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Papers by Daniela Musmeci
Heritage, 5, 2022
The proposed work deals with the generative process of high-resolution 360° spherical photographs... more The proposed work deals with the generative process of high-resolution 360° spherical photographs for the creation of an information container in the form of a virtual tour for the immersive fruition of the archaeological area of Abellinum. The development of the tool aims at the promotion and dissemination of the research results obtained so far within the project "Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell'antico centro irpino", as well as a first expeditious approach for the digitisation of an area that is still difficult to access. This procedure, born out of a health emergency but also an economic-social one, acts as a suitable and valid alternative to more time-consuming methodologies, imposing a reflection on the resources to be deployed in relation to the purposes of the cultural offer. After describing the technical approach enacted, the study of the virtual tour interface design and the basic functions adopted in this first phase are investigated, hinting at possible implementations. What emerges is a progressive transdisciplinary enhancement between academic and professional skills for the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage, with the development of new tools and the transformation of existing ones on the basis of a technological process that is in its full rise.
G. Fioretti, C. Campobasso (a cura di), Il Patrimonio culturale pugliese. Ricerche, applicazioni e best practises, Atti del II congresso Beni Culturali in Puglia , 2023
Una metodologia innovativa per l'acquisizione di ambienti angusti S. Capotorto Monitoraggio dello... more Una metodologia innovativa per l'acquisizione di ambienti angusti S. Capotorto Monitoraggio dello stato di conservazione di beni culturali, mediante il supporto di tecnologie digitali e ambienti tridimensionali: il caso di Palazzo Palmieri R. A. Galantucci Rilievi laser e fotogrammetrici per la tutela e valorizzazione di beni culturali: il caso della grotta di San Michele a Minervino Murge e la cava ad orme di dinosauro di Lama Balice
AIONArchStAnt, N.S. 29, Napoli 2022, 2023
The proposed work offers a brief reflection on the ancient city of Abellinum (Atripalda, Province... more The proposed work offers a brief reflection on the ancient city of Abellinum (Atripalda, Province of Avellino, Campania Region, Italy). It organises the available data, both bibliographic and archival, and integrates them with new results from the project “Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell’antico centro irpino”, carried out by the University of Salerno, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Salerno e Avellino and with the municipality of Atripalda. The project starts in 2019 with the aim of expanding the knowledge base on the ancient city of Abellinum and creating a cultural ecosystem: the historical data are thus related to the vegetation and environmental survey, geomorphological analysis, and topographical study for a reconstruction
of the ancient landscape.The development of the ancient city and the urban landscape are presented in chronological order, reflecting the main historical events: in this analysis, some new data are proposed that contribute to the reconstruction of the settlement pattern, urban tissue and occupation phases of the context.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2023
The ancient site of Nuceriola, located along the Appian Way near Benevento, Italy represents an i... more The ancient site of Nuceriola, located along the Appian Way near Benevento, Italy represents an interesting case study for research into settlement patterns in the region of Samnium (modern Sannio). The site was occupied between the 4th c. BCE and the 6th c. CE and there has been no significant post-antique reuse. It is now a key focus of concentration for the Ancient Appia Landscapes Project of the University of Salerno, in particular in relation to its themes of Roman expansion in the Mid-Republican period, rural settlement types, and ancient road networks. This article presents the result of photographic interpretation based on existing and newly carried out aerial photography. These data, when combined with the results of excavation, of geophysical work and of surface survey, produce a composite picture of the organization of the settlement. This allows us to propose a tentative reconstruction that adds to what is still a relatively narrow understanding of the minor settlements of this part of Samnium.
OTIVM. Archeologia e Cultura del Mondo Antico, 2024
The Samnite and Roman defensive systems in the Irpinian area are far fewer in number than in neig... more The Samnite and Roman defensive systems in the Irpinian area are far fewer in number than in neighbouring Samnium and Lucania. However, it is necessary to know these sites, their purposes and times of occupation in order to understand the settlement dynamics that characterised the Irpinian territory at a crucial moment in its history, between the 4 th and 1 st centuries BC. This paper analyses fortifications first of all from the point of view of location choice, typology, construction techniques and building materials; then, the defensive systems are also compared with some archaeological data on peopling dynamics emerging from recent research on the Irpinian landscapes. An overview of these contexts is therefore proposed, highlighting some suggestive and sometimes recurring features that may open up new research topics. At the end of the paper, the overview is completed by some considerations on the representations of defensive walls on a particular type of reliefs: models of city gates and towers from the same territorial contexts.
