application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The novel aspect of this approach lies in its unparalleled interweaving of narratives across scales and mediums. It harmoniously unites the historically intricate and the contemporarily dynamic, enabling cross-comparisons and aggregations of content.

We intend to present the preliminary results of a study aimed at the reconstruction of the outbuildings of the Monastery of Subiaco in Rome between the X and XII century.
The interest of this study turns to production activities commissioned, operated and controlled by the Monastery of Subiaco in Rome. The ultimate goal of this study is to trace the tracks of these structures through historical maps, written sources, archives and data excavation, matching all the informations on the GIS platform.
Based on the topographical analysis of the Regesto Sublacense carried out by Dr. P. Rosati we are going to conduct an in‐depth study targeted specifically to the discovery of production activities of any kind that can be traced back to the Monastery of Subiaco an in which manner this has effected control in the minutest details of urban production.
We take as an example the case of S. Erasmus al Celio and S. Tommaso at Porta Maggiore for which the Regesto mentions the presence of ovens (caminentis) of which the origin is not well specified . The area of the Celio is known because is much frequented by workmen, in particular bleachers, dyers and wool workers, shoemakers and weavers.
Cross references will allow understanding the relationship between Celio and monastery of Subiaco.

Programma

16 DICEMBRE
INTRODUZIONE (9:30 - 10:00)
Introduzione – Valentino Nizzo (Direttore del Museo Nazionale Etrusco)
Saluti istituzionali – Roberto Montagnetti (Presidente dell’Associazione Una Quantum inc.)
MUSEI
10:00:10:30 Una_Quantum, QGIS e Pyatchinit, communities a supporto della ricerca archeologica: il caso di Poggio Gramignano (Lugnano in Teverina - Italy); un esempio di come l'open source stia contribuendo allo sviluppo di uno scavo archeologico - Roberto Montagnetti
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Il Museo secondo Una_Quantum. Innovazione tecnologica e archivi digitali - Mariflora Caruso, Eloisa Casadei, Antonio Manna, Enrico Sartini
11:20-11:40 Virtual Tour 360°: ETRU – Martina Frau, Valerio de Luca
11:40-12:00 Dalle persone al dato le potenzialità della profilazione dei pubblici nell’esperienza di “People First”. - Silvia Rossi (ricercatrice indipendente)
12:00-12:20 OsPaC: valorizzazione e sostenibilità dei Beni Culturali nel territorio laziale - Saverio G. Malatesta, Laura Leopardi.
12:20-13:00 Q&A
13:00-14:30 Pranzo
TERRITORIO e TURISMO
14:30-14:50 Droni commerciali con sensori termici e multispettrali per il telerilevamento archeologico a bassa quota – Gabriele Ciccone
14:50-15:10 Il “progetto Amiternum”, l’archeologia come motore di progresso sociale - Prof. Alfonso Forgione
15:10-15:30 Archeowine - innovazione culturale e digitali nel turismo enogastronomico – Marco De Cave, Francesco Zaralli
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:20 MapForFuture – Giuseppe Maria Battisti
16:20-16:40 Percorso tattile dell'Appia Antica - Aurora Palermo, Alessandro Spadaro
16:40-17:00 Q&A

17 DICEMBRE
SITI ARCHEOLOGICI
10:00-10:20 Google Earth Engine: a Review on a Powerful Tool for Risk Assessment of Heritage Places – Yasmaan Nabati Mazloumi
10:20-10:40 Machine learning applications for satellite imagery analyses in Archaeological research and Cultural Heritage preservation - Alessia Brucato
10:40-11:00 Ebla_GIS, un esempio di reverse archaeology, la ricostruzione della logica di scavo come base del sistema informativo geografico del sito di Tell Mardikh – Paolo Rosati, Agnese Vacca

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-11:50 Per una rivalutazione del sito preistorico del tardo Eneolitico del Monte della Stella nel Cilento: studio delle fonti documentarie e bibliografiche, survey e tecnologie avanzate.Antonio Capano e Pasquale Ferdinando Giuliani Mazzeo
11:50-12:20 Archeologia dei paesaggi: dalla ricerca sul campo alla gestione dei dati con strumenti FOSS durante il lock-down. Il caso di Agrigento – Giuseppe Guarino, Eleonora Iacopini
12:20-12:40 Q&A
12:40-14:30 Pranzo
SISTEMI INFORMATICI PER SCAVO, I SURVEY E L’ARCHITETTURA
14:30-14:50 Pyarchinit 3: aggiornamenti e nuove funzioni – Enzo Cocca
14:50-15:10 What a wonderful WebODM! – Luca Mandolesi
15:10-15:30 Extended Matrix – Emanuel Demetrescu
15:50-16:10 Q&A
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Fuoriporta: How to enjoy open data about cultural heritage using a mobile app - Fuoriporta: Fruizione dei dati aperti sul patrimonio culturale attraverso un'app - Danilo Bernardini, Lorenzo Vitali
17:30 Tavola Rotonda introduce il Prof. Julian Bogdani partecipa il Direttore del Museo Nazionale Etrusco Dott. Valentino Nizzo

