Using GIS to reconstruct the Roman centuriated landscape in the low Padua plain (Italy) (original) (raw)

The paper deals with the application of Geographical Information Systems to landscape archaeological studies and, in particular, with their use in those researches that follow an archaeomorphological approach, outlining their analytical potential especially for what concerns the study of ancient land divisions. The case study presented here, is specifically about the contribution that such Systems can bring to the archaeomorphological study of a wide stretch of the alluvial plain extended to the south of the city of Padua: in this area, the analysis of landscape morphologies highlights the traces of ancient territorial structurations organized by orthogonal axes that could be recognised as land divisions carried out during Roman times.