The Fusaro’s site in Avella documents an extended
occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto a... more The Fusaro’s site in Avella documents an extended occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto and Diana-Bellavista) to Apenine period and, maybe, until Late Bronze Age, with some interruptions due to some big volcanic eruptions (one of “flegree” origin: Agnano-Monte Spina and one of Somma Vesuvius: the Avellino eruption). The paper presents the finds coming from the levels that correspond to the frequentation phase of Appennic Age, located on top of the eruptive blanket that covered the previous installation of Early Bronze Age (Palma Campania’s facies) which has been described in a previous work.
The book is based on three different concepts: Management and Cultural Heritage, and to then move... more The book is based on three different concepts: Management and Cultural Heritage, and to then move toward a particular research field, that is Applied Geophysics, and the contribution that it can make. In order to get a successful management, it is necessary to achieve some requirements that include identification, protection, preservation, enhancement, fruition and transmission of Cultural Heritage to future generations. The contribution of geophysical methodologies flows into these requirements through its scope and application. The Cultural Heritage represents the fundamental recognition of the value of a territory as a symbol and an emblem of history and culture, a memory that preserves and records the changing through the time of men and landscapes, a dynamic and evolutionary proof, a sign in space and time of tangible and intangible, material and no-material actions. Cultural Heritage is a wide concept and it has changed through the time, integrating and expanding the typology ...
The second part of this book is focused on the application of the different geophysical methodolo... more The second part of this book is focused on the application of the different geophysical methodologies - Geoelectrical, Ground Penetrating Radar and Electromagnetic - to Cultural Heritage, both in Italian and foreign sites. In order to highlight the various possible applications, the case studies, related to the most frequent diagnostic surveys, have been divided into main topic: Monuments, Historical Buildings, Urban Centres, Archaeological Parks, Preventive Archeology and Ancient viability.
This paper deals with the application of geophysical prospections to the study of the Church of S... more This paper deals with the application of geophysical prospections to the study of the Church of Saint Cosma in Helerito inside the Monastery of Saints Cosma and Damiano (Tagliacozzo, L’Aquila, Italy). The research aimed to verify the presence of buried ancient archaeological structures of a construction phase older than the current building. Thus, a grid of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) profiles was carried out inside the building in the available spaces using a radar unit equipped with a multi-frequency antenna of 200–600 MHz. The analysis of 2D radargrams and horizontal slices relative to different temporal ranges led to the identification of significant regular patterns of the amplitude of the electromagnetic signals. The results suggest the presence of a buried structure below the analyzed surface.
Geophysical Methods for Cultural Heritage Management, 2018
The Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) has been used by many geophysics for archaeological i... more The Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) has been used by many geophysics for archaeological investigations since the 1960s. The electrical resistivity parameter, on which the method is based, has such a large variability to allow the great majority of the structures and bodies of archaeological and architectural interest to be readily distinguished, in principle, from the hosting material. In general, the rock resistivity depends on many factors, as water content in fissures and fractures, porosity, degree of saturation and nature of pore electrolytes. In dry state, most rocks are non-conducting, i.e. they have extremely high resistivities, which decrease rapidly with existence of fluids, usually containing various ions to form the electrolytic solution. In archaeological prospecting, the presence of a high resistivity anomaly is usually an indicator of some resistive structure, such as the presence of accumulated tiles, a stone wall, building foundation or a cavity respect to the less resistive hosting soil. Instead, the presence of a moist ditch filling in a resistive rock background is characterised by a low conductive anomaly. In the study of historical buildings, where for capillary ascent of humidity and ingression of more or less aggressive waters, internal alteration nucleuses, typically characterised by very low resistivities, become the sources of degradation and even dis-aggregation of structure. To investigate the resistivity distribution along a profile, an apparent resistivity dataset is collected by means of a device composed of a pair of energizing electrodes that sends the current into the ground and a pair of potentiometric electrodes that measures the potential difference generated by the current input. Nowadays, sophisticated low-cost multi-electrode instruments are available, which store a considerable sequence of data in a detailed way. A numerical inversion is used to convert measured apparent resistivity distributed along a pseudosection to electrical resistivity values displayed as a function of depth below surface. The geoelectric resistivity tomography (ERT) approach comes from taking many apparent resistivity determinations at as many locations as possible and involves the joint inversion of many independent tests, using an algorithm to discern subtle details from differences, which would otherwise not be seen in any one test.
... In un precedente studio, riguardante le strutture di abitato nel Bronzo antico e medio in ...... more ... In un precedente studio, riguardante le strutture di abitato nel Bronzo antico e medio in ... collinari conosceranno però un inatteso sviluppo (ad esempio Arivito, vicino a Mondragone: Guidi 2007 ... Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità ...
The Fusaro’s site in Avella documents an extended
occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto a... more The Fusaro’s site in Avella documents an extended occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto and Diana-Bellavista) to Apenine period and, maybe, until Late Bronze Age, with some interruptions due to some big volcanic eruptions (one of “flegree” origin: Agnano-Monte Spina and one of Somma Vesuvius: the Avellino eruption). The paper presents the finds coming from the levels that correspond to the frequentation phase of Appennic Age, located on top of the eruptive blanket that covered the previous installation of Early Bronze Age (Palma Campania’s facies) which has been described in a previous work.
