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Papers by Eleonora Minucci

The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). ... more The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). From the final geo-referenced model, a high-resolution orthophoto has been extracted to update the map of the visible structures, while the point cloud has been used to create an ABIM (Archaeological Building Information Modelling). The 3D model supported the reconstruction of this insula, scarcely studied. It has been possible to re-built in a parametric way the masonry, the architectural features and the decorative elements. Furthermore, the global vision of the insula allowed to precise the inner divisions.

Nel settembre 2019 le Catacombe di San Gennaro sono state oggetto di un ambizioso progetto intern... more Nel settembre 2019 le Catacombe di San Gennaro sono state oggetto di un ambizioso progetto internazionale di rilievo digitale, disponibile gratuitamente online , finanziato dall’organizzazione privata no-profit Global Digital Heritage (USA) e coadiuvato dallo Zamani Project (Sudafrica) e dal CISA (Centro Interdipartimentale di Servizi di Archeologia) dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. Il progetto, che ha visto impiegate alcune tra le più innovative strumentazioni e metodologie di rilievo 3D, ha fornito l’opportunità di sperimentare l’efficacia delle acquisizioni RTI in ambiente ipogeo e in contesto logisticamente problematico.

Introduzione (A. D'Andrea) Nel corso del 2018, in base ad un accordo di cooperazione tra ... more Introduzione (A. D'Andrea) Nel corso del 2018, in base ad un accordo di cooperazione tra il Parco Archeologico di Paestum e l'Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale, sono state avviate nuove indagini nell'isolato 4-6. L'area, se si eccettuano alcune brevi note di inquadramento generale (Lemaire 1988, Bragantini et alii 2000, Bragantini et alii 2008, De Bonis 2010), è del tutto inedita 1 (Fig. 1); le poche informazioni oggi disponibili riguardano le dimensioni dell'isolato ed una preliminare identificazione degli spazi e delle tecniche murarie. Le prime tracce di esplorazioni nell'isolato 4-6 si ricavano da una foto aerea del 1954 pubblicata da Schmiedt e Castagnoli (1955) che mostra la parziale messa in luce della porzione Ovest dell'area centrale delle terme (Fig. 2); in corrispondenza di questi scavi, ad Est venivano messe in luce le strutture che obliterano la strada. Gli interventi più consistenti saranno realizzati negli anni seguenti, certamente prima del 1958, quando venne pubblicata per la prima volta la mappa completa dell'intero isolato, che mostra una serie di strutture al di sopra dell'attuale strada As4 (EUA 1958) (Fig. 3). L'analisi dei rilievi riprodotti nel 1955 e nel 1958 e di quelli più recenti pubblicati da Mario Napoli (1970) (Fig. 4) suggerisce che soltanto successivamente, in un momento che non siamo però in grado di precisare, sono state rimosse le strutture di epoca tarda che obliteravano la strada As4. Il lotto è definito a Nord dal decumano Bo ed a Sud dall'asse stradale Bo2 e presenta una lunghezza di 272-273m e una larghezza che varia da circa 35 m nella parte Nord a 38-40m nella fascia centrale. L'isolato non sembra mostrare alcuna suddivisione mediana interna. Ad Ovest il lotto è delimitato, nella parte settentrionale, da un'opera in blocchi squadrati e, ad Est, da una muratura prevalentemente in opera incerta. Nella parte Nord dell'isolato è presente una grande domus con doppio atrio e peristilio con ingresso a Nord dal decumano Bo e probabilmente anche ad Ovest dall'asse stradale As6. Più a Sud, dopo un leggero salto di quota, si riconoscono gli ambienti di un edificio termale costruito al margine di un grande spazio aperto, identificabile con la palestra. Da uno degli ambienti absidati, situati lungo il margine Est 1 Sono scarse le informazioni disponibili sugli scavi eseguiti in questa zona abitativa. Le tracce dei vari scavi possono essere rintracciate analizzando la documentazione grafica e fotografica prodotta tra gli anni '50 e '70. dell'isolato, proviene il mosaico figurato di Nettuno tessellato in bianco-nero 2. Ancora più a Sud, il lotto presenta certamente un'altra abitazione, di cui si rinvengono l'atrio ed il peristilio, mentre meno precisi appaiono i limiti di altre eventuali residenze localizzate in questa fascia dell'isolato. L'analisi delle murature del lotto rivela la presenza di strutture in opera incerta, conservate per un'altezza media di 50cm, o in blocchi squadrati di grandi dimensioni, concentrati soprattutto nella parte Nord dell'isolato; sono presenti residui di pavimenti in varie tipologie (marmo 3 , cocciopesto, mosaici) sebbene la loro estensione e cronologia non sia sempre precisabile anche a causa delle distruzioni operate lungo l'asse stradale As4 4. Sulla base dei resti murari e dei rivestimenti pavimentali e parietali, l'isolato si data al periodo tardo-repubblicano con una serie di rifacimenti di pregio tra la fine dell'età repubblicana e gli inizi dell'età imperiale. Data l'assenza di documentazione grafica, delle relazioni di scavo e dei materiali ceramici, lo studio del lotto è stato, finora, inserito in un più ampio esame degli isolati abitativi. Uno dei primi tentativi di lettura si deve ad A. Lemaire (1988) che fornisce una descrizione sintetica dell'Is. 4-6 confrontando la planimetria degli isolati meridionali con quelli più a Nord. Due appaiono i tratti significativi del lotto: l'estensione ridotta in rapporto all'insieme delle altre parti dell'abitato e la posizione centrale, privilegiata, in prossimità delle aree sacre e del foro. Questi aspetti topografici e planimetrici sembrano conferire agli isolati meridionali un'impronta particolare suggerita anche dalla presenza di edifici pubblici nella trama dei contesti abitativi privati, con una combinazione di funzioni non sempre facilmente identificabili. In particolare, nel lotto 4-6 la Lemaire (1988) indica l'esistenza di complessi pubblici, come le terme, alternati ad abitazioni, mentre a Nord, sul decumano 2 De Bonis 2010, 274-275; l'ambiente è stato identificato come frigidarium. 3 Una foto del rivestimento marmoreo dell'ambiente 44 si trova in De Bonis 2010, 274, fig. 3. 4 Su questo punto Lemaire 1988 e De Bonis 2010. Confrontando il rilievo del 1955 (Schmiedt e Castagnoli 1955, figg. 19 e 21) con una pianta in scala 1:200…

