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Lo studio delle carote di sondaggi realizzati nella pianura emiliana durante le indagini conoscit... more Lo studio delle carote di sondaggi realizzati nella pianura emiliana durante le indagini conoscitive di grandi opere di viabilità e l'analisi di campioni dei sedimenti carotati hanno consentito di definire l'andamento della paleosuperficie che marca l'importante variazione climatica avvenuta al passaggio tra il Paleolitico superiore ed il Mesolitico (Pleistocene-Olocene). A A' B' B
Since the early 2000's, the " preemptive checking of archaeological interest " has gradually beco... more Since the early 2000's, the " preemptive checking of archaeological interest " has gradually become part of the planning phases of important infrastructures and public works. The law 163/2006 (artt. 95-96) and the New Regulation for Contracts (Law 50/2016, art. 25) state competencies, regulations, and procedures for any archaeological intervention, all of which keep into consideration the subsoil's geological evolution.The individuation of a geoarchaeological section during the preliminary investigative phases of any large scale construction project usually identifies a larger take on the territory. Its outcome is a two-dimensional cross-section of the area. From this section geologists infer the vertical, lateral, and temporal evolution of the sedimentary environments, and highlight the changes, depths, and dating of the paleosurfaces that are possibly impacted by archaeological deposits. In the Po Valley ancient human settlements are usually found within depositional sequences dated to the postglacial period (from the Mesolithic to the Renaissance). The combination of the likelihood of archaeological finds and the relevance of modern infrastructure that needs to be built determines the project's impact on the archaeological heritage, which in turns impacts the works' schedule and costs. This essay presents two actual examples of the application of this method: the first one conducted in the Bergamo region (Bini et al., 2015); the second one in the Parma region (Baio et al., 2010). The two instances have revealed two very different sedimentary layers, both conceivably interested by archaeological evidences. In the plain of Bergamo, the archaeological deposits are located at a depth of 0 to 4 meter below the ground level, with a strong probability of archaeological findings on, or right below, the surface, and with erosional truncations due to the numerous fluvial deviations dated to the Holocene. At Parma, the archaeological deposits in the city center are spread between 0 and 10 meters below the ground level, and between 0 to 25 meters toward the South, by the A4 highway. Thus, in this second case study the archaeological findings are associated with different paleosurfaces preserved at deeper layers that were unscathed from strong alluvial episodes.
Lo studio delle carote di sondaggi realizzati nella pianura emiliana durante le indagini conoscit... more Lo studio delle carote di sondaggi realizzati nella pianura emiliana durante le indagini conoscitive di grandi opere di viabilità e l'analisi di campioni dei sedimenti carotati hanno consentito di definire l'andamento della paleosuperficie che marca l'importante variazione climatica avvenuta al passaggio tra il Paleolitico superiore ed il Mesolitico (Pleistocene-Olocene). A A' B' B
Since the early 2000's, the " preemptive checking of archaeological interest " has gradually beco... more Since the early 2000's, the " preemptive checking of archaeological interest " has gradually become part of the planning phases of important infrastructures and public works. The law 163/2006 (artt. 95-96) and the New Regulation for Contracts (Law 50/2016, art. 25) state competencies, regulations, and procedures for any archaeological intervention, all of which keep into consideration the subsoil's geological evolution.The individuation of a geoarchaeological section during the preliminary investigative phases of any large scale construction project usually identifies a larger take on the territory. Its outcome is a two-dimensional cross-section of the area. From this section geologists infer the vertical, lateral, and temporal evolution of the sedimentary environments, and highlight the changes, depths, and dating of the paleosurfaces that are possibly impacted by archaeological deposits. In the Po Valley ancient human settlements are usually found within depositional sequences dated to the postglacial period (from the Mesolithic to the Renaissance). The combination of the likelihood of archaeological finds and the relevance of modern infrastructure that needs to be built determines the project's impact on the archaeological heritage, which in turns impacts the works' schedule and costs. This essay presents two actual examples of the application of this method: the first one conducted in the Bergamo region (Bini et al., 2015); the second one in the Parma region (Baio et al., 2010). The two instances have revealed two very different sedimentary layers, both conceivably interested by archaeological evidences. In the plain of Bergamo, the archaeological deposits are located at a depth of 0 to 4 meter below the ground level, with a strong probability of archaeological findings on, or right below, the surface, and with erosional truncations due to the numerous fluvial deviations dated to the Holocene. At Parma, the archaeological deposits in the city center are spread between 0 and 10 meters below the ground level, and between 0 to 25 meters toward the South, by the A4 highway. Thus, in this second case study the archaeological findings are associated with different paleosurfaces preserved at deeper layers that were unscathed from strong alluvial episodes.