Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research

Ian Haynes, Thea Ravasi, Stephen Kay, Salvatore Piro, Paolo Liverani, Ian Haynes, Thea Ravasi, Stephen Kay, Salvatore Piro, Paolo Liverani

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2023
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781803274478
• Subtopic: Data Mining
• Index: Social Sciences

Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a conference held in 2021 in association with the ERC-funded 'Rome Transformed' research project. The papers address a major challenge in archaeology. Non-intrusive research in pursuit of a deeper understanding of urban areas can be both richly informative and cost-effective. Multiple successes in the field have led to an impressive array of innovative methodologies, methodologies that are frequently combined for still greater insight and impact. Geophysical surveys, the use of UAVs, the study of exposed historic structures and the exhaustive examination of archival records can all play a vital role, and the development of these data capture methodologies is of the utmost importance for the future of research. As well as advances in data capture methodologies, however, the papers also present case studies in the management of the big data generated and in the integration of different methodologies. A further strength of this collection lies in the range of site types considered. While many projects have historically pursued non-intrusive research in areas relatively clear of modern buildings, a growing number of research initiatives, such as 'Rome Transformed' are seeking to advance them in areas which remain densely occupied. Accordingly the material presented here will also be of interest to non-archaeologists working in such diverse fields as civil engineering, urban planning and physical geography.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• RT3D Stratigraphies: Analysis and Software Design to Manage Data
• Roman buildings on the western slopes of the Capitol. Investigations and new approach technologies
• Combining past, present, and future. Non-invasive mapping for the urban archaeology of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
• SOS project: a new challenge for a novel approach to the understanding of an important historical city
• Conducting archival research in an interdisciplinary context for Rome Transformed.
• The challenge for archaeologists using geophysics in urban areas.
• The archaeological area of S. Croce in GERUSALEMME: new data for the reconstruction of the ancient landscape.
• From interpretation to ‘provocation’ and back again: Rome Transformed SCIEDOC and the Ospedale di San Giovanni in Laterano.
• Rome Transformed: a multiple method geophysical approach for the urban investigations of the East Caelian.
• Three coloniae and Three municipia: non-invasive exploration of urban contexts in Roman Hispania
• The topography of Rome. An outlook for the future.
• Ground-penetrating radar survey as the linchpin of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of two Roman cities in Lazio
• - Multidisciplinary approach for characterizing the shallow subsoil of the Central Archaeological Area of Rome for geohazard assessment.
• Acquisition, integration and interpretation of multiple GPR data sets in urban area, as part of the ERC Rome Transformed project.
• Integrated GPR and laser scanning of Piazza Sant’Anastasia, Rome.
• GPR survey in the Punic harbour of La Martela (El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain) and the methodology used for the processing and archaeological visualisation of the data.
• 4D with Accuracy: why bother?
• SITAR project. New approaches and methods for an open data archaeology of Rome  
• Marvellous metadata: Managing metadata for the Rome Transformed Project