The book is based on three different concepts: Management and Cultural Heritage, and to then move... more The book is based on three different concepts: Management and Cultural Heritage, and to then move toward a particular research field, that is Applied Geophysics, and the contribution that it can make. In order to get a successful management, it is necessary to achieve some requirements that include identification, protection, preservation, enhancement, fruition and transmission of Cultural Heritage to future generations. The contribution of geophysical methodologies flows into these requirements through its scope and application. The Cultural Heritage represents the fundamental recognition of the value of a territory as a symbol and an emblem of history and culture, a memory that preserves and records the changing through the time of men and landscapes, a dynamic and evolutionary proof, a sign in space and time of tangible and intangible, material and no-material actions. Cultural Heritage is a wide concept and it has changed through the time, integrating and expanding the typology ...
The second part of this book is focused on the application of the different geophysical methodolo... more The second part of this book is focused on the application of the different geophysical methodologies - Geoelectrical, Ground Penetrating Radar and Electromagnetic - to Cultural Heritage, both in Italian and foreign sites. In order to highlight the various possible applications, the case studies, related to the most frequent diagnostic surveys, have been divided into main topic: Monuments, Historical Buildings, Urban Centres, Archaeological Parks, Preventive Archeology and Ancient viability.
This paper deals with the application of geophysical prospections to the study of the Church of S... more This paper deals with the application of geophysical prospections to the study of the Church of Saint Cosma in Helerito inside the Monastery of Saints Cosma and Damiano (Tagliacozzo, L’Aquila, Italy). The research aimed to verify the presence of buried ancient archaeological structures of a construction phase older than the current building. Thus, a grid of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) profiles was carried out inside the building in the available spaces using a radar unit equipped with a multi-frequency antenna of 200–600 MHz. The analysis of 2D radargrams and horizontal slices relative to different temporal ranges led to the identification of significant regular patterns of the amplitude of the electromagnetic signals. The results suggest the presence of a buried structure below the analyzed surface.
Geophysical Methods for Cultural Heritage Management, 2018
The Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) has been used by many geophysics for archaeological i... more The Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) has been used by many geophysics for archaeological investigations since the 1960s. The electrical resistivity parameter, on which the method is based, has such a large variability to allow the great majority of the structures and bodies of archaeological and architectural interest to be readily distinguished, in principle, from the hosting material. In general, the rock resistivity depends on many factors, as water content in fissures and fractures, porosity, degree of saturation and nature of pore electrolytes. In dry state, most rocks are non-conducting, i.e. they have extremely high resistivities, which decrease rapidly with existence of fluids, usually containing various ions to form the electrolytic solution. In archaeological prospecting, the presence of a high resistivity anomaly is usually an indicator of some resistive structure, such as the presence of accumulated tiles, a stone wall, building foundation or a cavity respect to the less resistive hosting soil. Instead, the presence of a moist ditch filling in a resistive rock background is characterised by a low conductive anomaly. In the study of historical buildings, where for capillary ascent of humidity and ingression of more or less aggressive waters, internal alteration nucleuses, typically characterised by very low resistivities, become the sources of degradation and even dis-aggregation of structure. To investigate the resistivity distribution along a profile, an apparent resistivity dataset is collected by means of a device composed of a pair of energizing electrodes that sends the current into the ground and a pair of potentiometric electrodes that measures the potential difference generated by the current input. Nowadays, sophisticated low-cost multi-electrode instruments are available, which store a considerable sequence of data in a detailed way. A numerical inversion is used to convert measured apparent resistivity distributed along a pseudosection to electrical resistivity values displayed as a function of depth below surface. The geoelectric resistivity tomography (ERT) approach comes from taking many apparent resistivity determinations at as many locations as possible and involves the joint inversion of many independent tests, using an algorithm to discern subtle details from differences, which would otherwise not be seen in any one test.
... In un precedente studio, riguardante le strutture di abitato nel Bronzo antico e medio in ...... more ... In un precedente studio, riguardante le strutture di abitato nel Bronzo antico e medio in ... collinari conosceranno però un inatteso sviluppo (ad esempio Arivito, vicino a Mondragone: Guidi 2007 ... Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità ...
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occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto and
Diana-Bellavista) to Apenine period and, maybe,
until Late Bronze Age, with some interruptions due
to some big volcanic eruptions (one of “flegree”
origin: Agnano-Monte Spina and one of Somma
Vesuvius: the Avellino eruption). The paper presents
the finds coming from the levels that correspond to
the frequentation phase of Appennic Age, located on
top of the eruptive blanket that covered the previous
installation of Early Bronze Age (Palma
Campania’s facies) which has been described in a
previous work.
occupation since Late Neolithic (Serra d’Alto and
Diana-Bellavista) to Apenine period and, maybe,
until Late Bronze Age, with some interruptions due
to some big volcanic eruptions (one of “flegree”
origin: Agnano-Monte Spina and one of Somma
Vesuvius: the Avellino eruption). The paper presents
the finds coming from the levels that correspond to
the frequentation phase of Appennic Age, located on
top of the eruptive blanket that covered the previous
installation of Early Bronze Age (Palma
Campania’s facies) which has been described in a
previous work.