57 research outputs found
Launaro, Alessandro (ed.). 2023. Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions. Oxford: Oxbow Books; 979-8-88857-036-4 paperback £42.
No full textThis is a review of Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions edited by Alessandro Launaro, published in 2023 by Oxbow Books
Forme dell’economia rurale
No full textL"articolo analizza ogni possibile fonte concernente la storia agraria d'Italia nel periodo Flavio; i subseciva, la proprietà imperiale e la crescita demografica e quindi il rapporto capitale/terr
Researching on the margins:Landscape Archaeology in the Polcevera Valley
No full textSince the late 1980s the Laboratory for Ancient Topography of the University of Pisa has been carrying out archaeological surveys within the mountainous area of the Polcevera Valley (North Apennines, Central Liguria).
Towards an appraisal of the ancient history of this landscape it seemed clear that data retrieved from traditional survey approaches (i.e. site-recovery issues) and interpretations based on traditional material classes (i.e. Roman fine-wares) could only emphasise the marginal character of the Valley as related to Rome and its territorial expectations (in fact mirroring the general views expressed by ancient authors about Liguria). At the same time, an outstanding epigraphic source, the Sententia Minuciorum (117 BC), reported of Ligurian economic and social structures, surviving even along a major Roman road (the via Postumia, 148 BC) and preserving a specific way of life.
This paper aims to outlining the distinctive character of the Valley across Antiquity from a more embedded perspective, touching also on both the methodological and interpretative implications that researchers have to face in dealing with such a liminal - marginal landscape
ROCOPOT (ROman COmmonware POTtery) Dataset
No full textA total of 2475 B/W images of Roman pottery profiles from 11 catalogues
(refined with 231 Bases, 278 Handles, 2103 Rims and 248 Rims with handles).
An .xls file containing asoociated metadata is included.
Reference webpage: https://mach.maths.cam.ac.uk/datasets/rocopot/
Associated publication:
S. Parisotto, A. Launaro, N. Leone and C.-B. Schönlieb. Unsupervised clustering of Roman pottery profiles from their SSAE representation. (ArXiv
Bridging the gap. New data on the settlement continuity in Parma from the stone bridge
No full textIl contributo riguarda il c.d. ponte romano di Parma, finora mai interessato da uno studio sistematico e ora accessibile dopo la recente risistemazione dell'area archeologica e il suo inglobamento nel nuovo hub universitario. Il monumento viene esaminato a partire dalle fonti antiche e postantiche, dallo scandaglio della documentazione negli archivi parmensi, dalla sua contestualizzazione al settore urbano per poi arrivare a un nuovo inquadramento alla luce del GIS urbano in corso di realizzazione su Parma e dei recenti dati geoarcheologici, stratigrafici, di chimica-fisica applicata ai beni culturali. L'insieme delle informazioni racccolte, unitamente all'analisi tecnica e al rilevamento del ponte resi possibili dalla sua riapertura, consentono una nuova e originale proposta di lettura dell'edificio
FALERII NOVI (COMUNE DI FABRICA DI ROMA, PROVINCIA DI VITERBO, REGIONE LAZIO)
No full textAs part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded ‘Beneath the Surface of Roman Republican Cities’ project (2015–17), in 2015 our team started a full-coverage ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey of the entire intramural area of the Roman town of Falerii Novi (c. 28 hectares), paired with an assessment of the unpublished pottery from the excavations of 1969–75, in order to further extend our knowledge and understanding of the Roman town and its earlier phases of settlement (Launaro et al., 2016). The 2016 survey fieldwork has increased the total surveyed area to c. 19 hectares, roughly corresponding to two-thirds of the surface to be covered. The sectors so far explored include the central forum, the northern half of the settlement and, to the south, the theatre area
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Hidden histories of Roman towns: seeing beneath the surface of Falerii Novi and Interamna Lirenas
No full textHow can we unpick the development of Roman towns? Even large excavations only open up modest areas, while traditional geophysical survey superimposes countless different phases of activity. Now, Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) has come of age and can provide a virtual slice through the underlying soil. Giovanna Rita Bellini,
Alessandro Launaro, Martin Millett, Lieven Verdocnk, Frank Vermeulen
provide a breathtaking new view of the Roman towns of Falerii Novi and Interamna Lirenas
Yeast flora in oropharynx and rectum mucous membranes of healthy and critically-ill neonatal foals
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