Current Perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology, 2021

Scientific Reports, 2020

Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean settlement in Italy ... more Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean settlement in Italy and four older occupation levels have recently been unearthed, including one with bifaces, extending the roots of the Acheulean in Italy even further back in time. New 40Ar/39Ar on tephras and ESR dates on bleached quartz securely and accurately place these occupations between 695 and 670 ka (MIS 17), penecontemporaneous with the Moulin-Quignon and la Noira sites (France). These new data demonstrate a very rapid expansion of shared traditions over Western Europe during a period of highly variable climatic conditions, including interglacial and glacial episodes, between 670 and 650 (i.e., MIS17/MIS16 transition). The diversity of tools and activities observed in these three sites shows that Western Europe was populated by adaptable hominins during this time. These conclusions question the existence of refuge areas during intense glacial stages and raise questions concerning understudied m...

At present, the following groups of ware have been identified: 2 1. Red-orange coarse ware (ROCW)... more At present, the following groups of ware have been identified: 2 1. Red-orange coarse ware (ROCW), with coarse mineral inclusions in the clay, orange to grey in cross-section; smooth red orange outside surface and orange or grey inside surface (Fattovich 1980: 21-22; Group 1.A.1). 2. Red coarse ware (RCW), with coarse mineral inclusions in the clay, dark red or grey in crosssection; smooth or sometime burnished dark red to brown outside surface (Fattovich 1980: 22-23; Group 1.A.2). 3. Brown coarse ware (BrCW), with many coarse mineral inclusions and sometime mica; grey or black in cross-section; dark to light brown outside surface, black inside surface; rough surfaces. 4. Grey coarse ware (GCW), with many coarse mineral inclusions; red-orange inside surface; rough surfaces. 5. Black polished coarse ware (BPCW), with many coarse mineral inclusions in the clay; dark grey in cross-section; black polished outside and sometime inside surface (Fattovich 1980: 23; Group 1.B.1). 6. Orange polished coarse ware (OPCW), with many coarse mineral inclusions; red-orange or grey in cross section; red-orange slip on both surface. 7. Red polished coarse ware (RPCW), with many coarse mineral inclusions; red or grey in crosssection; red slip on both surfaces. 8. Black topped, red polished coarse ware (BTRPCW), 3 with many coarse mineral inclusions; redbrown or black in cross-section; black inside surface and outside rim-top. 9. Black topped, brown coarse ware (BTBrCW) with many coarse mineral inclusions; brown or black in cross-section; burnished brown outside surface, burnished black inside surface and outside rim. 10. Red-orange fine ware (ROFW), with a few very small mineral inclusions in the clay, orange or grey in cross-section; smooth orange outside and inside surface (Fattovich 1980: 24; Group 2.A.1). 11. Orange-grey fine ware (OGFW), with a few mineral inclusions in very compact clay, dark grey in cross-section; smooth orange outside surface, grey inside surface and outside rim (Fattovich 1980: 24-25; Group 2.A.2). 12. Red-brown fine ware (RBFW), with small mineral inclusions in the clay, reddish brown in cross-section; smooth outside and inside surface (Fattovich 1980: 25-26; Group 2.A.3). 13. Brown fine ware (BrFW), with many small and medium-size mica inclusions in the clay, brown or black in cross-section; rough or smooth surface with a golden shine. 