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Osservazioni archeologiche ed archeometriche preliminari sui grandi trend dei prodotti africani nel porto di Neapolis/Napoli

Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, Sep 6, 2023

Contesti ceramici da un edificio di VI-VII secolo d.C. nell’area portuale di Neapolis

Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, Sep 6, 2023

The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipi... more The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipio square in Naples identified the bay where the Neapolis harbour was located in the Hellenistic and Roman period as well as related infrastructures (quay and pier), and finally the road corresponding to the via per cryptam that connected Neapolis to Puteolis. After the silting up of this sector of the bay in the early 5th century AD, the buildings and the quay fell into disuse and the structures were reused with other functions. In the mid-6th century AD a rectangular building was built probably for industrial use, then abandoned during the 7th century AD. Here amphorae. fine, coarse and cooking wares have been found, dating from the mid-6th to the end of the 7th century AD.

Virtual Archaeology. Reconstruction of a Hellenistic Furnace at the Duomo Metro Construction Sites in Naples

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022

The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in th... more The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in the analysis of the stamps on Greek-Italic amphorae of Neapolitan production, found during the archaeological excavation of Piazza Nicola Amore, in Naples, Italy. The experiments were carried out with a view to defining a methodological process useful on the one hand to document in a digital archive the three-dimensional morphology of the artefact under investigation, and on the other to allow new readings, through a manipulation of the data that goes beyond the physical limits of the artefact itself. In particular, the research presented here proposes the topological investigation for the identification of stamps obtained from the same punch and therefore the possibility of ideally reconstructing the printing matrix. Since the stamps left by the punches on the amphorae are impressed at millimetric depths, the stamps are not always easy to read using traditional archaeological documentation methods. The research operations therefore began with the digitisation of a substantial number of finds by means of three-dimensional, reality-based surveys of sub-millimetre detail. Before proceeding with specific correspondence analyses, the archaeological classification based on the typological similarities of the marks was of great support.

Mitteilungen, 107, 2000

Scavi stratigrafici sotto la pavimentazione degli Ipogei

I due frammenti furono trovati durante i lavori di restauro della tomba trecentesca di Carlo di D... more I due frammenti furono trovati durante i lavori di restauro della tomba trecentesca di Carlo di Durazzo, dove erano riutilizzati come materiale da costruzione. L'iscrizione, realizzata con alfabeto greco recuperando un frammento di cassettonato di marmo datato al III secolo, consiste nella dedica di una cappella in seguito a un voto: "Cristo, ti offro in dono per le tue grazie la cappella dei santi Ciro e Giovanni, tramite i quali esaudisci generosamente la mia richiesta". Ciro e Giovanni, l'uno medico e l'altro soldato, subirono il martirio ad Alessandria d'Egitto nel 303: il loro culto si diffuse in Egitto soprattutto a partire dagli inizi del V secolo e, propagatosi a Roma nel VII, si affermò a Napoli e in Campania.

Fregonese, L., Gallo, M., Pulcrano, M., Del Vecchio, F. (2024). Virtual Archaeology. Reconstruction of a Hellenistic Furnace at the Duomo Metro Construction Sites in Naples. In: Giordano, A., Russo, M., Spallone, R. (eds) Beyond Digital Representation. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Enginee..., 2024

KEY WORDS: virtual archeology, modelli tridimensionali, realtà virtuale, rappresentazione digital... more KEY WORDS: virtual archeology, modelli tridimensionali, realtà virtuale, rappresentazione digitale, fornace.

LRCW 6, 2023

Vittoria Carsana1 , Franca Del Vecchio1 , Michel Bonifay2 and Claudio Capelli3 1 Collaboratrice ... more Vittoria Carsana1
, Franca Del Vecchio1
, Michel Bonifay2
and Claudio Capelli3
1
Collaboratrice della Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Comune di Napoli, Italia 2
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CCJ, Aix-en-Provence, France 3
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia. Collaboratore
associato del Centre Camille Jullian (Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CCJ, Aix-en-Provence, France)
vittocarsana@gmail.com, francadelvecchio@libero.it, michel.bonifay@univ-amu.fr, claudio.capelli@edu.unige.it
ABSTRACT: The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground stations (Lines 1 and 6) of the Municipio
square in Naples brought to light a sector of the harbour of Neapolis active from the Hellenistic period until Late Antiquity. At the
beginning of the 5th century this area of the bay silted up progressively so the coast line advanced and the harbour moved eastwards.
The excavations of the stratigraphy relating to the silting up of the bay and the abandon/reuse of the surrounding buildings found a
great quantity of pottery datable between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. In this report are presented the results of the archaeometric
analyses conducted on a first selection of numerous samples of North African pottery, amphorae, coarse and cooking ware sherds.
The studies carried out determine and circumscribe in most cases the production areas of the artefacts arriving from Tunisia, both
from the Gulf of Hammamet and from workshops of the Tunisian Sahel.
Keywords: NEAPOLIS, HARBOUR, NORTH AFRICAN POTTERY, PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