Minerals, 2022
Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern I... more Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern Italy) represents a tangible testimony to the influence of the Roman civilization in Irpinia. At the site, where the remains of the public area of the town are preserved, archaeological excavations unearthed a monumental Pompeian domus, likely owned by Marcus Vipsanius Primigenius, a freedman of Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus. The rooms preserved fine wall paintings of 3rd and 4th Pompeian style,
reflecting the social status of the owner. From four rooms overlooking the peristyle, eight specimens of decorated plasters were collected, and petrographic and spectroscopic analyses were carried out to investigate the plastering and painting technology. Thin sections of all plasters depicted a multilayer technology, although differences in mix designs of the supports were highlighted. Some samples are pozzolanic plasters, containing volcanic aggregate, others can be classified as cocciopesto because of the presence of ceramic fragments mixed to the volcanic aggregate. Finally, the presence of marble powder also permitted the identification of marmorino. Moreover, the pigments, applied using a fresco or lime-painting techniques, consist of pure or mixed Fe- and Cu-based pigments to obtain yellow, orange, red, pink, and blue decorations.
This paper describes the results of the damage diagnosis performed on Ponte Rotto, a Roman bridge... more This paper describes the results of the damage diagnosis performed on Ponte Rotto, a Roman bridge on the ancient Appia way located close to the city of Benevento (southern Italy). Despite it can be considered one of the most important remains of this type of monument in Campania region, the bridge was abandoned for centuries, being in a rather poor state of conservation; therefore, an accurate damage diagnosis has been carried out using an interdisciplinary approach, in order to plan conservative, preventive and restoration work for the requalification of this archaeological heritage. Photogrammetric survey and damage diagnosis following the Fitzner’s method allowed identifying and quantifying the geomaterials adopted for the construction of the bridge and the weathering forms affecting it. Georeferenced orthoimages permitted the mapping of their areal distribution, the definition of the damage categories, and the estimation of the linear and progressive damage indexes, that reveale...
International Journal of Conservation Science, 2016
Domus of Octavius Quartio occupies the entire insula 2 of Region II in Pompeii, representing one ... more Domus of Octavius Quartio occupies the entire insula 2 of Region II in Pompeii, representing one of the most important village of this archaeological site. An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted in order to plan conservative, preventive and restoration actions aimed at the requalification of Pompeii within the frame of "Grande Progetto Pompei" program. 3D Laser scanner surveys and damage diagnosis following Fitzner's method were carried out. The identification and description of weathering forms was carried out using ICOMOS-ISCS and NorMaL 1/88 recommendations, readapted and reinterpreted also for frescoes. Ten different weathering forms were identified; the frescoed room and the fountain are mainly affected by fissures, convex deformations, lacuna, efflorescence, discoloration, moist areas and patinas; the surrounding wall shows back weathering due to the disaggregation of bedding mortars; moreover the blocks are interested by rounding and biological colonization (lichens). Mapping the areal distribution of weathering forms and defining the damage categories, allowed an estimation of the linear and progressive damage index. Actually, a good conservation state of frescoed room (1.5-2.0) and fountain (0.7-1.2) was identified; a definitely worse conservation state, instead, was observed in the external wall, where the highest progressive damage index value (3) was measured.
Marchi M. L. (a cura di), Via Appia Regina Viarum. Ricerche, contesti, valorizzazione, Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Melfi – Venosa 2017), Venosa , 2019
Forma Urbis, Anno XXI, n. 9, 2016
Atti del I Convegno "Dialoghi sull'Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo" (Paestum, 7-9 Settembre 2016), 2017
Percorsi. Scritti di Archeologia di e per Angela Pontrandolfo, Pandemos, Paestum-Salerno, 2017
The use of geophysical methods in metrology is a significant tool within the wide research topic ... more The use of geophysical methods in metrology is a significant tool within the wide research topic of landscape archaeology context. Since 2011, the Ancient Appia Landscapes Project aims to recognize dynamics, shapes and layout of the ancient settlement located along the Appia road east of Benevento, and cyclical elements and human activities that influenced the choice of landscapes. The integration of geophysical data with an archaeological infra-site analysis allowed us to investigate the area of Masseria Grasso, about 6 km from Benevento (Campania region, Italy). In this framework, an archaeogeophysical approach (Geomagnetic and Ground Penetrating Radar) was adopted for detecting anomalies potentially correlated with buried archaeological evidences. The geomagnetic results have given a wide knowledge of buried features in a large survey highlighting significant anomalies associated with the presence of buildings, roads and open spaces. These geophysi-cal results permitted us to define the first archaeological excavations and, successively, a detailed Ground Penetrating Radar approach has been provided highlighting the rooms and paved spaces. The overlap between archaeological dataset and geophysical surveys has also allowed recognizing the path of the ancient Appia road near the city of Benevento and hypothesize the settlement organization of the investigated area, which has been identified with the ancient Nuceriola.
