Stefano Campana

Università degli Studi di Siena | UNISI · Department of History and Cultural Heritage

Remote and near surface sensing data are widely used in archaeology and heritage management for feature discovery, change detection and monitoring, as an input to predictive modelling, and in the planning process. While global and regional datasets are widely used for some purposes, data are regularly acquired specifically for archaeological projec...

The aims of agricultural land management change continuously, reflecting shifts in wider societal priorities. Currently, these include addressing the climate crisis, promoting environmental sustainability, and supporting the livelihoods of rural communities while ensuring food security. Working toward these aims requires information on the characte...

Objectives: Our objective was to identify the relationship between biocultural factors of sex-gender and age and patterns of femoral cross-sectional geometry with historical evidence about labor and activity from an archeological skeletal sample excavated from the rural Medieval site Pieve di Pava. Materials and methods: The study site, Pieve di...

In the past two decades, airborne LiDAR technology has revolutionized archaeological prospecting in wooded areas (in particular in Central Europe, UK, Central America and Southeastern Asia), generally with outstanding results. On the contrary, Airborne LiDAR case studies in Mediterranean environments, whilst characterized by a significant overall w...

Objective This study aims to investigate the following aspects: i) presence of activity-induced dental modifications (AIDMs) in a medieval population from Pieve di Pava (Siena, central Italy); ii) sex-specific and age-specific distribution of AIDMs in the sample; iii) potential correlations between AIDMs and the traditional activities and cultural...

La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livel...

Airborne LiDAR technology has become an essential tool in archaeology during the last two decades since it allows archaeologists to measure and map items or structures that would otherwise be hidden under vegetation. In order to detect and characterise the archaeological evidence, it is a common practice to extract accurate digital terrain models (...

Armed conflicts frequently result in the damage or destruction of archaeological heritage. The occupation by ISIS of parts of Iraq and Syria is no exception. Here, the authors present the results of work focused on Nineveh, as part of a wider research initiative to monitor damage inflicted by ISIS at archaeological sites in northern Iraq. Combining...

Objective: This study aims to assess chronic maxillary sinusitis in an osteoarchaeological sample from the medieval rural site of Pieve di Pava (central Italy), to investigate triggers responsible for sinus inflammation, and to compare prevalence rates with coeval European rural sites. Materials: The analysis focused on 145 10th-12th-century adu...

This article discusses the application and implications of magnetic prospection within two complex early mediaeval sites of the 5th–10th centuries BCE in northern Spain, at Aistra and Peña Amaya in the Upper Ebro Valley. In this period most sites displaying domestic and other forms of occupation present multifaceted and challenging problems due to...

Stone monuments occupy a significant role in the world's cultural heritage. These monuments and their artistic intricacies are the exhibits, which shed light on the ancient cultural heritage of the country. The severe damages and loss of these monuments due to environmental conditions, climatic factors etc. are on the increase. Especially in ancien...

As part of the 2010 and 2012 field seasons at the site of Çatalhöyük, geophysical survey was conducted with the aim of mapping parts of the subsurface remains at the site. While extensive excavations have been conducted on the East Mound, a considerable part of the area of this mound is still largely unknown in terms of the presence of archaeologic...

This session continues ongoing discussion of the changes that are happening in archaeological field prospection today, specifically further development of GNSS that helps to navigate in the landscape, and the possibility to bring your GIS into the field via Mobile GIS. During the session, we will continue prior discussion of the contemporary role o...

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to create field documentation using only your mobile phone? Can you imagine that you have just one tool to measure coordinates, take photos, create 3D models, plan your drone path and fill in the artefact database? Well, it seems that we are on the edge of a technological revolution: in the next few years, w...

CAA 2018 Krakow call for papers; DEADLINE 14.10.2018 Abstract: Have you ever wondered if it is possible to create field documentation using only your mobile phone? Can you imagine that you have just one tool to measure coordinates, take photos, create 3D models, plan your drone path and fill in the artefact database? Well, it seems that we are on...

This book addresses the true 'landscape' perspective approach that archaeologists in Italy, and in many parts of the Mediterranean, use to study the archaeology of landscapes, marking a departure from the traditional site-based approach. The aim of the book is to promote the broader application of new paradigms for landscape analysis, combining tra...

Chapter 1 focuses on the state-of-the-art in archaeological survey around the Mediterranean, highlighting the gap between the development and application of archaeological research in urban and formerly-urban areas as compared with the less often explored challenges of the open countryside. Starting with the development of landscape studies and sur...

Here, an attempt has been made to link up prehistoric human settlements along with fluctuations in climate and sea-level along the central west coast of India during the late-Quaternary. Ancient human settlements seems to be very few which are mainly reported from banks of rivers and laterite plateaus ~50m above the current sea-level. This was prob...