LRCW 6, 2023

The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipi... more The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipio square in Naples identified the bay where the Neapolis harbour was located in the Hellenistic and Roman period as well as related infrastructures (quay and pier), and finally the road corresponding to the via per cryptam that connected Neapolis to Puteolis. After the silting up of this sector of the bay in the early 5th century AD, the buildings and the quay fell into disuse and the structures were reused with other functions. In the mid-6th century AD a rectangular building was built probably for industrial use, then abandoned during the 7th century AD. Here amphorae. fine, coarse and cooking wares have been found, dating from the mid-6th to the end of the 7th century AD.

Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World, 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology Cologne/Bonn, 22 – 26 May 2018 Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World Edited by Martin Bentz and Michael Heinzelmann Volume 31 pp. 57-75- panel M. Giglio-L. Toniolo, 2022

Le indagini archeologiche condotte dalla Soprintendenza a Napoli a piazza Municipio, 1 in occasio... more Le indagini archeologiche condotte dalla Soprintendenza a Napoli a piazza Municipio, 1 in occasione della realizzazione delle stazioni della nuova linea metropolitana (linee 1 e 6), hanno messo in luce un ampio settore del porto di Neapolis, all'interno di una grande baia naturale estesa fra l'insediamento di Parthenope, sorto sulla rocca di Pizzofalcone agli inizi del VII secolo a.C., e il pianoro di Neapolis, la città nuova fondata alla fine del VI secolo a.C. La fase di impianto del porto è documentata nel corso del III secolo a.C. dalla realizzazione di operazioni di dragaggio eseguite sui livelli più profondi dei fondali per contrastare l'insabbiamento; nello stesso momento, evidentemente a protezione del bacino, il versante collinare soprastante è regolarizzato con muri di terrazzamento in opera a telaio e in blocchi di tufo, cui si appoggia una rampa, forse per l'alaggio o l'approdo di piccole barche. 2 Le operazioni di dragaggio proseguono fino alla fine del II secolo a.C., contestualmente alla costruzione di un nuovo muro di contenimento in blocchi di tufo in posizione più avanzata verso est. Le strutture descritte sono ormai abbandonate in età augustea, quando il porto e l'area circostante sono oggetto di una radicale ristrutturazione testimoniata da importanti opere a carattere portuale e stradale. Lungo il margine interno del bacino è realizzata una banchina costruita in opera cementizia sovrapposta a filari in blocchi di tufo, delimitata verso la terraferma da un muro in opera reticolata (fig. ). Contemporaneamente, a protezione dell'imboccatura sud-orientale della baia è costruito un molo frangiflutti proteso nel mare, articolato in due bracci costituiti da una struttura in opera cementizia gettata in cassaforma lignea. Il bacino portuale era circondato da edifici termali costruiti tra il I e il II secolo d.C. e costeggiato da un ampio asse viario che collegava Neapolis al suo porto, probabilmente un tratto della via per cryptam che proseguiva verso Puteoli e i Campi Flegrei. Agli inizi del V secolo d.C. nelle parti più interne dell'insenatura si forma una laguna, a cui segue un progressivo insabbiamento protratto per tutto il VI secolo d.C., che determina l'avanzamento della linea di costa e lo spostamento del porto in posizione avanzata verso est, verso piazza Bovio. Anche gli edifici termali dalla metà del V secolo d.C. sono abbandonati o riutilizzati con altra funzione fino al VII d.C.; solo la via per cryptam sopravvive con vari rifacimenti fino ad età angioina. I fondali marini hanno restituito innumerevoli reperti rinvenuti spesso integri, costituiti in parte da rifiuti urbani, in parte dalle dotazioni di bordo delle imbarcazioni, oppure da oggetti perduti durante le operazioni di carico e scarico delle merci. La natura

