Anintegratedgeophysicalstudy wascarriedoutina Romanhouseinthearchaeologicalareaof Pompeii (Italy)... more Anintegratedgeophysicalstudy wascarriedoutina Romanhouseinthearchaeologicalareaof Pompeii (Italy).Thehouse, once ownedby Marcus Fabius Rufus, isanimportant architecturalbuildingoverlookingalarge gardenthatislikely to contain buried archaeological structures.The geophysical survey was planned to support an archaeological reconstruction oftheresidentialcomplex, whichwasbased onthe assumptionthat thehouse wassurroundedbyan arcade.Electromag-netic data allowed us to assess the most promising areas for investigating the subsoil within the garden.The resistivity methodyieldedmore detailedresultsandafurthernon-invasivegeophysicaltechnique, self-potential, confirmedthepre-sence of very shallow structures.We performed an integrated interpretation of the data and detected structures buried under different volcanic eruptions succeeding the Plinian event of Mount Somma-Vesuvius in AD 79. Specifically, several structures were found at a very shallow depth; their shapes are regular and the physical parameters are interpreted as anthropogenic remnants, whose geometry does not appear to be linked to architectural elements of a classical arcade. Atestexcavationrevealedthepresence of wallswhose configuration correspondedwithbasinsfor watercollection.Apart from the detected remains, the characterization of the pyroclastic deposits in terms of conductivity and of susceptibility allowed a synthesis of the stratigraphic context.
There is no information on previous geophysical prospections carried out in the Archaeological Pa... more There is no information on previous geophysical prospections carried out in the Archaeological Park of Pontecagnano-Faiano, in order to reconstruct the ancient settlement of Picentia, an Etrusco-Campanian and Roman settlement near Salerno (Southern Italy). Therefore, an integrated geophysical survey based on magnetic, geoelectric and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) prospections was executed in the Park. The methods provided a basic map of buried ancient structures at depth from 0.1-0.2 to about 1.5 meters. Magnetic data were processed analyzing the analytical signal of the vertical derivative of the measured gradient and this substantially reduced a strong fence effect. The results of the geophysical prospections showed archaeological structures located close to those discovered in the excavated areas. The shape of the anomalies are usually elongated with well-defined geometrical characteristics. Many anomalies are arranged along orthogonal directions and they are very coherent with the excavated structures, namely the quarters structures of the ancient Picentia.
Anintegratedgeophysicalstudy wascarriedoutina Romanhouseinthearchaeologicalareaof Pompeii (Italy)... more Anintegratedgeophysicalstudy wascarriedoutina Romanhouseinthearchaeologicalareaof Pompeii (Italy).Thehouse, once ownedby Marcus Fabius Rufus, isanimportant architecturalbuildingoverlookingalarge gardenthatislikely to contain buried archaeological structures.The geophysical survey was planned to support an archaeological reconstruction oftheresidentialcomplex, whichwasbased onthe assumptionthat thehouse wassurroundedbyan arcade.Electromag-netic data allowed us to assess the most promising areas for investigating the subsoil within the garden.The resistivity methodyieldedmore detailedresultsandafurthernon-invasivegeophysicaltechnique, self-potential, confirmedthepre-sence of very shallow structures.We performed an integrated interpretation of the data and detected structures buried under different volcanic eruptions succeeding the Plinian event of Mount Somma-Vesuvius in AD 79. Specifically, several structures were found at a very shallow depth; their shapes are regular and the physical parameters are interpreted as anthropogenic remnants, whose geometry does not appear to be linked to architectural elements of a classical arcade. Atestexcavationrevealedthepresence of wallswhose configuration correspondedwithbasinsfor watercollection.Apart from the detected remains, the characterization of the pyroclastic deposits in terms of conductivity and of susceptibility allowed a synthesis of the stratigraphic context.
There is no information on previous geophysical prospections carried out in the Archaeological Pa... more There is no information on previous geophysical prospections carried out in the Archaeological Park of Pontecagnano-Faiano, in order to reconstruct the ancient settlement of Picentia, an Etrusco-Campanian and Roman settlement near Salerno (Southern Italy). Therefore, an integrated geophysical survey based on magnetic, geoelectric and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) prospections was executed in the Park. The methods provided a basic map of buried ancient structures at depth from 0.1-0.2 to about 1.5 meters. Magnetic data were processed analyzing the analytical signal of the vertical derivative of the measured gradient and this substantially reduced a strong fence effect. The results of the geophysical prospections showed archaeological structures located close to those discovered in the excavated areas. The shape of the anomalies are usually elongated with well-defined geometrical characteristics. Many anomalies are arranged along orthogonal directions and they are very coherent with the excavated structures, namely the quarters structures of the ancient Picentia.
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