Universiteit Gent
Archaeology
Nel corso dell’ultima generazione l’archeologia si è confrontata con il progresso tecnologico e scientifico, adottando nuovi strumenti di ricerca e innovando le sue metodologie. Nel corso della serata si cercheranno di presentare le... more
Nel corso dell’ultima generazione l’archeologia si è confrontata con il progresso tecnologico e scientifico, adottando nuovi strumenti di ricerca e innovando le sue metodologie.
Nel corso della serata si cercheranno di presentare le tecniche di documentazione utilizzate nelle ricerche che hanno avuto luogo negli ultimi anni nella pianura padana, concentrandosi in particolare sulle indagini degli archeologi dell'Università di Bologna, ma non solo, e focalizzando l’attenzione su come sia stato possibile innovare gli strumenti tradizionali, pur senza stravolgerli.
Nel corso della serata si cercheranno di presentare le tecniche di documentazione utilizzate nelle ricerche che hanno avuto luogo negli ultimi anni nella pianura padana, concentrandosi in particolare sulle indagini degli archeologi dell'Università di Bologna, ma non solo, e focalizzando l’attenzione su come sia stato possibile innovare gli strumenti tradizionali, pur senza stravolgerli.
Results of my MA thesis, discussed at Bologna University in March 2017 and presented at the TMA - Transnational Meetings in Archaeology (Zurich, 6-8 April 2018)
https://groma.unibo.it/abballe_mediaval_rural_settlement_bassa_romagna The paper presented here is an extraction of my MA dissertation and falls within the landscape project Bassa Romandiola. Considering the biases present in the dataset... more
https://groma.unibo.it/abballe_mediaval_rural_settlement_bassa_romagna
The paper presented here is an extraction of my MA dissertation and falls within the landscape project Bassa Romandiola. Considering the biases present in the dataset at disposal, predictive modelling has been chosen as a methodology potentially useful to gain more information about the medieval settlement patterns of the area. Both environmental and “socio-cultural” variables have been considered, to make the most of the data available. A first predictive map has been created using the Dempster-Shafer theory and possible future directions highlighted to improve the result obtained.
The paper presented here is an extraction of my MA dissertation and falls within the landscape project Bassa Romandiola. Considering the biases present in the dataset at disposal, predictive modelling has been chosen as a methodology potentially useful to gain more information about the medieval settlement patterns of the area. Both environmental and “socio-cultural” variables have been considered, to make the most of the data available. A first predictive map has been created using the Dempster-Shafer theory and possible future directions highlighted to improve the result obtained.
Abstract of the oral presentation given at the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, on the 23-24 November 2018 in Amsterdam.
Per lungo tempo l’analisi geomorfologica si è basata sull’utilizzo di punti quotati, registrati manualmente da operatori sul territorio, interpolati tra loro per creare un modello digitale del terreno da cui poter estrarre delle curve di... more
Per lungo tempo l’analisi geomorfologica si è basata sull’utilizzo di punti quotati, registrati manualmente da operatori sul territorio, interpolati tra loro per creare un modello digitale del terreno da cui poter estrarre delle curve di livello, dalle quali infine poter individuare le varie aree morfologicamente più elevate o più depresse. Nonostante questo rimanga un metodo ancora valido e molto usato per la redazione delle carte geomorfologiche dei piani paesaggisti locali, l’enorme disponibilità di dati satellitari disponibili oggigiorno per la creazione di DEM apre nuove prospettive.
In questo lavoro vogliamo presentare un confronto tra i metodi che prevedono l’applicazione di tools morfometrici e idrologici implementati in SAGA GIS con l’algoritmo Multi-Scale Relief Model (o MSRM, Orengo & Petrie 2018) con l’obiettivo di rendere più veloce e automatizzata la procedura di analisi della micromorfologia di un territorio alluvionale e il riconoscimento di eventuali landforms.
