Costruzione di un sistema GIS a base regionale per lo studio della ceramica medievale in Sicilia
- Title
- Costruzione di un sistema GIS a base regionale per lo studio della ceramica medievale in Sicilia
- Creator(s)
- Mangiaracina, Claudio Filippo
- Date
- 2012
- Is Part Of
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Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 23
- Pages
- 51–64
- Language
- ita
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- This article describes the construction of a Geographical Information System for the study of the medieval pottery in Sicily between the 9th and the first half of the 13th century. The creation of a dedicated GIS enables us to organize and manage the large amount of data from archaeological excavations and surveys conducted on the island, while preserving their spatial relationships and accelerating the process of data analysis. This approach allows us to draw a historical synthesis based on the ceramic evidence and to propose a socio-economic model for Sicily. The system is based on two components, a relational database and a GIS platform linked together and able to integrate two kinds of information, the descriptive one and the geographical one. The aim of this system is to produce, on a regional scale, thematic maps of the distribution of medieval pottery in Sicily. Features are represented through points instead of polygons, so that the objects are visible at a small geographical scale. The system allows queries at different levels of detail, to show the distribution of the different wares, shapes, or types, etc. This system has been developed for the study of medieval pottery, but its structure can be implemented at any time by adding new modules. Future development will include the complete filing of archaeological sites dated to between the 9th and the 13th century (so far limited to those that yielded ceramic evidence).
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