Il Porto di Napoli al tempo di Augusto, in Augusto e la Campania , ed. Naus-Flora, C. Capaldi (a cura di), 2020

Il Porto di Napoli al tempo di Augusto

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVI-2/W1-2022 9th Intl. Workshop 3D-ARCH “3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures”, 2–4 March 2022, Mantua, Italy, 2022

The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in th... more The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in the analysis of the stamps on Greek-Italic amphorae of Neapolitan production, found during the archaeological excavation of Piazza Nicola Amore, in Naples, Italy. The experiments were carried out with a view to defining a methodological process useful on the one hand to document in a digital archive the three-dimensional morphology of the artefact under investigation, and on the other to allow new readings, through a manipulation of the data that goes beyond the physical limits of the artefact itself. In particular, the research presented here proposes the topological investigation for the identification of stamps obtained from the same punch and therefore the possibility of ideally reconstructing the printing matrix. Since the stamps left by the punches on the amphorae are impressed at millimetric depths, the stamps are not always easy to read using traditional archaeological documentation methods. The research operations therefore began with the digitisation of a substantial number of finds by means of three-dimensional, reality-based surveys of sub-millimetre detail. Before proceeding with specific correspondence analyses, the archaeological classification based on the typological similarities of the marks was of great support.

Archaeometry, 2013

We throw further light on a recently discussed Kerr-Newman formulation of Fermions and a related ... more We throw further light on a recently discussed Kerr-Newman formulation of Fermions and a related cosmological scheme which predicted an ever expanding universe, as indeed has subsequently been confirmed. In the spirit of the correspondence principle, it is shown how the quark picture emerges at the Compton wavelength and the Big Bang scenario at the Planck length. At the sametime we obtain a theoretical justification for the peculiar characteristics of the quarks namely their fractional charge, handedness and confinement, as also the order of magnitude of their masses, all of which were hitherto adhoc features.

Storie al caleidoscopio: i vetri della collezione Gorga: un patrimonio ritrovato

The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in t... more The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in the Gipsoteca of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Rome "La Sapienza", represents an extraordinary, colorful and kaleidoscopic excursion in the glass production from the Hellenistic age until the first decades of the 1900s. In evidence, besides the objects that alone are noteworthy, the exposure, explanatory panels on the uses of the same and on the production techniques. La mostra sui vetri della Collezione Gorga tenutasi tra gennaio e febbraio 1998 nella Gipsoteca della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia della Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, rappresenta uno straordinario, colorato e caleidoscopico excursus nella produzione vetraria a partire dall’età ellenistica fino ai primi decenni del’900. In evidenza, oltre gli oggetti che già da soli valgono l’esposizione, pannelli esplicativi sugli usi degli stessi e sulle tecniche produttive.

Annali dell'Istituto Italiano di Numismatica , 2020

This study intends to point out a use of money other than its own, namely the use of the 'money s... more This study intends to point out a use of money other than its own, namely the use of the 'money stamp' on glass containers and the meaning that it assumes in this context. Starting from the exhibition and the revised and updated analysis of some glass containers belonging to the Gorga collection, already subject of studies in the past, we will try to retrace the historical phases and the reasons that led to this use. The production of vitreous 'unguentaria' with PATRIMONI stamp - and related variants - also attested in large numbers in the collection, appears to be inextricably linked to the productions with coin stamp. This context can be connected to the birth of an entrepreneurial initiative directly controlled by the imperial 'family' which, in addition to guaranteeing the high quality of the 'aromata' and 'medicamenta' preserved in these jars with its 'mark' coin/stamp, assumed the fiscal monopoly, from the production phase to the trade. Questo studio si propone di segnalare un uso della moneta diverso da quello che le è proprio, e cioè l'utilizzo del 'bollo monetale' su recipienti vitrei e del significato che lo stesso assume in tale contesto. A partire dall'esposizione e dall'analisi rivista ed aggiornata di alcuni contenitori vitrei appartenenti alla collezione Gorga, già oggetto di studi nel passato, si cerca di ripercorrere le fasi storiche e i motivi che portarono a tale uso. La produzione degli unguentari vitrei con bollo PATRIMONI - e relative varianti - attestati anch'essi in gran numero nella collezione, risulta indissolubilmente legata al contesto delle produzioni con bollo monetale. In tale ambito può essere ricondotta la nascita di una iniziativa imprenditoriale direttamente controllata dalla 'famiglia' imperiale la quale, oltre a garantire con il suo 'marchio' moneta/bollo la qualità elevata del prodotto, 'aromata' e 'medicamenta', conservato in tali vasi, ne assunse il monopolio fiscale, dalla fase di produzione alla commercializzazione.