14. Black topped brown fine ware (BTBrPFW) with many fine mineral inclusions; brown or black in cross-section; brown outside surface, black inside surface and outside rim. 15. Grey fine ware (GFW), with very small mineral inclusions (sometime with mica) in very compact clay, grey in cross section; smooth outside surface (Fattovich 1980: 26; Group 2.A.4). 16. Black fine ware (BFW), with many small mineral inclusions; sometime orange in cross section; black smooth outside surface, black rough inside surface. 17. Light red polished fine ware (LRPFW), with very small mineral inclusions in the clay, red or sometime grey in cross-section; light red polished outside surface (Fattovich 1980: 26-27; Group 2.B.1). 18. Dark red polished fine ware (DRPFW), with very small mineral inclusions in the clay, dark red in cross-section; var. 1, dark red polished outside surface (Fattovich 1980: 27-28; Group 2.B.2); var. 2, red slip on both surfaces. 11 grindstone and two fragments of what may have been either grindstones or topstones, one of sandstone and one of basalt. Also in this collection are two broken, plano-convex sandstone topstones, each of which has been utilised or deliberately shaped on both faces, [92] x 151 x 44 mm and [190] x 145 x 56 mm, and a bi-planar sandstone handstone or perhaps whetstone, 71 x 52 x 25 mm, worn on both faces. A portion of a slightly concavo-convex sandstone grindstone, [195] x 140 x 65 mm, was collected from the surface about 30 metres southeast of the S2 excavation area. S3-Locality: Amda Tsion. Location (X/Y): 463672,207 / 1554879,622. High quantity of ceramics and lithics. Ceramics 1) Red-orange coarse ware (ROCW): 5 body-sherds, 0.6 cm to 0.9 cm thick; 1 decorated bodysherd with an outside band of wavy lines, 0.9 cm thick; 1 decorated body-sherd with a horizontal incised line, 0.9 cm thick; 1 fragment. of a coil handle, 1 cm in diameter. 2) Orange-grey coarse ware (OGCW): 5 body-sherds, 0.5 cm to 0.8 cm thick. 3) Red-grey coarse ware (RGCW): 1 body-sherd with traces of scraping/wiping inside, 0.9 cm thick; 1 decorated body-sherd with a horizontal incised line outside and scraping/wiping inside, 0.6 cm thick. 4) Red-orange fine ware (ROFW): 97 body-sherds, 0.5cm to 1.3 cm thick; 1 fragment, straight rim with a flaring lip, traces of scraping-wiping inside, cup/bowl, 0.8 cm thick. 5) Orange-gray fine ware (OGFW): 8 body-sherds, 0.5 cm to 0.8 cm thick; 1 fragment, everted shouldered rim with a flaring lip, open bowl or pot, 0.6 cm thick; 1 decorated body-sherd with horizontal incised line, 1.1 cm thick. 6) Red-brown fine ware (RBFW): 1 fragment of coil handle, 2.4 cm in diameter. 7) Brown coarse ware (BCW): 1 atypical body-sherd, 1 cm thick. 8) Gray coarse ware (GCW): 7 atypical body-sherds, 1 cm thick; 1 decorated body-sherd with a horizontal incised line, 1.1 cm thick. 9) Grey fine ware (GFW): 1 atypical body-shead, 0.7 cm thick. 10) Black polished coarse ware (BPCW): 3 atypical body-sherds, 0.3 cm to 0.5 cm thick. Knapped stones This was an intensive surface collection over an area of 7 by 7 metres, centred on a localised concentration of lithic material. It included 1 chert convex scraper on a flake, 46 x 33 x 15 mm, and two others of remarkably similar size and shape, 45 x 34 x 14 mm and 46 x 32 x 11 mm. 7 There is also a single quartz crystal with possible utilisation on its tip. Among the chert cores, are an ovate Levallois-style, 52 x 43 x 23 mm, a rectangular Levallois-style, 46 x 28 x 16, 2 multi-platform, 2 single-platform, 2 biconvex ovate radial, and 4 casual/irregular examples. There are also a chalcedony geode fragment used as a single-platform blade core, maximum dimension 38 mm, 2 chalcedony casual/irregular cores, and a sub-rectangular radial quartzite core, 91 x 67 x 18 mm. The 15 whole flakes recovered are