The Emptyscapes project is an interdisciplinary programme designed to stimulate new developments in Italian landscape archaeology. It achieves this through the integration of traditional approaches with multidisciplinary studies, to which are added the relatively new techniques of large-scale geophysical survey, airborne laser scanning and geo-envi...

Rachel Opitz , Marcello Mogetta & Nicola Terrenato (ed.). A mid-Republican house from Gabii. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 978-0-472-99900-2, https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9231782$150. - Volume 91 Issue 359 - Stefano Campana

In addition to traditional platforms for low-level remote sensing (balloons, kites, etc.) new and more complex automated systems [unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones] have become available in the last decade. The success and market expansion of these platforms has been a driving force in the development of active and passive sensors specifica...

The 1990s will probably be remembered in the history archaeology as the age of GIS. At that time, the introduction of digital technology in archaeological research was in its infancy. Software and hardware had only a limited capacity to integrate the range and complexity of information involved in the archaeological process. Inthe following decade,...

The present contribution discusses the so-called ‘third wave’ of archaeological survey, drawing attention to the wide gap between the development and implementation or archaeological research within townscapes as compared with rural landscapes in the Mediterranean area. The first part of the discussion summarises the development of landscape studie...

The paper presents and discusses results from the integration of various methods of geophysical prospection on the plateau between the Via Appia and the Via Ardeatina on the ancient suburb of Rome. The use of large-scale magnetometry, georadar and electromagnetic survey in an area of particularly dense archaeological remains is a highly effective m...

The work is related with reality-based 3D modelling and monument analysis. In this project we stressed the importance to use 3D technologies as a tool to improve archaeological research and to increase the production of information from archaeological data to 4D analysis and interpretation. The object of our research is a "nuraghe", a typical megal...

Geophysical prospection on 14 ha integrates the processing and interpretation of vertical multispectral and oblique aerial images for uncovering the archaeology of the Roman city of Altinum. This Iron Age and Roman harbour city was completely abandoned in the early Middle Ages, when people moved to nearby lagoon islands, and so the site is particul...

The research is focused on 3D modelling applied to Archaeology of Architecture. The case study is the church of Sant'Alberto, Asciano (Siena). Both the interior and exterior were deepened using a terrestrial laser scanner and high resolution images were acquired to create a photorealistic model. This has been the basis for archaeological analysis a...

The work presented in this contribution forms part of the BREBEMI project, in reaction to a major motorway construction development linking the towns of Brescia, Bergamo and Milan in northern Italy for a total length of about 120 km. For the first time in Italy a set of non-invasive procedures was used systematically in order to reduce archaeologic...

The Orcia Valley, in central Italy, has been a World Heritage site since 2004. It has also been the subject of a long-term programme of landscape and archaeological research by the University of Siena since the mid-1990s. The aim has been to establish a diachronic understanding of cultural, social, economic and physical transformations in the Valle...

History of archaeological excavations Archaeological analysis of architecture History of architecture a b s t r a c t The team has considered the special status of the Basilica of Bethlehem, which is not just a monument of outstanding historic and artistic importance, but also and fundamentally a holy place, that has long been and is still perceive...

The 6(th) archaeological excavation campaign performed at the 'Pieve di Pava' (San Giovanni d'Asso, Siena, Italy) unearthed a privileged stone burial of a single individual (US 2378), covered by a monolithic slab and placed in front of an altar. The skeletal remains of a young male (18-20 years old), not in anatomical connection, were found at the...

The paper presents the experience and in particular two case studies of 3D recording undertaken by two laboratories of the University of Siena, Italy (LAP&T and LAAUM). The case studies focus respectively on landscape and on historical building recording. The paper describes the first step in a new approach to the documentation and interpretation o...

Contested monasteries in Lombard Tuscany: the case of San Pietro d’Asso, Montalcino (Siena). The excavation of San Pietro d’Asso (July 2010) discovered an eighth- to fourteenth century settlement with a monastery and an incomplete hilltop castle. This site is located about 15 km from the church of San Pietro di Pava at San Giovanni d’Asso, an ongoi...

The excavation of San Pietro d'Asso (July 2010) discovered an eighth- to fourteenth century settlement with a monastery and an incomplete hilltop castle. This site is located about 15 km from the church of San Pietro di Pava at San Giovanni d'Asso, an ongoing excavation of the University of Siena. San Pietro ad Asso is a project that sheds addition...

A Ground‐penetrating Radar (GPR) survey can enhance the quantity and quality of information when applied to archaeological prospection. The potential of the GPR method lies both in its relevance to a wide range of site conditions and the complementary nature of the data in comparison with other geophysical methods. The areas described in this paper...