The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and A... more The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and Art (APAHA) in 2014 in-tended to reach a better understanding of the architectural development of the Villa San Marco. To that end, two trenches were excavated. The first was located in a small, enclosed garden (viridarium) close to the atrium, suggested to be the Villa’s original core. This room is one of only a handful where two different architectural alignments meet (that of the Villa’s main part and that of its bathing complex) and where it is possible to excavate without removing mosaic flooring. In the adjacent architecture, signs of restructuring are visible, suggesting alterations to the arrangement of rooms. Those alterations notwithstanding, the results of the excavations showed that little rebuilding had occurred in this part of the Villa, except for a change to a system of drains related to a wall alteration. The second trench was located just north of the threshold of the Vi...

These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse ware... more These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry (LRCW) that gathered in Alexandria in 2014 within the Centre d'Études Alexandrines. After initial encounters at Barcelona, Aix-en-Provence and Pisa, which highlighted productions of the western Mediterranean, the meeting in Thessaloniki launched an oriental approach that was continued in the Alexandrian gathering. The first volume is dedicated to discoveries and research in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya and Croatia, while the second looks more particularly at the contexts of the Black Sea, Greece, and especially Egypt, which is the subject of 14 contributions.

FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, 381, 2017

The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and A... more The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and Art (APAHA) in 2014 intended to reach a better understanding of the architectural development of the Villa San Marco. To that end, two trenches were excavated. The first was located in a small, enclosed garden (viridarium) close to the atrium, suggested to be the Villa’s original core. This room is one of only a handful where two different architectural alignments meet (that of the Villa’s main part and that of its bathing complex) and where it is possible to excavate without removing mosaic flooring. In the adjacent architecture, signs of restructuring are visible, suggesting alterations to the arrangement of rooms. Those alterations notwithstanding, the results of the excavations showed that little rebuilding had occurred in this part of the Villa, except for a change to a system of drains related to a wall alteration. The second trench was located just north of the threshold of the Villa’s tablinum, where the threshold connects two sections of the Villa that have a different socioeconomic character: an undecorated working sector to the north and a decorated domestic sector to the south. Here as well the trench promised to be rewarding for investigations into architectural development. Together with the atrium, the tablinum is thought to have belonged to the Villa’s original construction. A surprise in this trench was that the tablinum foundation did not show signs of Republican-era construction. Another surprise was the discovery of a wide and deep wall, either the outside face of a large, out-of use cistern or the foundation for a demolished loadbearing wall.

Osservazioni archeologiche ed archeometriche preliminari sui grandi trend dei prodotti africani nel porto di Neapolis/Napoli

Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, Sep 6, 2023

Contesti ceramici da un edificio di VI-VII secolo d.C. nell’area portuale di Neapolis

Archaeopress Publishing Ltd eBooks, Sep 6, 2023

The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipi... more The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipio square in Naples identified the bay where the Neapolis harbour was located in the Hellenistic and Roman period as well as related infrastructures (quay and pier), and finally the road corresponding to the via per cryptam that connected Neapolis to Puteolis. After the silting up of this sector of the bay in the early 5th century AD, the buildings and the quay fell into disuse and the structures were reused with other functions. In the mid-6th century AD a rectangular building was built probably for industrial use, then abandoned during the 7th century AD. Here amphorae. fine, coarse and cooking wares have been found, dating from the mid-6th to the end of the 7th century AD.

Virtual Archaeology. Reconstruction of a Hellenistic Furnace at the Duomo Metro Construction Sites in Naples

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022

The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in th... more The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in the analysis of the stamps on Greek-Italic amphorae of Neapolitan production, found during the archaeological excavation of Piazza Nicola Amore, in Naples, Italy. The experiments were carried out with a view to defining a methodological process useful on the one hand to document in a digital archive the three-dimensional morphology of the artefact under investigation, and on the other to allow new readings, through a manipulation of the data that goes beyond the physical limits of the artefact itself. In particular, the research presented here proposes the topological investigation for the identification of stamps obtained from the same punch and therefore the possibility of ideally reconstructing the printing matrix. Since the stamps left by the punches on the amphorae are impressed at millimetric depths, the stamps are not always easy to read using traditional archaeological documentation methods. The research operations therefore began with the digitisation of a substantial number of finds by means of three-dimensional, reality-based surveys of sub-millimetre detail. Before proceeding with specific correspondence analyses, the archaeological classification based on the typological similarities of the marks was of great support.

