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A Geoarchaeological Survey of the Marine Extension of the Roman Archaeological Site Villa del Pezzolo, Vico Equense, on the Sorrento Peninsula, Italy
No full textThe Roman Villa on the Marina di Equa (Vico Equense, Sorrento Peninsula, Italy), built in the first century A.D., is an important coastal site where the geological effects of the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius are combined with archaeological remains, thus representing an interaction of both human and natural events. At this site, a patrician Roman villa, located at the outlet of a steep V-shaped valley on the northern flank of a ridge in the Lattari Mountains, was completely destroyed by the A.D. 79 eruption and by subsequent mud/debris flows and floods. During these catastrophic events, the villa was rebuilt twice, in the second and third centuries A.D., as shown by archaeological evidence on the beach. A marine geophysical survey was conducted to study the unexplored portion of this archaeological site. A geographical information system (GIS) analysis of integrated geophysical survey data has identified and mapped (in two and three dimensions) the major underwater archaeological structures on and below the seabed in the villa harbor. A map of the ancient port of the Roman villa has been created by correlating the submerged remains with the construction phases of the villa
Supporto galleggiante per l'esplorazione di fondali marini
No full textLa piattaforma ArchaeoSurf è stata ideata e progettata nel Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” e rappresenta una tecnologia innovativa applicata al settore dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio sommerso al fine di favorire lo studio, la conoscenza, la tutela e la fruizione del patrimonio archeologico, ambientale e paesaggistico. ArchaeoSurf è una piattaforma galleggiante smart che consente sia di sostenere in superficie l’utente sia di facilitare lo spostamento autonomo utilizzando le braccia e/o gambe garantendo una visita autonoma in piena libertà. Inoltre, grazie alle moderne tecnologie smart come il sistema di posizionamenti GPS ed i tablet di bordo, l’utente ha la possibilità di navigare nell’area da visitare (tipicamente una Area Marina Protetta o un Parco Archeologico sommerso) visualizzando la propria posizione e le indicazioni (distanza e direzione) da seguire per raggiungere il punto prescelto (waypoint) precedentemente individuato
Historical sea level changes and effects on the coasts of Sorrento Peninsula (Gulf of Naples): New constrains from recent geoarchaeological investigations
No full textSurvey and interpretation of submerged Roman ruins (harbour of Villa di Pezzolo) in the Sorrento Peninsula (S. Italy).
No full textThis paper describes the results of a geoarchaeological survey of the underwater extension (maritime annexes) of Roman villa located on the Arco alluvial plain. The three building phases recognized there (1 predating and 2 post-dating the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79), read in their relations with the local stratigraphy, and geomorphology, permit to reconstruct the coastal change that were induced by the mentioned eruption.
In particular, this paper reports the results of a GIS analysis of off shore data obtained by an integrated geophysical survey. It permitted not only the precise mapping of the harbour ruins (part of which covered by sediments), but also to recognize remnants of the fandelta that formed there soon after the A.D. 79 eruption and was subsequently destroyed by wave erosion
Late Holocene landscape evolution of the Gulf of Naples (Italy) inferred from geoarchaeological data
No full textThe mapping of landforms in the Gulf of Naples is fundamental to understanding the recent
evolution of this perithyrrenian basin controlled by several systems of Quaternary faults and
characterised by the presence of the Campi Flegrei and Somma Vesuvius volcanoes. In this
paper a 1:85,000 map of the recent evolution of the Gulf of Naples coasts is presented. This
cartographic product has been obtained using a compilation of previously published
geoarchaeological coastal studies integrated with new field data. The morphogenetic map
suggests a differential evolution of various coastal stretches over the past 2000 years driven
not only by measured vertical ground movements and eustatic sea-level rise (of 1 m) but
also by eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, in particular the Plinian eruption of 79 AD and the
subsequent reworking of it’s products, as well as by the erosive action of the sea
Integrating Sensors into a Marine Drone for Bathymetric 3D Surveys in Shallow Waters
No full textThis paper demonstrates that accurate data concerning bathymetry as well as environmental conditions in shallow waters can be acquired using sensors that are integrated into the same marine vehicle. An open prototype of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) named MicroVeGA is described. The focus is on the main instruments installed on-board: a differential Global Position System (GPS) system and single beam echo sounder; inertial platform for attitude control; ultrasound obstacle-detection system with temperature control system; emerged and submerged video acquisition system. The results of two cases study are presented, both concerning areas (Sorrento Marina Grande and Marechiaro Harbour, both in the Gulf of Naples) characterized by a coastal physiography that impedes the execution of a bathymetric survey with traditional boats. In addition, those areas are critical because of the presence of submerged archaeological remains that produce rapid changes in depth values. The experiments confirm that the integration of the sensors improves the instruments’ performance and survey accurac
Multi-proxy analysis of relative sea-level and paleoshoreline changes during the last 2300 years in the Campi Flegrei caldera, Southern Italy
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First results on the coastal changes related to local sea level variations along the Puteoli Sector (Campi Flegrei, Italy) during the historical times
No full textPuteoli coastal sector is located in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area, along the Mediterranean coasts. This sector is rich in archaeological remains here used as sea-level markers useful to reconstruct the vertical ground movements affecting the CF area. Ma-rine surveys by means of an Unmanned Surface Vessel equipped with geophysical instruments were carried out along the coastal sector to reconstruct the seabed morphology and to detect the submerged remains. By analysing geomorphological stratigraphic and archaeo-logical data, the natural and anthropogenic landscape evolution of Puteoli since the Greek-Roman period was evaluated
A GIS-based geostatistical approach for palaeo-environmental reconstructions of coastal areas: the case of the Cilento promontory (southern Italy)
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