Il convegno è stato realizzato grazie al contributo concesso dalla Direzione generale Educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali del Ministero della cultura.
Si ringrazia la Direzione e il personale del Museo ETRU per aver ospitato gentilmente questo evento culturale

*Con preghiera di massima diffusione: https://2020.archeofoss.org/*

Aperta la call for papers, workshops and Demos per la quattordicesima edizione del convegno internazionale ArcheoFOSS: Software, hardware, processi, dati e formati aperti nella ricerca archeologica, che si svolgerà online nei giorni 15, 16, 17 ottobre 2020.

Il convegno ci concentra su tre temi:
1. Uso e applicazione di strumenti Free/Libre ed Open source (FLOS) in archeologia
2. Produzione, uso e promozione di open data e open format in archeologia
3. Sviluppo e adattamento di strumenti software e hardware FLOS in ambito culturale

In breve:
- Il convegno, i workshop e le demo si svolgeranno online a causa della pandemia causata dal COVID-19
- Termine ultimo per l’invio degli abstract estesi: mezzanotte del 30 giugno 2020
-Termine ultimo per la notifica di accettazione delle proposte
- Termine ultimo per l’invio di proposte di workshop: mezzanotte del 30 giugno 2020
- Termine ultimo per la notifica di accettazione di workshop
- Termine ultimo per l’invio delle proposte di demo: mezzanotte del 31 agosto 2020
- Date del convegno: 15, 16, 17 ottobre 2020
- Informazioni: https://2020.archeofoss.org/

The purpose of this paper is to provide examples of quick and practical procedures for the georeferenced drawing of archaeological stratigraphy and for the computerized management of the same in the GIS environment through the open source software Qgis and PyArchinit (the first Qgis plug-in for archeology) .
PyArchinit uses Python as a programming language and PostgressSQL / PostGIS as a Database.
Specifically, two examples of georeferenced drawing of the archaeological stratigraphy are proposed: the first one by hand, carried out in a traditional way by "triangulation" or "coltellatio"; the second one, through the "computer vision" techniques based on SFM algorithms.

The second region of the medieval city of Rome, corresponding largely to the extension of Mount Celio, is the subject of this discussion for the IX- XI centuries of the Middle Ages.
Starting from the study of the Regesto Sublacense, focusing on Roman properties of the monastery placeable in this region, we have outlined a rather dynamic scenery that sees a succession of quotations related to property , homes, farms , production facilities , crafts , all gravitating around the center of the ecclesia of St. Erasmus; this outpost that Subiaco held in Rome, monitors and manages traffic of people and goods into and out of the gates of Porta Asinaria , Metronia and Maggiore and monitors the constant supply of water due to the presence of a long stretch of Form Claudia , whose path starts right from the dams adjacent to the SS. Benedetto and Scholastica in Subiaco .
Increasing the historiographical and documentary analysis , using the help provided by the iconographic and cartographic sources of late medieval and Renaissance times, we will provide a picture of this region, rebuilding it through the application of GIS technology (QuantumGIS ; Grass) , fundamental topographic analysis tool.
In this phase, we will use the fusion of topographic data with a database via command "join" , we will propose a graphic reconstruction of the boundaries of the property, dwellings, buildings and farms within the region.
We intend to complete the picture with an archaeological survey of the published data and of the visible remains still “in situ” in order to obtain a comprehensive approach to the reconstruction of the settlement of Mount Celio .
This approach will highlight the relationships that existed between geomorphology of the treated area, the roads, the water resources, the rural exploitation , the location of activities of productions, the main aggregation and fortification points, according to the main dictates of the medieval topography.

The second region of the medieval city of Rome, corresponding largely to the extension of Mount Celio, is the subject of this discussion for the IX- XI centuries of the Middle Ages.
Starting from the study of the Regesto Sublacense, focusing on Roman properties of the monastery placeable in this region, we have outlined a rather dynamic scenery that sees a succession of quotations related to property , homes, farms , production facilities , crafts , all gravitating around the center of the ecclesia of St. Erasmus; this outpost that Subiaco held in Rome, monitors and manages traffic of people and goods into and out of the gates of Porta Asinaria , Metronia and Maggiore and monitors the constant supply of water due to the presence of a long stretch of Form Claudia , whose path starts right from the dams adjacent to the SS. Benedetto and Scholastica in Subiaco .
Increasing the historiographical and documentary analysis , using the help provided by the iconographic and cartographic sources of late medieval and Renaissance times, we will provide a picture of this region, rebuilding it through the application of GIS technology (QuantumGIS ; Grass) , fundamental topographic analysis tool.
In this phase, we will use the fusion of topographic data with a database via command "join" , we will propose a graphic reconstruction of the boundaries of the property, dwellings, buildings and farms within the region.
We intend to complete the picture with an archaeological survey of the published data and of the visible remains still “in situ” in order to obtain a comprehensive approach to the reconstruction of the settlement of Mount Celio .
This approach will highlight the relationships that existed between geomorphology of the treated area, the roads, the water resources, the rural exploitation , the location of activities of productions, the main aggregation and fortification points, according to the main dictates of the medieval topography.

