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La tomba T36 della necropoli occidentale di Nora
No full textUntil a few years ago, the Phoenician funerary evidence in Nora was limited to just a single burial discovered in 1901 by G. Patroni. This lack left scholars with many open issues concerning the very first stages of settlement process. In addition to the remarkable acquisitions given by archaeological investigations carried out from the second half of the Twentieth Century, fresh new data came from a Phoenician funerary area discovered in recent years by University of Padua. This paper focuses on T36 tomb of the western necropolis of Nora, a secondary cremation placed in an urn inside a stone cist, which adds some new information concerning the material culture and the funerary ritual adopted during the Phoenician age
La necropoli fenicia occidentale di Nora tra VII e VI sec. a.C. Insediamento, ritualità, mobilità umana
No full textLa ricerca è stata finalizzata all’elaborazione della considerevole mole di dati raccolti nel corso di dieci anni di indagini dell’Ateneo patavino presso il sito della necropoli fenicia di Nora, tra il 2013 e il 2022.
L’obiettivo centrale del progetto è la ricostruzione complessiva delle dinamiche di occupazione dell’area funeraria occidentale in età fenicia, con particolare riguardo al periodo compreso tra il VII e il VI sec. a.C. La lettura e l’interpretazione del palinsesto archeologico si sono quindi espressamente orientate, in primo luogo, alla comprensione delle modalità e dei tempi di fruizione dell’area funeraria; in seconda istanza all’accurata ricostruzione delle differenti performance rituali praticate e, da ultimo, alla definizione di dinamiche di mobilità umana e di interazione culturale degli individui che vi trovano sepoltura. La ricerca si è focalizzata sulla sistematizzazione e l’interpretazione dei dati di scavo e sulla loro lettura incrociata attraverso lo studio preliminare dei corredi e la conduzione, in parallelo, di analisi antropologiche.The current research is aimed at processing the considerable amount of archaeological data collected during ten years of investigation by the University of Padua at the site of the Phoenician necropolis of Nora, between 2013 and 2022.
The main objective of the project is the overall reconstruction of the dynamics of occupation of the western funerary area in the Phoenician age, with particular regard to the period between the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. The interpretation of the archaeological record was therefore expressly oriented to understand the methods and times of use of the funerary area; secondly to the accurate reconstruction of the different ritual performances practiced and, lastly, to the definition of dynamics of human mobility and cultural interaction of the local individuals buried there. The research focused on the systematization and interpretation of the excavation data and on their cross-reading through the preliminary study of the grave goods and the anthropological analyses
Storytelling della necropoli fenicia e punica nord-occidentale di Nora
No full textStorytelling della necropoli fenicia e punica nord-occidentale di Nora (Pula, CA), spazio funerario della città antica sfruttato sin dalla prima fase di frequentazione fenicia (VIII sec. a.C.) e per tutta l'età punica (fine VI-III sec. a.C.). Il dataset, costituito in occasione della realizzazione di una webapp destinata alla fruizione turistica del parco archeologico, comprende: i testi corrispondenti alla narrazione delle viste della necropoli disponibili nella webapp (SDE-VIEWS_STORYTELLING); narrazione degli oggetti/elementi fisici della necropoli messi in evidenza nella webapp (SDE-SEMANTIC_MASK_STORYTELLING). I testi sono proposti in lingua italiana e inglese, quest'ultima versione revisionata da NTL - Il Nuovo Traduttore letterario s.c.; inoltre gli stessi testi sono stati letti da attori professionisti e registrati in studio (NFPO-audio_ITA_storytelling-wav; NFPO-audio_ENG_storytelling-wav)
Integrated Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Ground Penetrating Radar Measurements Applied to Tomb Detection
No full textNuovi dati d’archivio e nuove evidenze archeologiche sulla necropoli punica orientale di Nora (Cagliari)
Full text linkThe ancient city of Nora is a Phoenician, Punic and Roman settlement rising on a peninsula that encloses the Gulf of Cagliari in the south-west coast of Sardinia (Italy). First authorized excavations were made by F. Nissardi in 1891-1892 on the north side of the isthmus, where the Punic chamber-tombs lie. Despite the remarkable findings published by G. Patroni (1904) and a review of grave potteries undertaken by P. Bartoloni and C. Tronchetti (1981), researches about the necropolis were only partially deepened; therefore, some reports, pictures, sketches and maps remained unpublished in the archive of Soprintendenza Archeologia belle arti paesaggio in Cagliari and in the Archivio Centrale dello Stato in Rome.
