Rome: NE slopes of the Palatine hill. Archaeology of architecture and ancient masonries deep analysis

Title

Rome: NE slopes of the Palatine hill. Archaeology of architecture and ancient masonries deep analysis

Creator(s)

Brienza, Emanuele

Fornaciari, Lorenzo

Caratelli, Giovanni

Giorgi, Cecilia

Date

2021

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

32

Issue

2

Pages

177-186

Language

eng

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Short Title

Rome

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.32.2.2021.16

URI

https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/1171

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/XI49VRCI/item-list

Abstract

The NE slopes of the Palatine hill and the Colosseum valley area have a long archaeological research history. Here the continuous urban development has produced the overlap of architectural complexes distributed over time. The huge amount of archaeological documents produced by the research is managed within a GIS environment. For the analysis of ancient walls we introduced the use of image-based-modelling photogrammetry in order to create a very detailed 3D documentation linked to a DBMS dedicated to ancient structural features. Through this methodology we can evaluate specific aspects of ancient construction yards for each period. We can also refine the chronological sequences of the architectural structures and verify the contextual relationships of the surrounding buildings in order to formulate wide-ranging reconstructive hypotheses.