Software, hardware, processi, dati e formati aperti nella ricerca archeologica XIV edizione 2020.archeofoss.org La quattordicesima edizione del Convegno Internazionale ArcheoFOSS. Software, hardware, processi, dati e formati open nella ricerca archeologica si svolgerà, a causa della situazione determinatasi per COVID-19, online nei giorni 15, 16 e 17 Ottobre 2020. Le modalità, e dettagli pratici di svolgimento saranno comunicati più avanti e con largo anticipo. Il Convegno accoglie contributi relativi alle tematiche connesse alla condivisione di dati, agli strumenti e processi operativi open e libre nel campo della ricerca archeologica. Si invitano pertanto studiosi, ricercatori indipendenti, rappresentanti di istituzioni, liberi professionisti e società che operano nel settore dei Beni Culturali a presentare ricerche originali, progetti o specifici casi di studio in grado di declinare dal punto di vista teorico e/o applicativo i temi in oggetto. Il comitato organizzatore incoraggia a presentare le proposte di intervento facendo riferimento alle seguenti tre macro-tematiche. Tema 1. Uso e applicazione di strumenti Free/Libre ed Open source (FLOS) in archeologia Questa tematica accoglie contributi che riguardano l'applicazione di strumenti (software, hardware, processi) free/libre e open source all'interno della pratica e ricerca archeologica. Esempi di contributi: • progetti e ricerche con flusso di lavoro basato prevalentemente su FLOS; • metodi e strategie di utilizzo dei FLOS in archeologia; • gestione dei dati di scavo, della documentazione fotografica e grafica;

Il prossimo 27 Febbraio a Roma, presso La Sapienza, si svolgerà il workshop pratico dedicato a Recogito, la piattaforma open source di Pelagios per la creazione e condivisione di annotazioni semantiche.

Il workshop si svolgerà dalle 15 alle 19, nel corso dell'ultima giornata della conferenza "Coptic Literature in Context. The Contexts of Coptic Literature: Late Antique Egypt in a dialogue between literature, archaeology and digital humanities" ( 25-27 Febbraio 2019).

È necessaria l’iscrizione, da effettuarsi via email all’indirizzo email: julian.bogdani@uniroma1.it

The 15th edition of the international conference ArcheoFOSS Open Software, hardware, processes, data, and formats in archaeology is now open.
After the 2020’s conference is the second year in which the official conference languages are both English and Italian.
The conference will address a range of important topics and themes relating to data sharing, open tools, processes and formats in the archaeological domain.
The Organizing Committee invited scholars, independent researchers, institutions, freelance archaeologists,
and professional companies involved in Cultural Heritage to submit their original researches or case studies by exposing the latest trends, theoretical or practical developments and challenges in the field.
On behalf of the Scientific Committee 2021, the Organising Committee encouraged abstract proposals focused on some thematic areas. Furthermore, for the first time, ArcheoFOSS published the pre-acs volume to facilitate the sharing and the deep understanding of any issues.

ANTONIO MONTEFUSCO, «Secondo: non conservare». Per una ricostruzione dell'archivio del monastero di San Silvestro in Capite a Roma

PAOLO ROSATI, I confini dei possessi del monastero Sublacense nel
medioevo (secoli X-XIII)

EMILIANO· BULTRINI, L'acqua Crabra: un fiume scomparso.
Vicende del confine naturale tra Roma e la Civitas Tusculana

ARNOLD ESCH, Dalla Roma del primo Rinascimento. Tipologia
delle notizie contenute nelle suppliche alla Penitenzieria Apostolica
(1439-1484)

LYDIA SALVIUCCI INSOLERA, Jacques Courtois nella Casa Professa
della Compagnia di Gesù a Roma: contributi inediti

AMEDEO BENEDETTI, Ernesto Monaci nei carteggi con gli amici
letterati

MARIO CASELLA, Per una storia dell'anticlericalismo a Roma dopo
l'Unità d'Italia: relazioni, testimonianze e interpretazioni sull'assalto
alla salma di Pio IX nella notte del 13 luglio 1881

VINCENZO G. PACIFICI, La «fascistizzazione» della Provincia di
Roma (1923-1926)