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Archaeological settings are intrinsically dynamic, undergoing transformations over time that significantly impact the archaeological record. These changes result from both deliberate human interventions and natural degradation processes. Post-depositional phenomena often distort our understanding of ancient contexts, complicating the identification...
Archaeological contexts are extremely
dynamic, undergoing changes over time that
profoundly alter the archaeological record, both due
to intentional human manipulation and natural
degradation phenomena. These post-depositional
phenomena distort our perception of ancient contexts,
often making it difficult to recognize the original
arrangement and t...
I rinvenimenti di forme vascolari fittili rappresentano la gran parte dei reperti raccolti in scavi di
abitati protostorici, ma sono sempre caratterizzati da un alto grado di frammentarietà. Gli interventi
di restauro tradizionale hanno costi elevati e tempi lunghi; l’alternativa può essere rappresentata dal
restauro digitale. Questa opzione consen...
This article presents a multidisciplinary approach that integrates traditional archaeological methods of investigation with new high-resolution and photorealistic 3D scanning techniques to study the great patrimony of Greek and South Italian vases belonging to various museum collections in the Veneto region. The goal is to create a digital system t...
This chapter presents a pilot study aimed at investigating the morphological and
morphometric characteristics of a selection of engravings located on the vertical walls of the Assa Valley (Asiago Plateau, Vicenza, Italy). 3D data acquired via Structured-Light Scanner was used to create textured 3D models with micrometric resolution. Morphometric da...
The burials of the necropolis of Piovego (PD) have been subjected in the past years to processual research to reconstruct the post-depositional dynamics, thus providing a two-dimensional reconstruction of the original structure of the graves. The goal of this research is to define a new methodology on burial 22 of the necropolis, to replicate in ot...
In this work, we will describe the application of the Extended Matrix Framework (EMF) to the 3D reconstruction of the temple on the Roman forum of Nora. EMF represents a specific section of the Extended Matrix (EM) method, developed by the VHLab of the CNR ISPC (Rome), dedicated to the development of software solutions for 3D data management in the...
The hypogea of the Punic necropolis of Nora represented a testing ground for the use of photogrammetry as an archaeological survey tool in a highly critical context, both from the point of view of the survey itself and from the point of view of the understanding and dissemination of the underground evidence. The study describes the acquisition tech...
The Swat valley (Pakistan) has always been considered an important center of Gandhara art. Due to the unfavourable conditions, this artistic phenomenon has long been almost ignored or underestimated, but its documentation is essential for study the symbolism of the figures, their spatial organization, their stylistic variation and their conservativ...
ABSTRACT - In the past it was customary to use coins as pendants, simply by piercing them or by adopting more complex solutions to transform them into devotional or decorative objects; in modern and contemporary times this practice has returned thanks sometimes to the use of more advanced techniques, such as brazing a peg or a ring on the edge of t...
Digital technologies based on 3D models are always more used to document archaeological remains and obtain hypothetical reconstructions when these remains are more or less heavily damaged. This work addresses the case of remains of ancient musical instruments, and in particular the case study of a brass instrument from the Roman Empire period, foun...
The SIMBIO-SYS (Spectrometer and Imaging for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem) is a complex instrument suite part of the scientific payload of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter for the BepiColombo mission, the last of the cornerstone missions of the European Space Agency (ESA) Horizon + science program.The SIMBIO-SYS instrument will provid...
The microphotogrammetric survey of the roman emperor Maximianus Herculeus’ medallion, described in this report, demonstrated that, despite the use of an “old” and, nowadays, “low cost” camera sensor it is still possible to obtain a detailed 3D textured model useful for different scientific purposes and virtual enhancement. Here are presented the ph...
With recent advancements on 3D sensors and cloud computing, high-speed, high-accuracy 3D measurement at micrometer level have been increase by scientists community and digital humanities researchers.The methodology proposed in this project aims to test some of the algorithms used in remote-sensing to the Buddhist sculptures from Swat Valley (Pakist...
A small Roman mirror, made up of a square lead frame and a convex reflective glass surface, was recently recovered in Padua in a grave dating back to the second half of the 2nd century AD. It was investigated with a multidisciplinary approach. During restoration, the artefact was dismantled, its individual components cleaned, consolidated and then...
This paper focuses on a GIS-based spatial analysis dealing with the Roman-Byzantine routes of central Cappadocia, Turkey. Taking into consideration the various typologies of settlements and their distribution within that region, we approached the issue from an operational research perspective. The spatial analysis started from a meta-heuristic algo...
In Cappadocia (central Turkey), routes that were only of a secondary importance during the Roman age acquired a new relevance starting from the end of the 7th century. In this framework, to what extent did the archaeological evidence match the picture recalled by the written sources? To address this question, the relationship between movement and v...