The landscape of Scarlino (Grosseto, Italy) has been studied by the Department of Archaeology (University of Siena) since 1979. The archaeological site was identified in vertical air photos, but the unavailability of GPS devices at the time made location in the field difficult. Aerial photo analysis allowed us to interpret the evidence as a triple...

The work presented in this contribution forms part of the BREBEMI project, which was set up in response to a major motorway proposal (about 120 km in length) linking the towns of Brescia, Bergamo and Milan in northern Italy. Within this project, for the first time in Italy, a set of non‐invasive procedures is used systematically in order to reduce...

In Italy there is growing debate about the methods that can or should be adopted within the fields of preventive and rescue archaeology in the face of major infrastructure projects. Greater immediacy has been added by the potential (but not yet fully realised) impact of new domestic legislation dealing with procedures to be adopted to assess the po...

I paesaggi archeologici che tentiamo di comprendere e per certi versi di ricostruire appartengono all’ambito territoriale dalla Val d’Orcia e dalla Val d’Asso. In quest’area di circa 670 km2 le ricerche archeologiche di superficie del Dipartimento di Archeologia dell’Università di Siena sono iniziate nel 1995. Dal 2000 sono subentrate le attività d...

The work illustrates the surveying of a small but spectacular Romanesque church close to the castle of San Giovanni d’Asso (Siena, Italy). Using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and image-based techniques, a complete 3D model of the interior and exterior of the church was produced. . TLS was employed for the interior of the church, which consists o...

The area described in this article was ‘detected’ by the Laboratory for Landscape Archeology and Remote Sensing,Universityof Sienaresearch teamduringaerialprospectionin spring 2005.Analysis of the aerial photographs allowed interpretation of the site as a triple-ditched enclosure.During subsequent field-walkingsurveyanumberofarchaeologicalartefacts...

In this paper we report on our latest research work in capturing 3D geometrical information of heritage monuments. The work is illustrated through a case study from Tuscany, a small but spectacular Romanesque church close to the castle of San Giovanni d'Asso (Siena, Italy). Using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and image-based techniques we were a...

The place name Aiali is sited on lowland between the medieval town of Grosseto and the Roman town of Roselle in central Italy (Fig. 1). The site was detected from the air during the Aerial Figure 1. Localization of the investigated area.

Archaeological mapping shares affinities with topographical mapping but there are also significant differences. This contribution will concentrate on two basic aspects: differences in the scale of representation, and the question of archaeological visibility. The traditional subdivision between micro, semi-micro, mid- and macro scale tends to omit...

During the International Summer School electrical measurements have been collected employing Syscal Pro system. This instrument was very useful to train the students on the fi eld but unfortunately also extremely slow compared to the size of the sample areas and the resolution needed for archaeological tasks. The problem lies in the fact that we di...

Plate 27. Geophysical survey at Aiali-test site. From top left: Gps SIR 3000; GSSI Terravision (Geostudi Astier); Helmut Becker using the magnetometer GEM Overhouser; Foerster DLG Kartograph multi-probe gradiometer; fi eld lecture; survey with the electomagnetometer EM-31; setting up the electomagnetometer EM-38 before survey; EM-38 survey; Gianfra...

For the purpose of magnetic prospecting a highly automated system consisting of a 4-Foersterprobes (Ferex DLG) on a chart with GPS and a Overhauser magnetometer (GSM-19) were applied in the same grid. At the time of the summer school there was no caesium-magnetometer system available. Therefore the whole area had been remeasured some weeks later wi...

Firstly, it is necessary to stress the very clear difference in the map between the amorphous concentrations provided by the fi eld-walking surface-collection data and the integrated results of the remote sensing techniques (Plate 30 and Fig. 1). The integration of the various techniques enriches the resulting information both quantitavely and qual...

Prompted by the increasing requirement for the fast but precise and detailed digital documenta-tion of archaeological excavations and heritage artifacts, in this article we report our latest experience in capturing detailed 3D geometric information of two sites in Tuscany, Italy, using the image-based approach. We present a 3D recording workflow, b...

ricostruzione dello spazio dipendente dalla pieve bat-tesimale di San Pietro in Pava in Val d'Asso è possibile, per la fase altomedievale (inizio del secolo VIII), grazie alla disponi-bilità dei documenti relativi alla contesa fra i vescovi di Siena e di Arezzo. La contesa nota archivisticamente a partire dalla metà del VII secolo si è protratta pe...

Seeing the unseen: Geophysics and landscape archaeology is a collection of papers presented at the advanced XV International Summer School in Archaeology ‘Geophysics for Landscape Archaeology’ (Grosseto, Italy, 10-18 July 2006). Bringing together the experience of some of the world’s greatest experts in the field of archaeological prospection, the...