Abstract L'archeologia ha sviluppato metodi, strumenti, tecnologie in grado di cogliere le sfide ... more Abstract
L'archeologia ha sviluppato metodi, strumenti, tecnologie in grado di cogliere le sfide che la società contemporanea pone in materia di pianificazione del tessuto urbano e territoriale, puntando alla salvaguardia del Patrimonio culturale a partire dal concetto di sviluppo locale sostenibile e in direzione di una possibile nuova stagione di dialogo tra esperti, appaltatori, enti amministrativi e abitanti. Tuttavia, non mancano le difficoltà di attuazione, sia a causa di una legislazione in parte carente che per l'ancora complicato rapporto con i pianificatori, che vedono spesso il patrimonio culturale più come un ostacolo che come una risorsa. Il presente contributo vuole proporre degli spunti di riflessione sull'impatto che un'archeologia " globale " dei paesaggi può avere nella crescita ecosostenibile e nelle politiche di tutela e valorizzazione di quello che si configura sempre di più come Eredità culturale collettiva. Tale approccio viene illustrato attraverso la presentazione della cartografia tematica archeologica redatta per il Piano Urbanistico Comunale (PUC) di Carinola (CE), contesto storicamente complesso e con notevoli criticità ambientali. Nowadays Archaeology has developed methods, tools and technologies useful to deal with actual challenges of urban and spatial planning ; Archaeologists are working towards the preservation of the Cultural Heritage in the perspective of a local sustainable development, which could activate a new season of debate between specialists, territorial authorities and local actors. However, the implementation of this point of view deal with a still lacking legislation and a complex relationship with the planners, which often see the Cultural Heritage more as an obstacle than as a resource. The present essay offers considerations about the impact that a " global " landscapes archaeology could have in a sustainable growth and preservation policies of what is emerging as a collective cultural heritage. Such approach will be described through the thematic archaeological Cartography edited for the Piano Urbanistico Comunale (PUC) di Carinola (CE), a historical context with considerable environmental features. * Il contributo è frutto di riflessioni congiunte; si devono, in particolare, a Alfonso Santoriello le riflessioni di carattere generale, a Daniela Musmeci e Cristiano Benedetto De Vita le considerazioni e le prospettive contesto campione e l'apparato bibliografico di riferimento.
– The use of geophysical methods and techniques and a metrological approach are significant eleme... more – The use of geophysical methods and techniques and a metrological approach are significant elements within the wide research of landscape archaeology carried out since 2010 in the area east of the town of Benevento: the Ancient Appia Project. The integrated and global approach allowed to study the presence, the shape and the layout of prehistorical, Samnitic and Roman settlement located along the Appia road, and the cyclical elements and human activities that influenced the vocation of landscapes. The overlap of archaeological dataset and geophysical surveys and the recent digs have allowed also to recognize the path of an ancient road in Masseria Grasso area, perfectly integrated within the rural structures.
Posters by Daniela Musmeci
Heritage, 5, 2022
The proposed work deals with the generative process of high-resolution 360° spherical photographs... more The proposed work deals with the generative process of high-resolution 360° spherical photographs for the creation of an information container in the form of a virtual tour for the immersive fruition of the archaeological area of Abellinum. The development of the tool aims at the promotion and dissemination of the research results obtained so far within the project "Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell'antico centro irpino", as well as a first expeditious approach for the digitisation of an area that is still difficult to access. This procedure, born out of a health emergency but also an economic-social one, acts as a suitable and valid alternative to more time-consuming methodologies, imposing a reflection on the resources to be deployed in relation to the purposes of the cultural offer. After describing the technical approach enacted, the study of the virtual tour interface design and the basic functions adopted in this first phase are investigated, hinting at possible implementations. What emerges is a progressive transdisciplinary enhancement between academic and professional skills for the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage, with the development of new tools and the transformation of existing ones on the basis of a technological process that is in its full rise.