The great amount of data that will be produced during the imaging of Mercury by the stereo camera (STC) of the BepiColombo mission needs a compromise with the restrictions imposed by the band downlink that could drastically reduce the duration and frequency of the observations. The implementation of an on-board real time data compression strategy p...
This paper presents ongoing work aimed at realizing an interactive museum installation that aids museum visitors learn about a musical instrument that is part of the exhibit: an exceptionally well preserved ancient Pan flute, most probably of Greek origins. The paper first discusses the approach to non-invasive analysis on the instrument, which was...
The great amount of data that will be produced during the imaging of Mercury by the stereo camera (STC) of the BepiColombo mission
needs a compromise with the restrictions imposed by the band downlink that could drastically reduce the duration and frequency of
the observations. The implementation of an on-board real time data compression strategy p...
The great amount of data that will be produced during the imaging of Mercury by the stereo camera (STC) of the BepiColombo mission needs a compromise with the restrictions imposed by the band downlink that could drastically reduce the duration and frequency of the observations. The implementation of an on-board real time data compression strategy p...
Traditional survey techniques are, very often, “not enough” to analyse and enhance epigraphical finds when bad state of preservation, incision on irregular surface, dimension and shape, arrangement in museum are important factors that must be taken in account.
The innovative approach exploit widespread of mobile devices and it integrates 3D texture...
The research group with the responsibility of the STereo Camera (STC) for the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury,
has realized an innovative and compact camera design in which the light collected independently by two optical channels
at ±20° with respect to the nadir direction converges on unique bidimensional detector. STC will provide the 3Dmappi...
The research group with the responsibility of the STereo Camera (STC) for the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury,
has realized an innovative and compact camera design in which the light collected independently by two optical channels
at ±20° with respect to the nadir direction converges on unique bidimensional detector. STC will provide the 3Dmappi...
The research group with the responsibility of the STereo Camera (STC) for the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury,
has realized an innovative and compact camera design in which the light collected independently by two optical channels
at ±20° with respect to the nadir direction converges on unique bidimensional detector. STC will provide the 3Dmappi...
The research group with the responsibility of the STereo Camera (STC) for the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury,
has realized an innovative and compact camera design in which the light collected independently by two optical channels
at ±20° with respect to the nadir direction converges on unique bidimensional detector. STC will provide the 3Dmappi...
The research is part of Aquae Patavinae project and it deals the study of territorial transformation in Monteortone (Abano Terme), during different phases of settlement, connected to exploitation of thermal resources. The focus of attention is on period between XVI and XIX century, that gives a lot of cartographic documentation. The methodological...
This paper presents the early developments of a recently started research project, aimed at studying from a mul- tidisciplinary perspective an exceptionally well preserved ancient pan flute. A brief discussion of the history and iconography of pan flutes is provided, with a focus on Clas- sical Greece. Then a set of non-invasive analyses are pre- s...
This paper presents the early developments of a recently started research project, aimed at studying from a multidisciplinary perspective an exceptionally well preserved ancient Pan flute. A brief discussion of the history and iconography of pan flutes is provided, with a focus on Classical Greece. Then a set of non-invasive analyses are presented,...
We report the results of detailed imaging studies of the inner structure of a terracotta female figurine dated to the 6th millennium BC, most probably from the Lakes region of Turkey, now kept at the National Museum of Oriental Art “Giuseppe Tucci”, Rome. The figurine was investigated with advanced CT scanning, recording 966 transversal sections. E...
The paper presents the results of experimental laboratory tests performed on a three-leaf stone masonry wall coated by a plaster simulating various compositions and finishing works, aimed at pointing out the influence of execution techniques on the adhesion of frescoes connected to structural elements under loading. In particular, the wall was subj...
This paper deals with the scientific survey of Remo Brindisi's painting “Ragazzo seduto” (Seated boy), made at the end of the 1950s, that is a symbolic figure of both his personal artistic solitude and the crisis of values determined by the economic boom in the post-war period. In a period of great changes and economic regrowth, the need to find a...
A lead medal attributed to Antonio Averlino known as Filarete, with a portrait of Caesar, is preserved in the Gabinetto Numismatico of the Museo Civico Correr of Venice. This unicum presents oxidation coatings on both sides, so it was included in a restoration project of the Foundation of the Venetian Civic Museums. Through the acquisition of the o...
The Stereo Camera (STC) of the SIMBIO-SYS imaging suite of the
BepiColombo ESA mission to Mercury is based on an innovative and compact
design in which the light independently collected by two optical
channels at +/-20° separation with respect to nadir falls on a
common bidimensional detector. STC adopts a novel stereo acquisition
mode, based on th...
