This study, still in its initial phase, aims to develop the knowledge of the ancient Tombs, through digital models of a selection of case studies belonging to the archaeological area of the Archaeological Park of the Tombs of Via Latina in Rome. A crucial role of the on-going research is the integration of current surveying technologies in combination with the interdisciplinary exchange of information with the managers of the archaeological site. This site - belonging to the Archaeological Park of the Appia Antica (MIBACT) - hosts one of the most important funerary complexes which currently presents an intact view of traditional features of the ancient Roman landscape. In addition to this, the complex preserves, along the cobbled road between the 3rd and 4th mile, the remains of the Via Latina which once connected the city of Rome with Capua (Rea, 1999; Montella, 2005; Cugno, 2020). Currently, in a stretch of about 450 meters, there are numerous tombs of various types, built between the Republican age and the early Middle Ages (Tazzi, 1998). The synergy resulting from the relationship between these converging landscape/architectural/archaeological components can be defined as "a synthesis of the visual element that insists on the space included in a single turn of the horizon" (Biasutti, 1962). The challenge of this project is to document and “represent” this specific case: the Landscape of the ancient Via Latina, with its complex reality of interrelation between the tombs, the archaeological areas (the so-called "mansio"; the early Christian basilica of S. Stefano Protomartire), the biotic elements, the historical center and the urban suburban network composed of the old roads that must coexist with the continuous expansion of the contemporary ones.

INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF THE VIA LATINA AND VIA APPIA ANTICA TOMBS

Filippo Fantini
Methodology
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Simona Rinaldi
Investigation
2021

Abstract

This study, still in its initial phase, aims to develop the knowledge of the ancient Tombs, through digital models of a selection of case studies belonging to the archaeological area of the Archaeological Park of the Tombs of Via Latina in Rome. A crucial role of the on-going research is the integration of current surveying technologies in combination with the interdisciplinary exchange of information with the managers of the archaeological site. This site - belonging to the Archaeological Park of the Appia Antica (MIBACT) - hosts one of the most important funerary complexes which currently presents an intact view of traditional features of the ancient Roman landscape. In addition to this, the complex preserves, along the cobbled road between the 3rd and 4th mile, the remains of the Via Latina which once connected the city of Rome with Capua (Rea, 1999; Montella, 2005; Cugno, 2020). Currently, in a stretch of about 450 meters, there are numerous tombs of various types, built between the Republican age and the early Middle Ages (Tazzi, 1998). The synergy resulting from the relationship between these converging landscape/architectural/archaeological components can be defined as "a synthesis of the visual element that insists on the space included in a single turn of the horizon" (Biasutti, 1962). The challenge of this project is to document and “represent” this specific case: the Landscape of the ancient Via Latina, with its complex reality of interrelation between the tombs, the archaeological areas (the so-called "mansio"; the early Christian basilica of S. Stefano Protomartire), the biotic elements, the historical center and the urban suburban network composed of the old roads that must coexist with the continuous expansion of the contemporary ones.
2021
Actas 9th ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 & 3rd GEORES
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Santino Alessandro Cugno, Filippo Fantini, Francisco Juan-Vidal, Simona Rinaldi
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