all irregularly shaped chert with maximum dimensions of 24 to 48 mm. Angular and flake fragments include 98 of chert, 13-68 mm, 9 of chalcedony, 13-86 mm, 8 of obsidian, 1-27 mm, and 8 tabular schist fragments, 38-110 mm. The material collected also included 2 water-worn cobbles which may have been used as casual hammerstones. A sub-cuboidal chert cobble had battered utilisation or accidental field damage at one corner; a quartzite cobble had had 3 flakes removed from one end. 12 S4-Locality: Amda Tsion. Location (X/Y): 463682,438 / 1554812,556. High quantity of ceramics and lithics. Ceramics 1) Red-orange coarse ware (ROCW): 1 fragment, coil handle, 2 cm in diameter; 2 body-sherds, 0.9 cm and 1.0 cm thick. 2) Orange-grey coarse ware (OGCW): 6 atypical body-sherds, 0.5 cm to 0.6 cm thick. 3) Red-grey coarse ware (RGCW): 3 atypical body-sherds, 0.6 cm to 0.9 cm thick. 4) Red-orange fine ware (ROFW): 16 body-sherds, 0.5 cm to 1.5 cm thick; 1 fragment, straight rim with flattened lip, horizontal incised line around the rim, cup, 0.5 cm thick. 5) Black fine ware (BFW) with many fine mineral inclusions: 1 decorated body-sherd with incised horizontal line, 0.4 cm thick. Knapped stones This was an intensive surface collection over a measured area of 7 by 7 meters, centred on a small concentration of knapped lithic artefacts. The concurrence of 3 hammerstones together with cores and knapping debris suggests that this may perhaps have been the remnants of a knapping workshop. The only finished tool included in the collection is a chert convex scraper on a thick flake, 59 x 50 x 16 mm. Except for a single-platform bladelet core of chalcedony, 34 x 34 x 21 mm, a broken rectangular quartz core, [36] x 32 x 12 mm, and a quartz casual core, 40 x 26 x 24 mm, all of the cores are of chert. These include 2 plano-convex radial cores, 52 x 41 x 22 mm and 63 x 56 x 26 mm, a casual core, and 3 multi-platform cores with maximum dimensions of 50 to 69 mm. 8 In addition to a weathered basalt flake or spall, 71 x 39 x 22 mm, the collection includes 17 whole chert flakes, of which 8 are endstruck and/or sub-rectangular with maximum dimensions of 29 to 61 mm, 7 are irregular, and 2 are core edge flakes with maximum dimensions of 50 mm and 72 mm. Probably not all of the 67 angular and tabular chert fragments, 18-68 mm, collected-some of which have areas of field damage resembling scraper or core edges-are in fact artefacts. However, 12 chert flake fragments, 7 geode fragments, and 1 chalcedony fragment are all artefactual. The status of 5 tabular schist fragments, 51-137 mm, is uncertain. S5-Locality: Amda Tsion. Location (X/Y): 463785,880 / 1554781,864. Dense scatter of ceramics and lithics on a cultivated terrace. Ceramics 1) Red-orange coarse ware (ROCW): 1 fragment, coil handle with traces of red slip, 2 cm in diameter. 2) Red-orange fine ware (ROFW): 2 fragments of coil handle, diameter 1.5 and 1.7 cm; 1 fragment, straight rim with flat lip, bowl, 1 cm thick; 1 fragment, everted rim with rounded lip, bottle/small jar, 0.6 cm thick; 2 body-sherds with internal scraping/wiping, 0.8 cm thick. 3) Black topped polished ware (BTPW): 1 fragment, bowl with a straight profile and rounded rim, 0.6 cm thick; 2 fragments, cup with a slightly concave profile and rounded rim, 0.3 cm to 0.6 cm thick; 1 atypical body-sherd. 4) Black topped, brown coarse ware (BTBrCW): 1 fragment, cup or beaker with a straight profile and rounded lip, many small mineral inclusions, 1 circular molded knob under the rim, 0.3 cm thick. 5) Light brown fine ware (LBFW): 1 fragment, everted rim with a rounded lip, incised line around the rim, 0.3 cm thick; 1 fragment, bowl with a slightly concave profile and rounded rim, incised