G. Fioretti, C. Campobasso (a cura di), Il Patrimonio culturale pugliese. Ricerche, applicazioni e best practises, Atti del II congresso Beni Culturali in Puglia , 2023
Una metodologia innovativa per l'acquisizione di ambienti angusti S. Capotorto Monitoraggio dello... more Una metodologia innovativa per l'acquisizione di ambienti angusti S. Capotorto Monitoraggio dello stato di conservazione di beni culturali, mediante il supporto di tecnologie digitali e ambienti tridimensionali: il caso di Palazzo Palmieri R. A. Galantucci Rilievi laser e fotogrammetrici per la tutela e valorizzazione di beni culturali: il caso della grotta di San Michele a Minervino Murge e la cava ad orme di dinosauro di Lama Balice
AIONArchStAnt, N.S. 29, Napoli 2022, 2023
The proposed work offers a brief reflection on the ancient city of Abellinum (Atripalda, Province... more The proposed work offers a brief reflection on the ancient city of Abellinum (Atripalda, Province of Avellino, Campania Region, Italy). It organises the available data, both bibliographic and archival, and integrates them with new results from the project “Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell’antico centro irpino”, carried out by the University of Salerno, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Salerno e Avellino and with the municipality of Atripalda. The project starts in 2019 with the aim of expanding the knowledge base on the ancient city of Abellinum and creating a cultural ecosystem: the historical data are thus related to the vegetation and environmental survey, geomorphological analysis, and topographical study for a reconstruction
of the ancient landscape.The development of the ancient city and the urban landscape are presented in chronological order, reflecting the main historical events: in this analysis, some new data are proposed that contribute to the reconstruction of the settlement pattern, urban tissue and occupation phases of the context.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2023
The ancient site of Nuceriola, located along the Appian Way near Benevento, Italy represents an i... more The ancient site of Nuceriola, located along the Appian Way near Benevento, Italy represents an interesting case study for research into settlement patterns in the region of Samnium (modern Sannio). The site was occupied between the 4th c. BCE and the 6th c. CE and there has been no significant post-antique reuse. It is now a key focus of concentration for the Ancient Appia Landscapes Project of the University of Salerno, in particular in relation to its themes of Roman expansion in the Mid-Republican period, rural settlement types, and ancient road networks. This article presents the result of photographic interpretation based on existing and newly carried out aerial photography. These data, when combined with the results of excavation, of geophysical work and of surface survey, produce a composite picture of the organization of the settlement. This allows us to propose a tentative reconstruction that adds to what is still a relatively narrow understanding of the minor settlements of this part of Samnium.
OTIVM. Archeologia e Cultura del Mondo Antico, 2024
The Samnite and Roman defensive systems in the Irpinian area are far fewer in number than in neig... more The Samnite and Roman defensive systems in the Irpinian area are far fewer in number than in neighbouring Samnium and Lucania. However, it is necessary to know these sites, their purposes and times of occupation in order to understand the settlement dynamics that characterised the Irpinian territory at a crucial moment in its history, between the 4 th and 1 st centuries BC. This paper analyses fortifications first of all from the point of view of location choice, typology, construction techniques and building materials; then, the defensive systems are also compared with some archaeological data on peopling dynamics emerging from recent research on the Irpinian landscapes. An overview of these contexts is therefore proposed, highlighting some suggestive and sometimes recurring features that may open up new research topics. At the end of the paper, the overview is completed by some considerations on the representations of defensive walls on a particular type of reliefs: models of city gates and towers from the same territorial contexts.
Minerals, 2022
Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern I... more Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern Italy) represents a tangible testimony to the influence of the Roman civilization in Irpinia. At the site, where the remains of the public area of the town are preserved, archaeological excavations unearthed a monumental Pompeian domus, likely owned by Marcus Vipsanius Primigenius, a freedman of Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus. The rooms preserved fine wall paintings of 3rd and 4th Pompeian style,
reflecting the social status of the owner. From four rooms overlooking the peristyle, eight specimens of decorated plasters were collected, and petrographic and spectroscopic analyses were carried out to investigate the plastering and painting technology. Thin sections of all plasters depicted a multilayer technology, although differences in mix designs of the supports were highlighted. Some samples are pozzolanic plasters, containing volcanic aggregate, others can be classified as cocciopesto because of the presence of ceramic fragments mixed to the volcanic aggregate. Finally, the presence of marble powder also permitted the identification of marmorino. Moreover, the pigments, applied using a fresco or lime-painting techniques, consist of pure or mixed Fe- and Cu-based pigments to obtain yellow, orange, red, pink, and blue decorations.