Laser scanning methodology which has been used in different sectors, allow surveying an object by means of very dense and accurate point clouds acquisitions. The alignment and co-registration in a defined reference system allow generating a D model of the object, with the possibility to associate the radiometric information useful in many applicati...
The advantages of no-contact methods of acquisition in the field of Cultural Heritage are numerous: from the generation of a photorealistic virtual model to the measurements of details.
In this paper the optical acquisition and the 3D laser scanning of a perimortal fracture of a skull, dated between the media and recent Bronze Age, are presented. T...
Laser scanning methodology allows to reconstruct the metric characteristics of objects at different LOD (Level Of Detail) providing spatially dense points clouds. In particular, the terrestrial application carried out in the last years have demonstrated the potentialities of the methodology useful in many different sectors. This tecnique has been u...
Actually scientific research in the human disciplines has been looking with growing interest towards virtual reconstruction of cultural heritage objects and handiworks, and in particular towards those which are dismembered or broken, with the specific aim of virtual anastylosis and virtual conservation of them. In this paper, we present the virtual...
The aim of this study was to assess, by a digital photogrammetric technique, the relative dimensional changes before and after rapid maxillary expansion (RME). The transverse diameters and volumetric variations of the palate were measured by photogrammetry on study casts taken at three different phases of therapy: at the beginning of treatment (T1)...
The paper deals with the behaviour of slopes subjected to increasing loads applied to the soil surface just behind the crest. To this end a new fully-automatic small scale 1 g physical model has been recently built to reproduce a plain-strain state within a granular soil slope. Two relatively new measurement technologies, namely particle image velo...
BepiColombo is the cornerstone n.5 of ESA, and it will be launched on August 2013. It is composed by two modules: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and with a suite of instruments which shall allow to perform observations with a level of details considerably improved respect to the NASA's Messenger mi...
In this paper some experiences about the integration of panoramic imaging and terrestrial laser scanning surveys are presented. The main goal is to produce documentation with metric information for the cultural heritage panoramic navigation; furthermore, a subordinate result is to use cheap and user-friendly 3-dimensional images for a wide range of...
MEMORIS (MErcury Moderate Resolution Imaging System) is a wide angle camera (WAC) concept for the ESA mission BepiColombo. The main scientific objectives consist of observing the whole surface of Mercury in the spectral range of 400–1000 nm, with a spatial resolution of 50 m per pixel at peri-Herm (400 km) and 190 m at apo-Herm (1500 km). It will o...
In this paper, the authors present an experiment performed in Padua, Italy to model a cultural heritage object from multiple range views. This object is Porta Portello, an old monumental door near the University, and has been scanned using the laser scanner Cyrax 2500 from Cyra Technologies. A multi-resolution approach was carried out: 1 cm and 2 c...
In this paper, the authors present an experiment performed in Padua, Italy to model a cultural heritage object from multiple range views. This object is Porta Portello, an old monumental door near the University, and has been scanned using the laser scanner Cyrax 2500 from Cyra Technologies. A multi-resolution approach was carried out: 1 cm and 2 c...
The use of volumetric targets for the automatic merging and orientation of laser scanner acquisitions has been experimented. The used procedure is fully automatic. The targets can also be used for the orientation of photogrammetric acquisitions, and allow to have a synergic coupling of different kinds of surveying. If a calibration grid is used, th...
The laser scanning survey is one of the most updated and growing technique to acquire digital data for the architectural archives, including the cultural heritage applications and the archeological sites documentation. In the last years, many approaches have been proposed integrating digital photogrammetry and image processing algorithms. The laser...
The Neapolitan volcanic district is one of the most important volcanic areas in Italy; for this reason, it is regularly monitored using different geodetical and surveying methods. The aim of using laser scanning in this area is to evaluate the possibilities to get a good quality DTM (Digital Terrain Model) for different applications. Therefore, som...
The TYRGEONET (TYRrhenian GEOdetic NETwork) project was set up in 1990 by a group of institutions from different countries to monitor crustal deformations in the Central Mediterranean area by using geodetic spatial techniques. Because the Central Mediterranean area is interested by a strong geodinamical activity, mainly related to the broad scale c...
The Seismic Network Analyzer project aims at improving by Artificial Intelligence techniques' the performance of automatic systems for seismogram analysis. It closely models the expert seismologist's knowledge and interpretative behavior. The system architecture is based on the blackboard model: several modules (the knowledge sources) cooperate in...
The main objective of the TYRGEONET (TYRrhenian GEOdetic NETwork) project is to perform a geodetic survey by means of the Global Positioning System technique in that region of the Mediterranean area where many geodynamical phenomena, that most influence the evolution of the basin are located. The project supports other researches regarding the dete...