A critical study of these documents has been undertaken by the University of Padova in order to reconstruct the history of investigations, to recover the archaeological records and to contextualize the finds of the last half of the 1800s in a new view of the punic necropolis of the Punic colony
Le tombe ad incinerazione (tombe 11 15 16 18 20 21). Campagna di scavo 2016
No full textIl contributo illustra i risultati delle indagini condotte nella necropoli fenicia e punica orientale di Nora nel 201
Ricostruzione digitale della necropoli fenicia e punica nord-occidentale di Nora
No full textRicostruzione digitale della necropoli fenicia e punica nord-occidentale di Nora (Pula, CA), spazio funerario della città antica sfruttato sin dalla prima fase di frequentazione fenicia (VIII sec. a.C.) e per tutta l'età punica (fine VI-III sec. a.C.). Il dataset, funzionale alla valorizzazione delle strutture conservate on site e offsite mediante una webapp, è stato realizzato da Katatexilux modellando il monumento con il software Blender; il modello è stato infine texturizzato e renderizzato con Autodesk 3ds Max. La ricostruzione ha preso le mosse dai rilievi digitali dell'area, degli elementi di corredo rinvenuti e rilevati sul campo e in laboratorio, dalla planimetria ricostruttiva e dai dati di scavo acquisiti ed elaborati dall'Università di Padova. Il processo ricostruttivo è stato validato mappando le fonti interpretative su immagini 2D equirettangolari della ricostruzione virtuale, definendo campiture cromatiche corrispondenti ai livelli di affidabilità e alle relative fonti. Funzionali alla realizzazione della webapp, sono state prodotte delle maschere semantiche di sintesi relative ai principali elementi ricostruiti e visibili nelle viste equirettangolari prodotte, così come sono state realizzate delle maschere funzionali allo storytelling della ricostruzione
Two Methods of Optimization for an AR Project: Mesh Retopology and Use of PBR Materials
No full textIn an augmented reality project dealing with complex objects with a
large scale, it is necessary to minimize the number of polygons of a mesh. The
challenge is trying to find a compromise between accuracy, details and fluidity
of the representation. Starting from two different surveys (Laser Scanner and
Photogrammetry) with high resolution, two paths have been identified: the first
one consists on the retopology of the mesh obtained from the point cloud with
the help of software like Instant Mesh; the second one relies on the complete remodelling
of the artefact, trying to simplify its structure in macro-elements using
Retopoflow tool in Blender. The level of detail is preserved in both cases: in the
first, the “quad mesh” keeps complex geometries minimizing the number of
polygons; in the other an accurate management of texture of PBR materials
returns realism with simple shapes, with a lower number of polygons. These
methods have been applied to the reconstruction of San Lorenzo Bridge, one of
the ancient monuments of the Roman Padova no longer visible, examined by the
research project PD-Invisible. Results validate that the second method is more
effective, ensuring an excellent realism in the rendering phases, minimizing the
size of the file
Uomo e ambiente nell’area della necropoli fenicia e punica occidentale di Nora (Cagliari, Sardegna)
No full textThe paper presents the results of the investigations carried out at the west Phoenician and Punic necropolis of Nora (Sardinia, Italy), located near the northern limit of the isthmus joining the city’s promontory to the hinterland. In particular, the study is oriented to the analysis of the relationship between the anthropic activities documented here and the geological context, characterized
by the presence of a compact sandstone bank on which the necropolis was established. In the first phase (before 7th century B.C.E.), human intervention leads to the creation of a stepped quary; the area is then exploited for the creation of an incineration necropolis, used between the 7th and 6th centuries B.C.E. Later, in the Punic age, the thickness of the rocky bank was fully used for the construction of hypogeal chambers intended for burials, until, in the Roman age, massive stone material extraction operations were carried out
Analisi tafonomica dei resti inumati nella necropoli nord-occidentale di Nora: archeotanatologia e archeologia virtuale
Full text linkTaphonomic analysis of human skeletal remains is one of the primary sources that archaeology benefits from to investigate funerary practices and the treatment of the body of the deceased in ancient human populations. Although born as a field study, the taphonomy of human remains has increasingly become a laboratory discipline that is benefiting from the development of digital applications to archaeology. This paper aims to illustrate the case study of the north-western Phoenician and Punic necropolis of Nora (CA), discussing the application of digital IBM for the three-dimensional digitization of in situ human remains and its importance for the reconstruction of the taphonomy of burials and funerary customs. Evidence of primary and
secondary burials - both in pits and hypogea - are attested at Nora within complex stratigraphic sequences. The application of taphonomic analysis in a digital environment, by merging gross identification of bone fragments with 3D visualization of the in situ context, allowed us for a reliable reconstruction of the deposition sequences, including the most complex situations presenting commingled skeletal remains
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