La zona prescelta come caso di studio è la pianura romagnola, un’area pianeggiante con quote comprese tra i 50 e - 5 m s.l.m., dove piccole variazioni altimetriche sono solitamente dovute ai corsi dei fiumi appenninci o ai cordoni litoranei, sia attuali che fossili. L’area è da anni oggetto di studio di vari progetti, archeologici e non, dell’Università di Bologna.
Il modello utilizzato come dato di partenza è l’SRTM DEM con risoluzione 30 m.
In questo lavoro vogliamo presentare un confronto tra i metodi che prevedono l’applicazione di tools morfometrici e idrologici implementati in SAGA GIS con l’algoritmo Multi-Scale Relief Model (o MSRM, Orengo & Petrie 2018) con l’obiettivo di rendere più veloce e automatizzata la procedura di analisi della micromorfologia di un territorio alluvionale e il riconoscimento di eventuali landforms.
La zona prescelta come caso di studio è la pianura romagnola, un’area pianeggiante con quote comprese tra i 50 e - 5 m s.l.m., dove piccole variazioni altimetriche sono solitamente dovute ai corsi dei fiumi appenninci o ai cordoni litoranei, sia attuali che fossili. L’area è da anni oggetto di studio di vari progetti, archeologici e non, dell’Università di Bologna.
Il modello utilizzato come dato di partenza è l’SRTM DEM con risoluzione 30 m.
http://www.workshop-gshdl.uni-kiel.de/wp-content/uploads/International-Workshop-Programm-2019-Part-1.pdf In this paper we aim to present different data collected since 2002 during several research projects carried out by the Bologna... more
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In this paper we aim to present different data collected since 2002 during several research projects carried out by the Bologna University and focused on the rural and urban landscapes of the city of Ravenna (Northern Italy), the capital of the Western Roman Empire since A.D. 402. The main purpose is to analyze the transformations of an urban/rural complex network through different kinds of data and methods. The areas investigated are the lowlands of Ravenna, in the southeastern part of the Po Valley, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic coast; this part of the Italian Peninsula has been characterized by intense geomorphological transformations in the past. The chronological range taken into consideration is short but significant: from the Roman period to the modern era. There are four main topics selected, analyzed with different types of sources: land use and land cover, evolution of rural settlement patterns, urban identity and its significance through history and palaeoenviron- mental transformations. One of the aims of the project will be to enlighten limits and potentials of using different kind of sources in the areas of interest: - Land use and land cover from XVI to XXI centuries will be investigated using historical cartography (e.g. using Pontifical Cadaster); - The evolution of the rural settlement patterns will be discussed looking at the data collected by two landscape archaeological projects, the “Decimano project” (2002-2006) and the “Bassa Romandiola project” (2009-2018); - Urban identity is well known in historical studies based on the written sources, but a different interpretation could be reached just analyzing historical evidence in relation to a wider network, including rural landscapes, geographic context and natural environment; - The palaeoenvironmental transformations will be studied through geoarchaeological and palaeobotanical approaches (e.g. coring and macro- and microplant remains analysis). The final aim of this project is to define a comprehensive management and interpretation method for different kinds of raw data. A multiscale approach will allow the use of those information to achieve a single framework for the evolution of a complex network, namely a capital city and its hinterland during the last two millennia.