This paper describes the results of the damage diagnosis performed on Ponte Rotto, a Roman bridge... more This paper describes the results of the damage diagnosis performed on Ponte Rotto, a Roman bridge on the ancient Appia way located close to the city of Benevento (southern Italy). Despite it can be considered one of the most important remains of this type of monument in Campania region, the bridge was abandoned for centuries, being in a rather poor state of conservation; therefore, an accurate damage diagnosis has been carried out using an interdisciplinary approach, in order to plan conservative, preventive and restoration work for the requalification of this archaeological heritage. Photogrammetric survey and damage diagnosis following the Fitzner’s method allowed identifying and quantifying the geomaterials adopted for the construction of the bridge and the weathering forms affecting it. Georeferenced orthoimages permitted the mapping of their areal distribution, the definition of the damage categories, and the estimation of the linear and progressive damage indexes, that reveale...
International Journal of Conservation Science, 2016
Domus of Octavius Quartio occupies the entire insula 2 of Region II in Pompeii, representing one ... more Domus of Octavius Quartio occupies the entire insula 2 of Region II in Pompeii, representing one of the most important village of this archaeological site. An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted in order to plan conservative, preventive and restoration actions aimed at the requalification of Pompeii within the frame of "Grande Progetto Pompei" program. 3D Laser scanner surveys and damage diagnosis following Fitzner's method were carried out. The identification and description of weathering forms was carried out using ICOMOS-ISCS and NorMaL 1/88 recommendations, readapted and reinterpreted also for frescoes. Ten different weathering forms were identified; the frescoed room and the fountain are mainly affected by fissures, convex deformations, lacuna, efflorescence, discoloration, moist areas and patinas; the surrounding wall shows back weathering due to the disaggregation of bedding mortars; moreover the blocks are interested by rounding and biological colonization (lichens). Mapping the areal distribution of weathering forms and defining the damage categories, allowed an estimation of the linear and progressive damage index. Actually, a good conservation state of frescoed room (1.5-2.0) and fountain (0.7-1.2) was identified; a definitely worse conservation state, instead, was observed in the external wall, where the highest progressive damage index value (3) was measured.
Marchi M. L. (a cura di), Via Appia Regina Viarum. Ricerche, contesti, valorizzazione, Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Melfi – Venosa 2017), Venosa , 2019
Forma Urbis, Anno XXI, n. 9, 2016
Atti del I Convegno "Dialoghi sull'Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo" (Paestum, 7-9 Settembre 2016), 2017
Percorsi. Scritti di Archeologia di e per Angela Pontrandolfo, Pandemos, Paestum-Salerno, 2017
The use of geophysical methods in metrology is a significant tool within the wide research topic ... more The use of geophysical methods in metrology is a significant tool within the wide research topic of landscape archaeology context. Since 2011, the Ancient Appia Landscapes Project aims to recognize dynamics, shapes and layout of the ancient settlement located along the Appia road east of Benevento, and cyclical elements and human activities that influenced the choice of landscapes. The integration of geophysical data with an archaeological infra-site analysis allowed us to investigate the area of Masseria Grasso, about 6 km from Benevento (Campania region, Italy). In this framework, an archaeogeophysical approach (Geomagnetic and Ground Penetrating Radar) was adopted for detecting anomalies potentially correlated with buried archaeological evidences. The geomagnetic results have given a wide knowledge of buried features in a large survey highlighting significant anomalies associated with the presence of buildings, roads and open spaces. These geophysi-cal results permitted us to define the first archaeological excavations and, successively, a detailed Ground Penetrating Radar approach has been provided highlighting the rooms and paved spaces. The overlap between archaeological dataset and geophysical surveys has also allowed recognizing the path of the ancient Appia road near the city of Benevento and hypothesize the settlement organization of the investigated area, which has been identified with the ancient Nuceriola.
