Scaling and timing the past for the reconstruction of ancient landscape

Any process of reconstruction of ancient landscape should consider with the greatest attention parameter of scale and time. In this paper we discuss about interaction between GIS technologies, landscape reconstruction and photorealistic visualization with a systematic control of accuracy and reliability for all information. The application of the research in the region of Modena (Northern Italy) proposes a simulated reconstruction of Bronze Age settlement pattern with the possibility to navigate through the ancient landscape and an increasing cognitive capacity for a feedback process, keeping active the interaction between GIS and environmental information.