Mitteilungen, 107, 2000

Scavi stratigrafici sotto la pavimentazione degli Ipogei

I due frammenti furono trovati durante i lavori di restauro della tomba trecentesca di Carlo di D... more I due frammenti furono trovati durante i lavori di restauro della tomba trecentesca di Carlo di Durazzo, dove erano riutilizzati come materiale da costruzione. L'iscrizione, realizzata con alfabeto greco recuperando un frammento di cassettonato di marmo datato al III secolo, consiste nella dedica di una cappella in seguito a un voto: "Cristo, ti offro in dono per le tue grazie la cappella dei santi Ciro e Giovanni, tramite i quali esaudisci generosamente la mia richiesta". Ciro e Giovanni, l'uno medico e l'altro soldato, subirono il martirio ad Alessandria d'Egitto nel 303: il loro culto si diffuse in Egitto soprattutto a partire dagli inizi del V secolo e, propagatosi a Roma nel VII, si affermò a Napoli e in Campania.

Fregonese, L., Gallo, M., Pulcrano, M., Del Vecchio, F. (2024). Virtual Archaeology. Reconstruction of a Hellenistic Furnace at the Duomo Metro Construction Sites in Naples. In: Giordano, A., Russo, M., Spallone, R. (eds) Beyond Digital Representation. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Enginee..., 2024

KEY WORDS: virtual archeology, modelli tridimensionali, realtà virtuale, rappresentazione digital... more KEY WORDS: virtual archeology, modelli tridimensionali, realtà virtuale, rappresentazione digitale, fornace.

LRCW 6, 2023

Vittoria Carsana1 , Franca Del Vecchio1 , Michel Bonifay2 and Claudio Capelli3 1 Collaboratrice ... more Vittoria Carsana1
, Franca Del Vecchio1
, Michel Bonifay2
and Claudio Capelli3
1
Collaboratrice della Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Comune di Napoli, Italia 2
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CCJ, Aix-en-Provence, France 3
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia. Collaboratore
associato del Centre Camille Jullian (Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CCJ, Aix-en-Provence, France)
vittocarsana@gmail.com, francadelvecchio@libero.it, michel.bonifay@univ-amu.fr, claudio.capelli@edu.unige.it
ABSTRACT: The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground stations (Lines 1 and 6) of the Municipio
square in Naples brought to light a sector of the harbour of Neapolis active from the Hellenistic period until Late Antiquity. At the
beginning of the 5th century this area of the bay silted up progressively so the coast line advanced and the harbour moved eastwards.
The excavations of the stratigraphy relating to the silting up of the bay and the abandon/reuse of the surrounding buildings found a
great quantity of pottery datable between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. In this report are presented the results of the archaeometric
analyses conducted on a first selection of numerous samples of North African pottery, amphorae, coarse and cooking ware sherds.
The studies carried out determine and circumscribe in most cases the production areas of the artefacts arriving from Tunisia, both
from the Gulf of Hammamet and from workshops of the Tunisian Sahel.
Keywords: NEAPOLIS, HARBOUR, NORTH AFRICAN POTTERY, PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

LRCW 6, 2023

The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipi... more The archaeological excavations during the construction of the underground station in the Municipio square in Naples identified the bay where the Neapolis harbour was located in the Hellenistic and Roman period as well as related infrastructures (quay and pier), and finally the road corresponding to the via per cryptam that connected Neapolis to Puteolis. After the silting up of this sector of the bay in the early 5th century AD, the buildings and the quay fell into disuse and the structures were reused with other functions. In the mid-6th century AD a rectangular building was built probably for industrial use, then abandoned during the 7th century AD. Here amphorae. fine, coarse and cooking wares have been found, dating from the mid-6th to the end of the 7th century AD.

Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World, 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology Cologne/Bonn, 22 – 26 May 2018 Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World Edited by Martin Bentz and Michael Heinzelmann Volume 31 pp. 57-75- panel M. Giglio-L. Toniolo, 2022

Le indagini archeologiche condotte dalla Soprintendenza a Napoli a piazza Municipio, 1 in occasio... more Le indagini archeologiche condotte dalla Soprintendenza a Napoli a piazza Municipio, 1 in occasione della realizzazione delle stazioni della nuova linea metropolitana (linee 1 e 6), hanno messo in luce un ampio settore del porto di Neapolis, all'interno di una grande baia naturale estesa fra l'insediamento di Parthenope, sorto sulla rocca di Pizzofalcone agli inizi del VII secolo a.C., e il pianoro di Neapolis, la città nuova fondata alla fine del VI secolo a.C. La fase di impianto del porto è documentata nel corso del III secolo a.C. dalla realizzazione di operazioni di dragaggio eseguite sui livelli più profondi dei fondali per contrastare l'insabbiamento; nello stesso momento, evidentemente a protezione del bacino, il versante collinare soprastante è regolarizzato con muri di terrazzamento in opera a telaio e in blocchi di tufo, cui si appoggia una rampa, forse per l'alaggio o l'approdo di piccole barche. 2 Le operazioni di dragaggio proseguono fino alla fine del II secolo a.C., contestualmente alla costruzione di un nuovo muro di contenimento in blocchi di tufo in posizione più avanzata verso est. Le strutture descritte sono ormai abbandonate in età augustea, quando il porto e l'area circostante sono oggetto di una radicale ristrutturazione testimoniata da importanti opere a carattere portuale e stradale. Lungo il margine interno del bacino è realizzata una banchina costruita in opera cementizia sovrapposta a filari in blocchi di tufo, delimitata verso la terraferma da un muro in opera reticolata (fig. ). Contemporaneamente, a protezione dell'imboccatura sud-orientale della baia è costruito un molo frangiflutti proteso nel mare, articolato in due bracci costituiti da una struttura in opera cementizia gettata in cassaforma lignea. Il bacino portuale era circondato da edifici termali costruiti tra il I e il II secolo d.C. e costeggiato da un ampio asse viario che collegava Neapolis al suo porto, probabilmente un tratto della via per cryptam che proseguiva verso Puteoli e i Campi Flegrei. Agli inizi del V secolo d.C. nelle parti più interne dell'insenatura si forma una laguna, a cui segue un progressivo insabbiamento protratto per tutto il VI secolo d.C., che determina l'avanzamento della linea di costa e lo spostamento del porto in posizione avanzata verso est, verso piazza Bovio. Anche gli edifici termali dalla metà del V secolo d.C. sono abbandonati o riutilizzati con altra funzione fino al VII d.C.; solo la via per cryptam sopravvive con vari rifacimenti fino ad età angioina. I fondali marini hanno restituito innumerevoli reperti rinvenuti spesso integri, costituiti in parte da rifiuti urbani, in parte dalle dotazioni di bordo delle imbarcazioni, oppure da oggetti perduti durante le operazioni di carico e scarico delle merci. La natura

Il Porto di Napoli al tempo di Augusto, in Augusto e la Campania , ed. Naus-Flora, C. Capaldi (a cura di), 2020

Il Porto di Napoli al tempo di Augusto

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVI-2/W1-2022 9th Intl. Workshop 3D-ARCH “3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures”, 2–4 March 2022, Mantua, Italy, 2022

The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in th... more The paper presents the first results of the metric and geometric investigations carried out in the analysis of the stamps on Greek-Italic amphorae of Neapolitan production, found during the archaeological excavation of Piazza Nicola Amore, in Naples, Italy. The experiments were carried out with a view to defining a methodological process useful on the one hand to document in a digital archive the three-dimensional morphology of the artefact under investigation, and on the other to allow new readings, through a manipulation of the data that goes beyond the physical limits of the artefact itself. In particular, the research presented here proposes the topological investigation for the identification of stamps obtained from the same punch and therefore the possibility of ideally reconstructing the printing matrix. Since the stamps left by the punches on the amphorae are impressed at millimetric depths, the stamps are not always easy to read using traditional archaeological documentation methods. The research operations therefore began with the digitisation of a substantial number of finds by means of three-dimensional, reality-based surveys of sub-millimetre detail. Before proceeding with specific correspondence analyses, the archaeological classification based on the typological similarities of the marks was of great support.

Archaeometry, 2013

We throw further light on a recently discussed Kerr-Newman formulation of Fermions and a related ... more We throw further light on a recently discussed Kerr-Newman formulation of Fermions and a related cosmological scheme which predicted an ever expanding universe, as indeed has subsequently been confirmed. In the spirit of the correspondence principle, it is shown how the quark picture emerges at the Compton wavelength and the Big Bang scenario at the Planck length. At the sametime we obtain a theoretical justification for the peculiar characteristics of the quarks namely their fractional charge, handedness and confinement, as also the order of magnitude of their masses, all of which were hitherto adhoc features.