Abstract L'archeologia ha sviluppato metodi, strumenti, tecnologie in grado di cogliere le sfide ... more Abstract
L'archeologia ha sviluppato metodi, strumenti, tecnologie in grado di cogliere le sfide che la società contemporanea pone in materia di pianificazione del tessuto urbano e territoriale, puntando alla salvaguardia del Patrimonio culturale a partire dal concetto di sviluppo locale sostenibile e in direzione di una possibile nuova stagione di dialogo tra esperti, appaltatori, enti amministrativi e abitanti. Tuttavia, non mancano le difficoltà di attuazione, sia a causa di una legislazione in parte carente che per l'ancora complicato rapporto con i pianificatori, che vedono spesso il patrimonio culturale più come un ostacolo che come una risorsa. Il presente contributo vuole proporre degli spunti di riflessione sull'impatto che un'archeologia " globale " dei paesaggi può avere nella crescita ecosostenibile e nelle politiche di tutela e valorizzazione di quello che si configura sempre di più come Eredità culturale collettiva. Tale approccio viene illustrato attraverso la presentazione della cartografia tematica archeologica redatta per il Piano Urbanistico Comunale (PUC) di Carinola (CE), contesto storicamente complesso e con notevoli criticità ambientali. Nowadays Archaeology has developed methods, tools and technologies useful to deal with actual challenges of urban and spatial planning ; Archaeologists are working towards the preservation of the Cultural Heritage in the perspective of a local sustainable development, which could activate a new season of debate between specialists, territorial authorities and local actors. However, the implementation of this point of view deal with a still lacking legislation and a complex relationship with the planners, which often see the Cultural Heritage more as an obstacle than as a resource. The present essay offers considerations about the impact that a " global " landscapes archaeology could have in a sustainable growth and preservation policies of what is emerging as a collective cultural heritage. Such approach will be described through the thematic archaeological Cartography edited for the Piano Urbanistico Comunale (PUC) di Carinola (CE), a historical context with considerable environmental features. * Il contributo è frutto di riflessioni congiunte; si devono, in particolare, a Alfonso Santoriello le riflessioni di carattere generale, a Daniela Musmeci e Cristiano Benedetto De Vita le considerazioni e le prospettive contesto campione e l'apparato bibliografico di riferimento.
– The use of geophysical methods and techniques and a metrological approach are significant eleme... more – The use of geophysical methods and techniques and a metrological approach are significant elements within the wide research of landscape archaeology carried out since 2010 in the area east of the town of Benevento: the Ancient Appia Project. The integrated and global approach allowed to study the presence, the shape and the layout of prehistorical, Samnitic and Roman settlement located along the Appia road, and the cyclical elements and human activities that influenced the vocation of landscapes. The overlap of archaeological dataset and geophysical surveys and the recent digs have allowed also to recognize the path of an ancient road in Masseria Grasso area, perfectly integrated within the rural structures.
L’interesse per la media valle del Tammaro fornisce fondamento a una ricerca che si pone come obi... more L’interesse per la media valle del Tammaro fornisce fondamento a una ricerca che si pone come obiettivo la ricostruzione dei paesaggi antichi e dei sistemi insediativi in un contesto rurale di importanza storica e archeologica per la comprensione delle vicende del Sannio interno.
Il volume ricompone un quadro organico delle principali vicende che si sono succedute tra Repubblica e Tarda Antichità, armonizzanduna documentazione non sempre omogenea, ma ogni volta valutata in rapporto all’affidabilità e alla qualità delle informazioni, e arricchendola di nuove conoscenze grazie ad un approccio di carattere globale alla realtà territoriale.
Si materializzano, così, le tappe fondamentali del popolamento e le immagini di quei processi insediativi che hanno interessato nel corso del tempo la media valle del Tammaro; la ricostruzione si snoda su piani diacronici coerenti con quei macro fenomeni storici che hanno plasmato, con forme di continuità e di discontinuità, quest’area di confine, liminare tra la colonia latina di Beneventum e i Ligures Baebiani
Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern I... more Situated on the left bank of the Sabato river, the city of Abellinum (Campania region, southern Italy) represents a tangible testimony to the influence of the Roman civilization in Irpinia. The archaeological evidences (e.g. city walls, Forum, baths, a domus, amphitheatre, tombs) are located mostly on and around the Civita hill, where it is also possible to identify some structures connected to the water distribution system of the city.
Abellinum was, and it is still today, served by the Augustan Serino-Beneventum aqueduct. This infrastructure is part of the big Augustan project concerning also the better-known Aqua Augusta Campaniae.
In Abellinum the hydraulic structures already known are a section of the aqueduct and the big natatio of a domus. Latest investigations, carried out by the DISPAC (University of Salerno) within the project Progetto Abellinum. Piano per la conoscenza, la tutela e la valorizzazione dell’antico centro irpino, made possible to increase the knowledge of the distribution solutions adopted in the city.
The discovery of a piezometric tower and of a fountain’s element is something yet unpublished. Both evidences are situated in public areas: the former, realized with bricks, is situated along one of the cardines of the town. Meanwhile, the fountain sculpted element has been found at the crossroads with the major decumanus and a cardo. These findings, linked to the already known infrastructures, allow to make a new and wider reflection on the methods of water distribution within the Roman Abellinum.