In this paper we aim to present different data collected since 2002 during several research projects carried out by the Bologna University and focused on the rural and urban landscapes of the city of Ravenna (Northern Italy), the capital of the Western Roman Empire since A.D. 402. The main purpose is to analyze the transformations of an urban/rural complex network through different kinds of data and methods. The areas investigated are the lowlands of Ravenna, in the southeastern part of the Po Valley, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic coast; this part of the Italian Peninsula has been characterized by intense geomorphological transformations in the past. The chronological range taken into consideration is short but significant: from the Roman period to the modern era. There are four main topics selected, analyzed with different types of sources: land use and land cover, evolution of rural settlement patterns, urban identity and its significance through history and palaeoenviron- mental transformations. One of the aims of the project will be to enlighten limits and potentials of using different kind of sources in the areas of interest: - Land use and land cover from XVI to XXI centuries will be investigated using historical cartography (e.g. using Pontifical Cadaster); - The evolution of the rural settlement patterns will be discussed looking at the data collected by two landscape archaeological projects, the “Decimano project” (2002-2006) and the “Bassa Romandiola project” (2009-2018); - Urban identity is well known in historical studies based on the written sources, but a different interpretation could be reached just analyzing historical evidence in relation to a wider network, including rural landscapes, geographic context and natural environment; - The palaeoenvironmental transformations will be studied through geoarchaeological and palaeobotanical approaches (e.g. coring and macro- and microplant remains analysis). The final aim of this project is to define a comprehensive management and interpretation method for different kinds of raw data. A multiscale approach will allow the use of those information to achieve a single framework for the evolution of a complex network, namely a capital city and its hinterland during the last two millennia.
Tour virtuale dello Scavo del Castello di Zagonara (Ravenna), campagna dell’anno 2018, indagato dal Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà dell’Università di Bologna a partire dal 2017 . Il castello venne fondato dal Comune di Faenza agli... more
Tour virtuale dello Scavo del Castello di Zagonara (Ravenna), campagna dell’anno 2018, indagato dal Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà dell’Università di Bologna a partire dal 2017 . Il castello venne fondato dal Comune di Faenza agli inizi del XIII secolo ai margini settentrionali del distretto cittadino . Naviga nello scavo del Castello, campagna 2018, al seguente link: http://bit.ly/Zagonara360°
The focus of the present study is the amphora repertoire of the Middle and Late Punic period at Uzita (Henchir el-Mackrceba), a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, 17 km from Sousse. Special attention is paid to the local or... more
The focus of the present study is the amphora repertoire of the Middle and Late Punic period at Uzita (Henchir el-Mackrceba), a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, 17 km from Sousse. Special attention is paid to the local or regional fabrics as well as to the provenances of the imported amphorae. The methodology used for identification is morphological analysis in combination with fabric analysis, both macroscopically with the aid of a magnifying glass (x10) and a stereomicroscope. The important database of the Vienna-based FACEM-project (FAbrics in the CEntral Mediterranean; http://facem.at/) is used as a reference collection.
The material culture shows that Uzita, also known as Uzitta, was occupied since the 4th century BCE, if not earlier, to at least the middle of the 3rd century CE. The site was excavated by a Dutch-Tunisian team of the State University Utrecht and the Institut National d’Archéologie et d’Art, directed by Prof. Jan Willem Salomonson between 1970 and 1972. Relatively few publications on these excavations have seen the light since (van der Vin 1971, 1971-1972; Feije 1994; van der Werff 1977-1978, 1982a, 1982b, 1984). The excavation archives and the majority of the archaeological finds are presently at Ghent University and available for study.
The study of the amphorae from the site starts from the important work of Jaap H. van der Werff (1982) on the amphorae of the Roman period, and an unpublished Master thesis at Ghent University by Steven Hast (2009) on the imported amphorae from the pre-Roman period. It is wider in scope, though, and aims at a full statistical coverage of the amphorae stemming from Houses 1, 2 and 3. The present contribution is intended as a first glimpse at the potential of the dataset for the knowledge of amphora borne trade in this part of the Central Mediterranean.
The material culture shows that Uzita, also known as Uzitta, was occupied since the 4th century BCE, if not earlier, to at least the middle of the 3rd century CE. The site was excavated by a Dutch-Tunisian team of the State University Utrecht and the Institut National d’Archéologie et d’Art, directed by Prof. Jan Willem Salomonson between 1970 and 1972. Relatively few publications on these excavations have seen the light since (van der Vin 1971, 1971-1972; Feije 1994; van der Werff 1977-1978, 1982a, 1982b, 1984). The excavation archives and the majority of the archaeological finds are presently at Ghent University and available for study.