Storie al caleidoscopio: i vetri della collezione Gorga: un patrimonio ritrovato

The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in t... more The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in the Gipsoteca of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Rome "La Sapienza", represents an extraordinary, colorful and kaleidoscopic excursion in the glass production from the Hellenistic age until the first decades of the 1900s. In evidence, besides the objects that alone are noteworthy, the exposure, explanatory panels on the uses of the same and on the production techniques. La mostra sui vetri della Collezione Gorga tenutasi tra gennaio e febbraio 1998 nella Gipsoteca della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia della Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, rappresenta uno straordinario, colorato e caleidoscopico excursus nella produzione vetraria a partire dall’età ellenistica fino ai primi decenni del’900. In evidenza, oltre gli oggetti che già da soli valgono l’esposizione, pannelli esplicativi sugli usi degli stessi e sulle tecniche produttive.

Annali dell'Istituto Italiano di Numismatica , 2020

This study intends to point out a use of money other than its own, namely the use of the 'money s... more This study intends to point out a use of money other than its own, namely the use of the 'money stamp' on glass containers and the meaning that it assumes in this context. Starting from the exhibition and the revised and updated analysis of some glass containers belonging to the Gorga collection, already subject of studies in the past, we will try to retrace the historical phases and the reasons that led to this use. The production of vitreous 'unguentaria' with PATRIMONI stamp - and related variants - also attested in large numbers in the collection, appears to be inextricably linked to the productions with coin stamp. This context can be connected to the birth of an entrepreneurial initiative directly controlled by the imperial 'family' which, in addition to guaranteeing the high quality of the 'aromata' and 'medicamenta' preserved in these jars with its 'mark' coin/stamp, assumed the fiscal monopoly, from the production phase to the trade. Questo studio si propone di segnalare un uso della moneta diverso da quello che le è proprio, e cioè l'utilizzo del 'bollo monetale' su recipienti vitrei e del significato che lo stesso assume in tale contesto. A partire dall'esposizione e dall'analisi rivista ed aggiornata di alcuni contenitori vitrei appartenenti alla collezione Gorga, già oggetto di studi nel passato, si cerca di ripercorrere le fasi storiche e i motivi che portarono a tale uso. La produzione degli unguentari vitrei con bollo PATRIMONI - e relative varianti - attestati anch'essi in gran numero nella collezione, risulta indissolubilmente legata al contesto delle produzioni con bollo monetale. In tale ambito può essere ricondotta la nascita di una iniziativa imprenditoriale direttamente controllata dalla 'famiglia' imperiale la quale, oltre a garantire con il suo 'marchio' moneta/bollo la qualità elevata del prodotto, 'aromata' e 'medicamenta', conservato in tali vasi, ne assunse il monopolio fiscale, dalla fase di produzione alla commercializzazione.

The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and A... more The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and Art (APAHA) in 2014 in-tended to reach a better understanding of the architectural development of the Villa San Marco. To that end, two trenches were excavated. The first was located in a small, enclosed garden (viridarium) close to the atrium, suggested to be the Villa’s original core. This room is one of only a handful where two different architectural alignments meet (that of the Villa’s main part and that of its bathing complex) and where it is possible to excavate without removing mosaic flooring. In the adjacent architecture, signs of restructuring are visible, suggesting alterations to the arrangement of rooms. Those alterations notwithstanding, the results of the excavations showed that little rebuilding had occurred in this part of the Villa, except for a change to a system of drains related to a wall alteration. The second trench was located just north of the threshold of the Vi...

These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse ware... more These two volumes present the results of a group of researchers working on Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry (LRCW) that gathered in Alexandria in 2014 within the Centre d'Études Alexandrines. After initial encounters at Barcelona, Aix-en-Provence and Pisa, which highlighted productions of the western Mediterranean, the meeting in Thessaloniki launched an oriental approach that was continued in the Alexandrian gathering. The first volume is dedicated to discoveries and research in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya and Croatia, while the second looks more particularly at the contexts of the Black Sea, Greece, and especially Egypt, which is the subject of 14 contributions.

