Integrated GPR prospecting and old aerial photos supporting urban archaeology research: study and digital reconstruction of a Late Roman villa in Durrës (Albania).

Abstract

Paper focused on the first results of a joint geo-archaeological research project of urban archeology in the ancient Roman city of Durrës. Starting from the reading of the historical evidence and interpretation of archival records (i.e. aerial photos related to the twenties, thirties and forties years of last century, before the urban transformations between the two World Wars and later, and satellite images of the sixties and recent years) the research proposes to develop targeted investigations with the integrated use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method and image processing techniques of contemporary photographs in order to locate a late Roman villa. All the information provided by aerial and GPR analysis as well as literature references constituted the basis for attempting a virtual reconstruction of the lost Roman's villa in order to give the visual idea of how it probably was. Accordingly to London and Seville Charter principles, different levels of reliability in data interpretation have been identified and characterized aiming at making transparent the methodological choices and the accuracy of reconstruction undertaken.


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  • D. Malfitana; G. Cacciaguerra; G. Fragalà; G. Leucci; N. Masini; C. Santagati; G. Scardozzi; E. Shehi

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2015

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