The study of the amphorae from the site starts from the important work of Jaap H. van der Werff (1982) on the amphorae of the Roman period, and an unpublished Master thesis at Ghent University by Steven Hast (2009) on the imported amphorae from the pre-Roman period. It is wider in scope, though, and aims at a full statistical coverage of the amphorae stemming from Houses 1, 2 and 3. The present contribution is intended as a first glimpse at the potential of the dataset for the knowledge of amphora borne trade in this part of the Central Mediterranean.
Il presente contributo ha come oggetto uno studio tipologico e distributivo effettuato sulle anfore puniche provenienti da alcuni contesti moziesi datati tra il V ed il IV secolo a.C. I materiali provengono dagli scavi condotti... more
Il presente contributo ha come oggetto uno studio tipologico e distributivo effettuato sulle anfore puniche provenienti da alcuni contesti moziesi datati tra il V ed il IV secolo a.C. I materiali provengono dagli scavi condotti congiuntamente dall’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” con il Servizio Beni Archeologici della Soprintendenza Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Trapani tra il 2002 ed il 2007 nelle zone C (Tempio del Kothon), D (Casa del sacello domestico) ed F (Fortezza Occidentale).
Partendo da una prima divisione formale dei materiali per tipologie, si è proceduto dall’analisi autoptica degli impasti. Il confronto delle produzioni moziesi con i recenti studi effettuati sui repertori anforici provenienti dagli scavi nel Mediterraneo centrale ed occidentale ha permesso di avanzare delle interessanti ipotesi sulle aree di produzione e sulla diffusione di determinate tipologie anforiche.
Questo lavoro preliminare è finalizzato alla ricostruzione delle reti commerciali all’interno delle quali era inserita Mozia, che testimoniano gli intensi legami economici e culturali tra l’isola e le altre culture del Mediterraneo antico.
Partendo da una prima divisione formale dei materiali per tipologie, si è proceduto dall’analisi autoptica degli impasti. Il confronto delle produzioni moziesi con i recenti studi effettuati sui repertori anforici provenienti dagli scavi nel Mediterraneo centrale ed occidentale ha permesso di avanzare delle interessanti ipotesi sulle aree di produzione e sulla diffusione di determinate tipologie anforiche.
Questo lavoro preliminare è finalizzato alla ricostruzione delle reti commerciali all’interno delle quali era inserita Mozia, che testimoniano gli intensi legami economici e culturali tra l’isola e le altre culture del Mediterraneo antico.
Dieser Sammelband gibt Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungen zu den vielschichtigen und wechselseitigen kulturellen Austauschbeziehungen im zentralen Mittelmeerraum des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Ausgehend von der punischen Metropole Karthago... more
Dieser Sammelband gibt Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungen zu den vielschichtigen und wechselseitigen kulturellen Austauschbeziehungen im zentralen Mittelmeerraum des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Ausgehend von der punischen Metropole Karthago untersuchen die Autoren anhand archäologischer und historischer Quellen Kulturkontakte und Kulturtransfers in den punischen Siedlungsgebieten. Im Fokus stehen die vielfältigen Dynamiken und Prozesse des Austauschs zwischen Puniern und ihren Nachbarn in Tunesien, auf Sizilien und Sardinien sowie dem phönizischen Mutterland. Die hier gesammelten Aufsätze präsentieren die Ergebnisse des internationalen Workshops „Karthago Dialoge“, der im November 2013 am Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Eberhard-Karls-Universität in Tübingen stattfand.
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Our present study focuses on the amphora repertoire of the earliest phases of occupation at Uzita, a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, which is best known for its mosaics dated to the Roman period. We pay particular... more
Our present study focuses on the amphora repertoire of the earliest phases of occupation at Uzita, a small town in the North-African Punic heartland, which is best known for its mosaics dated to the Roman period. We pay particular attention to local and regional fabrics as well as the provenance of imported amphorae, employing a combination of morphological and fabric analyses. The aim of our research is to define the commercial relations involving the Central Tunisian Sahel and, in particular, the role played by Uzita in this network during the period of Carthaginian control over the region.
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