The digital reconstruction of the recently discovered Tuscanic temple of Uni in the archaeological site of Marzabotto, the Etruscan town of Kainua, gave the chance to test the application of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process to the combined fields of archaeology and engineering. In addition to the traditional historic and archaeological analysis, the case study was mainly approached considering findings and rules based on the dispositiones tuscanicae by Vitruvius; given these premises, a new methodology in experimental archaeology is proposed; it proved to be original and innovative in the examination of buried buildings, taking advantage of technologies focused on the architectural and structural reliability, validated by inferred digital models. The peculiar aspect of this research involves the elements at the beginning of the process, which consist of foundations or negative archaeological evidences only, supported by the clues and the rules that can be found in the historic and scientific literature. The case study presents the steps in the process, beginning from the analysis of the archaeological remains and the ancient sources. The digital acquisition of the roof tiles and the paleobotanical detailed study allowed to virtually reconstruct the physical behaviour of materials, considering their own structural properties. Finally, the BIM enviroment proves how successfully it mimics the building process of the temple. To better define this distinctive working process, the expression ArchaeoBIM was proposed, which highlights the common BIM matrix used for the data management through one or more analytical models, applied to the peculiar aspects of the archaeological discipline.

From the archaeological record to archaeobim: the case study of the Etruscan temple of Uni in Marzabotto / Garagnani, Simone; Gaucci, Andrea; Gruška, Bojana. - In: VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW. - ISSN 1989-9947. - ELETTRONICO. - 7:15(2016), pp. 77-86. [10.4995/var.2016.5846]

From the archaeological record to archaeobim: the case study of the Etruscan temple of Uni in Marzabotto

GARAGNANI, SIMONE;GAUCCI, ANDREA;GRUSKA, BOJANA
2016

Abstract

The digital reconstruction of the recently discovered Tuscanic temple of Uni in the archaeological site of Marzabotto, the Etruscan town of Kainua, gave the chance to test the application of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process to the combined fields of archaeology and engineering. In addition to the traditional historic and archaeological analysis, the case study was mainly approached considering findings and rules based on the dispositiones tuscanicae by Vitruvius; given these premises, a new methodology in experimental archaeology is proposed; it proved to be original and innovative in the examination of buried buildings, taking advantage of technologies focused on the architectural and structural reliability, validated by inferred digital models. The peculiar aspect of this research involves the elements at the beginning of the process, which consist of foundations or negative archaeological evidences only, supported by the clues and the rules that can be found in the historic and scientific literature. The case study presents the steps in the process, beginning from the analysis of the archaeological remains and the ancient sources. The digital acquisition of the roof tiles and the paleobotanical detailed study allowed to virtually reconstruct the physical behaviour of materials, considering their own structural properties. Finally, the BIM enviroment proves how successfully it mimics the building process of the temple. To better define this distinctive working process, the expression ArchaeoBIM was proposed, which highlights the common BIM matrix used for the data management through one or more analytical models, applied to the peculiar aspects of the archaeological discipline.
2016
From the archaeological record to archaeobim: the case study of the Etruscan temple of Uni in Marzabotto / Garagnani, Simone; Gaucci, Andrea; Gruška, Bojana. - In: VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW. - ISSN 1989-9947. - ELETTRONICO. - 7:15(2016), pp. 77-86. [10.4995/var.2016.5846]
Garagnani, Simone; Gaucci, Andrea; Gruška, Bojana
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