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019

Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays wid... more Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays widely used in several fields such as Cultural Heritage and Archaeology. In this paper a collaborative project between the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, the CISA (Interdepartmental Services Centre for Archaeology) and the DAAM (Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Studies) of the University "L'Orientale" of Naples is presented. Aim of the project was to find a solution to study the Roman boat discovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., without altering its state of preservation. Different digital survey techniques were employed to compare different types of sensors. The goal was to obtain an accurate definition of the construction characteristics of the boat thanks to the data fusion.

I recenti progressi tecnologici hanno reso disponibile per il mondo dei beni culturali un'ampia g... more I recenti progressi tecnologici hanno reso disponibile per il mondo dei beni culturali un'ampia gamma di metodologie a basso costo e non invasive per la documentazione e la valorizzazione di oggetti e siti archeologici. Un esempio di come tali progressi hanno modificato positivamente alcune procedure, ci proviene dall'analisi e l'identificazione di incisioni o graffiti antichi. Questi studi, infatti, possono essere realizzati attraverso un'ampia varietà di tecniche (Valente, Barazzetti 2020), dai tradizionali metodi cartacei (Paper-Based) e di fotografia analogica o effettuata con sensori UV o IR, alle scansioni laser (Laser/Lightbased), fino, negli ultimi anni, alle metodologie basate sul miglioramento digitale di immagini 2D e tecniche di documentazione IBM (Image-Based Modeling). Tra queste ultime, le più adoperate sono la fotogrammetria digitale con algoritmi SfM (Structure from Motion) e la metodologia RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging), entrambe aventi semplici immagini bidimensionali come strumento base per l'elaborazione.

2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage, Trento Italy, October 22-24 2020 , 2020

D-SITE Drones - Systems of Information on culTural hEritage. For a spatial and social investigation, 2019

The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). ... more The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the
insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). From the final geo-referenced model, a
high-resolution orthophoto has been extracted to update the map of
the visible structures, while the point cloud has been used to create an
ABIM (Archaeological Building Information Modelling). The 3D model
supported the reconstruction of this insula, scarcely studied. It has been
possible to re-built in a parametric way the masonry, the architectural
features and the decorative elements. Furthermore, the global vision of
the insula allowed to precise the inner divisions.

Newsletter di Archeologia CISA, 2019

Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays wid... more Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays widely used in several fields such as Cultural Heritage and Archaeology. In this paper a collaborative project between the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, the CISA (Interdepartmental Services Centre for Archaeology) and the DAAM (Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Studies) of the University “L’Orientale” of Naples is presented. Aim of the project was to find a solution to study the Roman boat discovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., without altering its state of preservation. Different digital survey techniques were employed to compare different types of sensors. The goal was to obtain an accurate definition of the construction characteristics of the boat thanks to the data fusion.

La possibilità di catturare riprese video e fotografiche dall'alto è sempre stata un'opportunità ... more La possibilità di catturare riprese video e fotografiche dall'alto è sempre stata un'opportunità fortemente ricercata in ambito archeologico o topografico.

Current Perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology, 2021

Scientific Reports, 2020

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019

2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage, Trento Italy, October 22-24 2020 , 2020

D-SITE Drones - Systems of Information on culTural hEritage. For a spatial and social investigation, 2019

The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). ... more The paper deals with the drone-based photogrammetry survey of the
insula 4-6 of Paestum (Italy). From the final geo-referenced model, a
high-resolution orthophoto has been extracted to update the map of
the visible structures, while the point cloud has been used to create an
ABIM (Archaeological Building Information Modelling). The 3D model
supported the reconstruction of this insula, scarcely studied. It has been
possible to re-built in a parametric way the masonry, the architectural
features and the decorative elements. Furthermore, the global vision of
the insula allowed to precise the inner divisions.

Newsletter di Archeologia CISA, 2019

Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays wid... more Advanced and low-cost 3D technologies (Laser Scanner and Digital Photogrammetry) are nowadays widely used in several fields such as Cultural Heritage and Archaeology. In this paper a collaborative project between the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, the CISA (Interdepartmental Services Centre for Archaeology) and the DAAM (Department of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Studies) of the University “L’Orientale” of Naples is presented. Aim of the project was to find a solution to study the Roman boat discovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., without altering its state of preservation. Different digital survey techniques were employed to compare different types of sensors. The goal was to obtain an accurate definition of the construction characteristics of the boat thanks to the data fusion.