FOLD&R Fasti On Line Documents & Research, 381, 2017

The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and A... more The third and final excavation season at Stabiae of the Advanced Program of Ancient History and Art (APAHA) in 2014 intended to reach a better understanding of the architectural development of the Villa San Marco. To that end, two trenches were excavated. The first was located in a small, enclosed garden (viridarium) close to the atrium, suggested to be the Villa’s original core. This room is one of only a handful where two different architectural alignments meet (that of the Villa’s main part and that of its bathing complex) and where it is possible to excavate without removing mosaic flooring. In the adjacent architecture, signs of restructuring are visible, suggesting alterations to the arrangement of rooms. Those alterations notwithstanding, the results of the excavations showed that little rebuilding had occurred in this part of the Villa, except for a change to a system of drains related to a wall alteration. The second trench was located just north of the threshold of the Villa’s tablinum, where the threshold connects two sections of the Villa that have a different socioeconomic character: an undecorated working sector to the north and a decorated domestic sector to the south. Here as well the trench promised to be rewarding for investigations into architectural development. Together with the atrium, the tablinum is thought to have belonged to the Villa’s original construction. A surprise in this trench was that the tablinum foundation did not show signs of Republican-era construction. Another surprise was the discovery of a wide and deep wall, either the outside face of a large, out-of use cistern or the foundation for a demolished loadbearing wall.

The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in t... more The exhibition on the glasses of the Gorga Collection held between January and February 1998 in the Gipsoteca of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Rome "La Sapienza", represents an extraordinary, colorful and kaleidoscopic excursion in the glass production from the Hellenistic age until the first decades of the 1900s. In evidence, besides the objects that alone are noteworthy, the exposure, explanatory panels on the uses of the same and on the production techniques.

La mostra sui vetri della Collezione Gorga tenutasi tra gennaio e febbraio 1998 nella Gipsoteca della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia della Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, rappresenta uno straordinario, colorato e caleidoscopico excursus nella produzione vetraria a partire dall’età ellenistica fino ai primi decenni del’900. In evidenza, oltre gli oggetti che già da soli valgono l’esposizione, pannelli esplicativi sugli usi degli stessi e sulle tecniche produttive.

by Clementina Panella, Antonio F. Ferrandes, Paul Reynolds, Alessandra Pecci, Touatia Amraoui, Elyssa Jerray, alessia contino, Marta Casalini, Franca Del Vecchio, Viviana Cardarelli, George Koutsouflakis, Tomoo Mukai, Elizabeth Fentress, Priamo Antonio Manna, Alejandro Quevedo, and Elena Gabriella Lorenzetti

An imposing amount of studies and researches in the second half of the twentieth century has focu... more An imposing amount of studies and researches in the second half of the twentieth century has focused on the productivity in Roman Africa of a variety of consumer products, along with the analysis of regions, cities and their economies. The success of African goods during the Caesarian-Augustan age and up to the late antiquity, recorded in the written tradition and confirmed by the stratigraphy of many sites in the Mediterranean, has been the subject of a substantial amount of contributions that have accompanied for more than sixty years the study of material culture of the Roman imperial age. This session, which can not consider every product of the Maghreb, will focus mainly on the ceramic, not only on account of its large diffusion, the fossil marker for dating contexts all around the Mediterranean and well inside Europe for several centuries, but also because the evidence is more consistent than that found for other types of sources, and reflects the ability of African regions to develop a high yield agriculture, and manufacturing activities related to fisheries, as shown by transport amphorae (carrying oil, olives, wine, fish sauces), as well as crafts tied to the production of more or less valuable objects, aimed - at various levels - at regional, inter-regional and inter-provincial markets.
If during a more or less recent past most studies were mainly focused on data collected at the sites of consumption (and thus on the indestructible ceramic), centered on the type and histories of each production (fine table ware, lamps, kitchenware and coarse ware), recent studies have been, on one hand, directed towards a review of the known types and towards a more thoughtful analysis of the contexts of discovery, perfecting the production framework and anchoring to a trustworthy time frame certain types and classes in circulation; on the other hand they have focused on the production centers in order to get a better geographic characterization of those same types and classes, applying a wealth of suitable methodologies, surveys of large tracts of land, surveys and excavations of old and new workshops, laboratory analysis. The results draw a scenery in which a great variety of productive facies and distribution models reflect the complexity of the cultural, social and economic contexts, both micro- and macro-regional, both at the provincial and inter-provincial levels. This session aims to describe these lines of research, focusing on the organization of production and commerce in the region, their similarities and differences, and on a list of questions still unsolved, the solution of which will call for a further revision of published data, and for brand new information.